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for the development of a strategic plan for the Nawi - Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective This grant is to the Tax Justice Network Africa as the fiscal sponsor for Nawi – Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective (Nawi Collective). The Tax Justice Network Africa brings together more than 30 civil society groups from 20 African countries to promote socially just tax policies. The Nawi Collective is a Pan-African Feminist initiative launched in 2020, focused on building a community of African feminist and women's rights organizations working on influencing, analyzing, deconstructing and reconstructing macroeconomic policies, narratives, and understanding through an intersectional Pan African feminist lens. This organizational effectiveness grant will support the Nawi Collective to develop a strategic frame, provide for leadership coaching, and assess different institutional arrangement models. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment).
for a project to enhance public participation and accountability in governance through media The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is a Ghanaian civil society organization that promotes media development and freedom of expression across West Africa. This grant will support MFWA’s media and good governance program to enhance citizens’ participation and demand for accountability in governance through quality media.
for advancing women’s economic empowerment in East and West Africa through the use of data and evidence IDinsight aims to impact women’s economic empowerment by supporting data and evidence for public agencies' decision making in policy design and delivery, particularly in the Global South. This grant will support IDinsight’s work on advancing the development, implementation, and evaluation of sound, gender-sensitive economic, labor, and social protection policies in East and West Africa. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment)
for the Accountability Initiative The Accountability Initiative works to improve service delivery in India by developing innovative models for tracking government programs, disseminating this information to policymakers and citizens, and researching how to strengthen accountability between citizens and their government. This grant will allow the Initiative to track government funding by state rather than by sector. It also will deepen the work to understand how teachers and district staff can better monitor schools and respond to citizen demands.
for general operating support Publish What You Pay is a global civil society movement that promotes greater transparency and accountability in extractive sector governance. The coalition aims to ensure that payment and other disclosures made by extractive companies and governments through channels such as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative lead to better and more accountable use of natural resource wealth. The coalition’s advocacy has led to the inclusion of gender disaggregated data and company ownership data as requirements in the global extractive disclosure standard. Their priorities include focusing on driving greater compliance with reporting standards at the country level, developing members’ capacity to use data in advocacy campaigns, and fostering citizen participation in decisions about the allocation and use of extractive revenues.
for a project to apply design thinking to reproductive health in Zambia and Mali IDEO.org applies principles of human-centered design to alleviate poverty. This support would allow IDEO.org to deepen its partnership with Marie Stopes International-US (MSI), completing the final phases of the redesign of MSI’s services for young people in Zambia and initiating a new collaboration in a second country to address the same question of how human-centered design might improve reproductive health services for young people. The current collaboration in Zambia has shown promising early successes in increasing the number of young people using MSI’s services. IDEO.org proposes to build this experience and apply the same human-centered design approach with MSI’s program in Mali to uncover insights specific to the Malian context and surface opportunities for youth-centered reproductive health programming in Bamako and surrounding urban areas.
for general operating support Publish What You Pay is a global coalition of more than 800 civil society organizations advocating for greater transparency and accountability in the revenues derived from oil, gas, and mineral exploitation. The coalition aims to ensure that payment and other disclosures by companies and governments, through voluntary and mandatory channels such as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, lead to better and more responsive use of natural resource wealth. The coalition’s International Secretariat supports its members to engage at international, regional, national, and subnational levels through advocacy training, information sharing, and institutional and communications assistance.
for an evaluation and strategic planning refresh on the Universal Access Project With this Organizational Effectiveness (OE) grant, the United Nations Foundation (UNF) will conduct an evaluation and strategy refresh of its Universal Access Project (UAP) over a 4-6 month period.  The purpose of the evaluation is to gather information that will inform the next phase of UAP's  strategic development and help the project team understand how to best leverage existing strengths, make any course corrections, and achieve the project's goals in a challenging and changing political environment.
for support of the Open Data Charter The Open Data Charter is a program of the Fund for the City of New York that advocates for principles to guide the disclosure of open government data. This grant will support the Open Data Charter’s next phase of growth as it broadens its network of members and the sectors within which it works, including agriculture, climate change, and anti-corruption.
for the creation of an information exchange portal on planning for improved learning The International Institute for Education Planning (IIEP) provides training and information for education planners across the world to strengthen education policies and plans. As countries become more aware that children are not learning enough in school, education planners have turned to IIEP for guidance on how to address the problem. This grant would support IIEP to develop a web portal that would provide examples and rigorous evidence on how to improve learning, and foster discussion and debate among education planners, policymakers, civil society, and development agencies.
for a project to improve and embed evidence use in the food security sector in Benin Actions pour l’Environnement et le Développement Durable (ACED) is a policy research institution in Benin focused on food security and environmental issues. This grant will support ACED to work with five municipal governments to provide improved access to relevant, accurate, and useful evidence from diversified sources; strengthen the capacity of local government policymakers to demand, access, and use evidence; and enable local governments to develop evidence-informed plans and programs to improve food security.
for general operating support Working with local partners, Ipas works to increase access to quality reproductive health services, particularly comprehensive abortion care, around the world. Ipas trains local health providers, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, to increase their skills in delivering high-quality abortion care; collaborates with ministries of health to interpret abortion policy in the broadest way possible; and uses research and evidence to advocate for liberalizing policies to increase access to safe abortion services.
for support of social protection research and evidence use in Uganda and Kenya As an African research institution, the International Center for Research on Women Africa (ICRW Africa) generates indigenous knowledge and locally produced evidence to advance rights and opportunities for women and girls in the region. ICRW Africa seeks to catalyze gender-responsive social protection policies and interventions in Uganda and Kenya. Through research, strategic partnerships, and policy and public engagement, it aims to strengthen national dialogues and policy advocacy on social protection programs and policies that work for women and on women’s and other marginalized groups’ aspirations for social protection interventions. This flexible program grant will enable ICRW Africa to deepen this thematic area. (Strategy: International Women's Economic Empowerment)
for locally led inclusion of emerging technologies into evidence-informed policymaking Through its Flying Labs Network, WeRobotics supports groups of local experts in communities both rural and urban to integrate emerging technologies such as drones, their data, AI, and robotics into a wide range of policy problems and processes at the local level — from the humanitarian sector to the developmental sector, and in areas including the environment and health. With its sharp focus on building the capacity of local networks, WeRobotics’ work extends the conversation beyond how to use emerging technologies to who should lead in their application — thereby forging new ways of working in a sector that is often very top-down, and excludes local expertise. Building on the previous grant and focused specifically on its African activities, this grant will continue fostering WeRobotics’ investments in its Flying Labs Network. The Network unlocks new ways of working and thinking across the continent, all the while providing new data, information, evidence, opportunities, and frameworks that support the objective evaluation of the fit and value of emerging technologies for evidence-informed policymaking.
for a research project in collaboration with the University of California, Davis on economic change and migration in rural Mexico None
for strengthening data governance in Kenya and East Africa Amnesty International Kenya is part of the Amnesty International global human rights movement, which consists of 70 national entities. This grant expands the scope of existing work to now include (a) supporting the development of a human rights-compliant and data protection-compliant digital identity system in Kenya, and (b) scaling up support to the East African Community to develop a regional data governance framework (in collaboration with partner organization Open Institute). This grant is part of a cluster of grants under the Evidence-Informed Policymaking strategy to strengthen a field of African institutions working on data governance. The goal of this cluster is to help governments in East and West Africa develop policy frameworks that balance public good uses of data with data privacy and protection. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for strengthening the transparency and accountability of public expenditures on education in India None
for the development of a new communications strategy This grant will allow the Instituto de Liderazgo Simone de Beauvoir (ILSB) to evaluate its current communications strategy, identify areas of improvement, and put in place a communications strategy to position the Institute’s work and main objectives. The consultant will work with ILSB's staff to review their current strategy, mission statement, theory of change, publications and social network presence. The consultant will also carry out a re-branding exercise to update ILSB's current logo and color scheme. Finally, the consultant will design a functional, modern, and responsive website that will have a clear hierarchy for the information that the ILSB hopes to communicate.
for a project to benchmark the quality of health and education services in sub-Saharan Africa Although there have been important advances in the collection of key development statistics in recent years (e.g. Living Standards Measurement Surveys, Demographic and Health Surveys, etc.), there is still no standardized data set to measure the quality of service delivery at the facility level. Without consistent and accurate data on what citizens experience when they go to their local school or health clinic, it is difficult to know which services are underperforming and why, and there is consequently little incentive for governments to identify effective ways of improving performance. Recognizing this gap, the goal of this project is to institutionalize the regular collection of a set of indicators that would gauge the quality of services over time and across countries. Based on successful pilot testing in Senegal and Tanzania, the World Bank is setting up a multidonor trust fund, Trust Fund for the Service Delivery Indicators Project, to increase data collection to cover ten to fifteen countries across sub-Saharan Africa.
for support of research on data usage This project will collect information on the barriers to using official statistics in policy decisions, and provide tools to help national statistical offices (NSOs) and international organizations increase the use of data in government decision making. The work is led by Open Data Watch, which operates at the junction of open data and official statistics, in collaboration with AidData, which has expertise in collecting information on data use. The partners will survey government officials; analyze the extent to which existing data-sharing portals are used; develop tools to help NSOs monitor and increase data usage; and share their findings with NSOs and international agencies.
for support of a global abortion incidence study This grant to the Guttmacher Institute will support its flagship study, Abortion Worldwide, a collaboration with the World Health Organization, which generates model-based estimates of the incidence and safety of abortion at global, regional, subregional, and country levels, playing a critical role in informing decisions around improving and expanding access to safe abortion services. With our funding, Guttmacher will produce novel analysis of reproductive autonomy to examine disparities in women’s ability to prevent unintended births when they so desire, by age and urban-rural classification using a new measure called “conditional unintended pregnancy rate.” This grant is aligned with the Global Reproductive Equity strategy. (Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity)
for a project to strengthen transparency and accountability related to reproductive rights This grant will enable Grupo de Información en Reproducción Elegida (GIRE) to monitor the use of funds of the Executive Commission for Attention to Victims for female victims of human rights violations; support the fourth edition of the Report on Reproductive Rights in Mexico, which will continue to analyze information regarding the Mexican government’s compliance with national and international reproductive rights; and produce a guide on transparency mechanisms to empower rights activists and lawyers on the use of access to information for reproductive rights advocacy. It will also monitor service delivery quality by measuring the legal empowerment of women and families in GIRE’s strategic litigation work.
for leadership training, fundraising, and communications strategy development None
for support of the Women Deliver 2023 Conference Women Deliver held its sixth global conference in Kigali, Rwanda, from July 17-20, 2023. The conference was a platform to foster solidarity for sustainable solutions on gender equality by championing the leadership of grassroots advocates, connecting advocates with decision makers, and sharing key advocacy strategies. This grant supports Women Deliver’s engagement with feminist movements and collectives in co-designing and planning the conference and regional gatherings and investments in language equity. Strategy: GEG Program Opportunities
for Ebola response communication efforts Population Services International (PSI) specializes in health communications and social marketing, particularly through mass communications. This grant would support implementation of an integrated Behavior Change Communication plan that, in collaboration with partners, would support the distribution of Ebola household kits, as well as a broader campaign to reduce panic, increase transmission-mitigating behaviors, and allow medical actors to implement emergency health measures in Ebola-affected countries.
for a program to promote more equitable tax systems in Africa Tax Justice Network - Africa brings together more than 30 civil society groups from across 16 African countries to promote socially just taxation systems and represent African perspectives in international tax reform discussions. This grant will enable the network to advocate for progressive and pro-poor tax policies; it will also support a campaign to reduce or eliminate illicit financial flows from Africa. The network will strengthen the capacity of national tax coalitions and enlist the support of media and trade unions to promote responsible tax practices in the region.
for support of the Counting Women's Work Project This grant will support efforts to make women’s economic lives more visible by creating cross-national databases to measure economic flows by age and gender, including the value of unpaid care and housework. In the first phase of the Counting Women’s Work project, local research teams from 15 countries completed the analytical work. During this grant period, the project will expand to more countries, and deepen research and policy outreach efforts. Outreach activities will include regional engagement such as presentations at the African Union, publication in peer-reviewed journals, and dissemination and communications events with global partners.
for an impact evaluation in Uttar Pradesh, India to assess the efficacy of interventions to improve governance and accountability in developing countries None
for support of the Financing for Development conference and post-2015 development agenda agreement The Third International Conference on Financing for Development will be the key negotiation at which countries determine their financial commitments for the post-2015 development agenda. This grant will cover the expenses of a Dalberg employee who is an expert on development finance to work directly at the U.S. State Department for two years. It is anticipated that this individual, under the auspices of the Franklin Fellowship, will provide technical support to the U.S. government before, during, and after the Conference to ensure that the United States considers all possible sources of development finance. This will support the government in making the appropriate commitments and supporting the success of the post-2015 development goals.
for the Market Information Systems and Trader Organizations project in West Africa None
for an investigative journalism project on public policies and citizen initiatives in Mexico Animal Politico is a digital media outlet in Mexico City that partners with local civil society organizations to provide readers with coverage of initiatives that address social issues. With 2.6 million followers on Twitter, they have built a loyal and engaged audience, especially among women and youth. With this grant, Animal Politico will deepen its investigative coverage of gender and other social issues in partnership with investigative media groups in Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Chihuahua, Puebla, Sinaloa, and Sonora. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for organizational risk assessment and training This grant will allow Article 19 to carry out a risk assessment of its work, allowing its staff to gain a better understanding of its operational environment, especially regarding the risks and threats the organization is exposed to, and how to mitigate them. The consultant will carry out an assessment of the organization's current security plan,  present recommendations to improve it, and lead a security awareness seminar for the staff.
for the On Think Tanks project This grant to the Universidad del Pacifico in Peru is for support to On Think Tanks (OTT), a global initiative that studies and supports both think tanks in developing countries and their funders. This grant will help OTT improve the quality and reach of the information it offers, by helping transform the existing blog into a web portal and improving the regional balance of its coverage. This grant will allow OTT to more deeply address issues of particular relevance to developing country think tanks, such as governance, funding, and staffing, drawing on input from around the developing world. OTT will also develop initiatives that raise the profile of developing country think tanks and foster collaboration among them.
for support of DKT's work in Kenya and Uganda This grant to DKT International will provide core support to its operations in Kenya and Uganda, where it is one of the leading contributors to increasing access to contraception, safe abortion, and postabortion care products in the private sector. This grant will increase distribution and uptake of high-quality, affordable sexual and reproductive health products across both countries with the goal of contributing to improved gender equity by empowering more individuals to exercise their right to sexual and reproductive health products and services. In the near term, DKT will contribute to this goal by expanding the geographic reach of its products, building the capacity of 5,000 health care workers through training and medical detailing; improving partnerships with health care providers; and reaching millions of women, men, and young people with messaging and information about their products. (Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity)
for the development of Mexico's Open Government action plan This grant would support broadening civil society participation the development of Mexico's second Open Government Partnership action plan. Through the development of workshops to craft specific commitments for nine sectors related to public spending and government transparency, civil society experts from Mexico City and across the country would contribute to improving the potential impact of Mexico's open government commitments.
for general operating support Global Integrity works toward open and accountable governance in countries and communities around the world by helping partner organizations improve their adaptive learning. This grant will support Global Integrity to work with civil society partners to put adaptive learning—a problem-focused and iterative approach to learning by doing—at the heart of their efforts to design and implement effective governance reforms.
for building an online platform to improve evidence and learning in the Social Accountability field Results for Development Institute (R4D) is building an online platform (Atlas) to improve the quality and quantity of social accountability (SAc) usage worldwide to improve health, education, and other development outcomes. This grant will allow to design and test the Results and Learning components of the Atlas, and to develop strategies to encourage uptake such that these components improve the effectiveness of SAc work and among the SAc community of practice.
for executive transition Global Integrity works toward open and accountable governance in countries and communities around the world by helping partner organizations improve their adaptive learning. This project will support the board and staff during a leadership transition. (Substrategy: Inclusive Governance)