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for the Open Contracting Partnership program The Open Contracting Partnership is a collaboration among government and nongovernment actors aimed at promoting country-level implementation of norms and standards related to disclosure and citizen participation in public procurement and contracting. In this grant period, the partnership expects to increase the number of governments and government agencies implementing the open contracting data standard, improve data quality, and promote the use of this data by civil society partners to monitor and provide feedback on contract execution.
for membership development, travel grants program, international outreach, and Web site improvements None
for evaluating a remedial primary school re-entry program in Mali Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is evaluating Speed Schools in Mali supported by a March 2012 grant from the Foundation. Speed Schools compress the first three years of primary school into one year and bring out-of-school rural children and youth into fourth grade in government schools. IPA used census data to find out-of-school children. The data were inaccurate and this supplemental grant supports IPA’s unanticipated costs to re-survey and re-test in communities with sufficient numbers of out-of-school children. The communities in this study are not affected by the conflict in northern Mali; nevertheless IPA and the Foundation are closely monitoring the situation and developing contingency plans in case the situation deteriorates.
for support of IDEO.org's human-centered design SRHR portfolio IDEO.org applies principles of human-centered design to social change efforts. Over the past seven years, IDEO.org has developed a strong portfolio of global health projects targeting improvements in adolescent girls’ reproductive health. This grant will allow IDEO.org to implement their strategic plan focused on systems changes and new forms of partnership. (Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity)
for support of the Financial Transparency Coalition The Financial Transparency Coalition brings together civil society organizations, governments, and technical experts from around the world to advocate for strengthened oversight and less secrecy within the international financial system. By influencing global norms and standards, and promoting their adoption and implementation at the national level, the Coalition seeks to close taxation, accounting, and other loopholes that facilitate the illicit flow of billions of dollars annually out of developing countries.
for strategic planning This grant would allow Evidence in Governance and Politics Project (EGAP), at University of California at Berkeley to convene a Board retreat for a strategic planning process, assessment of leadership transition plans, and operational capacity. A situational assessment will be developed to inform strategic direction and organizational implications.
for facilitating the creation of a Global Partnership for Development Data This supplemental grant to the International Program of the Institute for Sustainable Economic,
Educational and Environmental Design (iSEEED) continues support for facilitation of a process
to create a Global Partnership on Sustainable Development Data. iSEEED will facilitate a
process to catalyze diverse stakeholders to design, launch and generate interest in a multistakeholder
initiative that would help governments, private sector, civil society and
international institutions harness new and traditional sources of data to address development
challenges.
for support of PRB's Knowledge Management Project The grant will support the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) to enhance its role in analyzing and communicating evidence to diverse audiences through the development and implementation of a knowledge management strategy. The new strategy builds on PRB’s existing monitoring, learning, and evaluation framework and aims to strengthen the organization’s internal knowledge sharing processes and systems. PRB’s investment in a well-crafted knowledge management strategy should improve its ability to synthesize, package, and disseminate evidence-based information to influence policies on population, health, and the environment.
for general operating support This grant would provide unrestricted funds for the Western Hemisphere Region of International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF/WHR), a group of forty organizations focused on sexual and reproductive health across North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean with its regional office based in New York City. IPPF/WHR member associates provide 19.4 million services each year; these range from sexuality education, contraceptive services, and prenatal care to HIV testing, post-abortion care, and screening for gender-based violence. The members of IPPF/WHR also act as advocates for sexual and reproductive rights at the local and international levels.
for a project to support a more representative American foreign policy The Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University hosts the Generations Dialogue Project, which aims to increase the number of underrepresented youth who pursue and succeed in American foreign policy careers by connecting young people with individuals who blazed a trail in American foreign policy and international affairs. The grant seeks to increase the number of participating high school students who pursue university study related to international affairs; increase the number of participating undergraduate students who pursue graduate study related to international affairs; create for all participants an informational and support network for careers in international affairs; and demonstrate a model for generating pipelines of underrepresented groups and supporting them to undertake successful American foreign policy careers.
for improving government accountability for family planning services and supplies in Africa Population Action International (PAI) works to ensure universal access to quality reproductive health care, including family planning, around the world. This grant will support PAI’s work with civil society organizations in East and West Africa to test a common framework to track national spending in family planning in seven countries. PAI and its local partners will use this information in national and regional advocacy efforts to strengthen accountability of national governments for commitments they have made to improve the provision of these services.
for the African Politics Conference Group program The African Politics Conference Group within the American Political Science Association is dedicated to promoting the scholarly contributions of political scientists undertaking research on Africa. The group seeks to bridge the gap between scholars of African politics based at institutions in North America and those based in Africa. This grant will enable the group to support the research, professional development, and networking of early career scholars based at African universities.
for organizational planning Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevolkerung (Hannover, Germany) - Project, New, $30,000 over 1 year (Organizational Effectiveness $30,000, Population $0); 59% of project budget
For organizational planning
for support of Counting Women's Work This grant will support the Counting Women’s Work project that seeks to estimate the age and gender dimensions of economic activity, including unpaid care work, and create indicators that are amenable to policy analyses. The Population Reference Bureau, partnering with the University of California at Berkeley, will provide technical assistance and grants to five African research teams to measure the production and consumption of women’s unpaid care work and its effect on economic growth. Teams will develop research-to-action plans that model potential post-COVID-19 policy solutions, engage in-country stakeholders, and include national statistics, economic planning, labor units, and advocates to promote evidence use. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment)
for strategic communications planning World Population Foundation (Utrecht, Netherlands) – Project; New; $30,000 over 1 year; ($30,000 from Philanthropy, $0 from Population); 19% of the project budget
For strategic communications planning
for a conference to elevate attention and research on the goal of eliminating extreme poverty This grant would support the 2014 Frontiers in Development Forum, organized by the U.S. Agency for International Development to bring attention to how the United States and its partners worldwide can eradicate extreme poverty. USAID’s aim is that this Forum will play a significant role in mobilizing and solidifying support for the ambitious international agenda to end extreme poverty by 2030.
for support of the Matchbox Program The Engine Room partners with human rights and governance organizations to increase their impact through the effective use of data and technology. This grant will support the Engine Room’s Matchbox Program, which provides in-depth support to partner organizations, in addition to light-touch support to organizations with one-off technical challenges.
for the Project on Resources and Governance The Project on Resources and Governance (PRG) brings together researchers and practitioners to promote transparent, accountable, and responsible management of natural resources in low- and middle-income countries. During this grant period, PRG will commission at least three new research projects; mentor researchers and practitioners in innovative social science research; and share research results with individuals and groups that influence extractive industries, affected communities, and governments in countries that are dependent on the exploitation of natural resources. (Strategy: Transparency, Participation, and Accountability)
for the African Centre for the Study of the United States The African Centre for the Study of the United States is a newly established research center at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa that is devoted to generating African-based knowledge of the United States as a nation, society, and global actor. This seed funding will support the launch of the center’s research and teaching programs and strengthen its administrative and communication capacities.
for strengthening women's participation in social accountability in the extractive sectors Oxfam America will continue to strengthen the capacity of women’s rights organizations to ensure that women and their communities are protected from harmful practices and benefit from revenues generated by the extractive industries. Oxfam will document the gender impact of extractive industries to inform advocacy agendas at the local, regional, and global level, ensuring women’s rights organizations have a meaningful role in decision making about extractive industries transparency. Oxfam America will organize events to share lessons with key stakeholders, including other international organizations, in-country partners, and global norm-setting platforms. (Strategy: Transparency, Participation, and Accountability)
for a program to support the development and implementation of sound data governance policies The Center for Global Development (CGD) is an independent, nonpartisan research institution that works to reduce global poverty and improve lives through innovative economic research that drives better policy and practice by the world’s top decision makers. This grant will support a program of work that aims to empower policymakers to use and govern the use of data in a manner that supports economic development and good governance, while protecting citizens against data misuse. CGD’s recommendations will target policymakers working on data policy at the national, regional, and global levels, but will predominantly focus on the ways that policymakers in rich countries (particularly the U.S. and E.U.) and multilateral development banks can help create a more level playing field through their international promotion of data governance standards. This grant is a complement to 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.
for supporting citizen-led assessments worldwide This grant will allow Pratham’s ASER Centre to support seven organizations implementing citizen-led assessments in nine countries to improve their work and increase its visibility. The ASER Centre will also help interested organizations in new countries to learn about and begin piloting their own work on similar assessments as a way to engage citizens in advancing an agenda for better learning outcomes.
for support of the Transparency and Accountability Initiative: Gender-Just Economy Collaborative Learning Platform This grant is to the Proteus Fund as the fiscal sponsor for the Transparency and Accountability Initiative. The Proteus Fund connects philanthropy to the frontlines of social justice, striving to advance the interconnected goals of racial, gender, queer, and disability justice, and an inclusive, fully representative democracy. The Transparency and Accountability Initiative is a donor collaborative that coordinates research and exchange among donors focused on good governance for just societies. The grant will support the development of a donor-focused learning community of practice facilitating dialogue between donors about how to advance a gender-just economy through new economic thinking and effective grantmaking approaches. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment)
for support of the Sixth International Symposium on Intrauterine Devices and Systems This grant to the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York will support the Sixth International Symposium on Intrauterine Devices and Systems for Women’s Health. In partnership with the Population Council, the symposium will gather researchers, clinicians, and advocates to discuss the latest science on intrauterine device development and practice, and learn about new approaches to increase utilization of this highly effective contraceptive technology. This grant will support travel for scholars from developing countries and early career scholars as well as open access of publications resulting from the meeting.
for a Geneva Forum on how the international trading system can create fairer practices None
for a planning grant supporting greater participation of African scholars in research transparency The Center for Open Science (COS) seeks to promote openness, integrity and reproducibility of research. It offers free, open source products and services that support the research life cycle and improve the reproducibility of research findings. Current efforts in the area of research transparency have focused on Western researchers. African scholars are being increasingly left behind as they are not being exposed to new best practices.This project would provide a planning grant for COS to test approaches for bringing their services to African researchers. COS will pilot three interventions and use the results from these pilots and input from its advisory board to develop a strategic plan for expanding their services to Africa.
for the creation of a strategic Open City plan The Laboratorio para la Ciudad (Labplc) is an office of civic innovation that sits within Mexico City’s Agency of Urban Management. This grant would allow the Labplc to develop an Open Government strategy for Mexico City—including open processes, data-driven policy, government responsiveness, and the development of a 2020 Open Government vision, towards an Open City. This grant would support a pilot of civic participation programs within the government agencies as well as a capacity-building program for city public servants.
for support of Nawi’s thinking hub on social reproduction and care economies in Africa Nawi – Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective and the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) are co-creating a thinking hub to develop an African feminist theory and narrative of the care economy. The knowledge produced through the hub will contribute to broader decolonized theorizations on social reproduction from an African and Global South vantage point. This grant to Tax Justice Network Africa, which serves as the fiscal host for Nawi, will establish the thinking hub and enable Nawi and MISR to invest in institutional strengthening. (Strategy: International Women's Economic Empowerment)
for accountability and advocacy related to health services in Senegal CICODEV is a Senegalese nongovernmental organization that educates consumers and builds the capacity of citizen groups to better understand and influence public policies related to the provision of basic services. Through this grant, CICODEV will expand its citizen observatories project, which seeks to raise awareness and train citizens to better understand their rights under the government of Senegal’s universal health policy, and to exercise oversight of health facilities.
for general support of the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at the American University in Cairo None
for development of an accountability mechanism for the Family Planning Summit These grant funds will allow the Results for Development Institute (R4D) to develop an external accountability mechanism for the July 2012 Family Planning Summit. R4D plans to produce an options paper for an independently administered monitoring and accountability mechanism to ensure the commitments made at the summit are realized. R4D will also seek to broaden support for the proposed monitoring and accountability mechanism through a consultation process, and generate donor interest to fund the implementation of the mechanism.
for improving government accountability for family planning services and supplies in Africa Population Action International (PAI) works to ensure universal access to quality reproductive health care, including family planning, around the world. This grant will support PAI’s work with civil society organizations in seven countries in East and West Africa to develop a compelling, rigorous, evidence-informed approach that enables civil society-led action to hold governments accountable in delivering on family planning commitments. This grant also enables advocates to demonstrate how equitable, sustained, and/or increased funding for family planning can save lives, improve the health of people in their communities, and contribute to achieving priority development goals and commitments. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance )
for accountability and advocacy related to health services in Senegal CICODEV is a Senegalese nongovernmental organization that educates consumers and builds the capacity of citizen groups to better understand and influence public policies related to the provision of basic services. Through this supplemental grant, CICODEV will continue to expand its citizen observatories project, which seeks to raise awareness and train citizens to better understand their rights under the government of Senegal’s universal health policy, and to exercise oversight of health facilities. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for a project to apply design thinking to reproductive health in Zambia IDEO.org is a San Francisco-based firm that uses the principles of design thinking and human-centered design to solve persistent social problems in developing countries. This grant would support a partnership between IDEO.org and Foundation grantee Marie Stopes International–US in Zambia to use design thinking to prototype new solutions that would increase the number of young women and men using reproductive health services. The Foundation expects this collaboration to provide innovative, scalable, and sustainable solutions for youth reproductive health services, and to demonstrate the value of design thinking to the field more broadly as a different approach to increase the use of reproductive health services. This grant is proposed as part of the Foundation’s new strategy to use new tools and approaches to make sure no woman has an unintended pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa.
for the Thematic Research Network on Data and Statistics The Sustainable Development Solutions Thematic Research Network on Data and Statistics (SDSN TReNDS) is a global research network that facilitates better evidence-informed decision making by producing actionable research on data innovations, supporting local capacity building in Global South institutions, and documenting both processes (to encourage replicability) and progress (by being honest about successes and failures) so policymakers and practitioners, particularly those based in the Global South, can capitalize on new data technologies and approaches to address sustainable development challenges. TReNDS’ efforts to improve data and evidence support its long-term objective of contributing to better government performance through effective policy implementation, better management of resources, strengthened service delivery, and improved citizen engagement that increases trust and accountability in government and contributes to democratic values. For the duration of the grant period — Hewlett's fifth round of support to TReNDS — the network will scale its country-based programming, innovations, and local capacity building; expand TReNDS’ connection and influence with a broader spectrum of data research communities in the Global South; and emphasize “data use for decision making” as a key work program activity. It will also play an important role in reviewing the assumptions and ways forward on the Sustainable Development Goals data framework as the U.N. prepares for its midcourse review of the goals in 2023. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for support to the Network for Accountability in Mexico The Network for Accountability is a program of the Accountability and Anti-Corruption Research Institute based at the University of Guadalajara, which brings together civil society organizations, academics, and public officials to produce new research and convene policy dialogue around Mexico’s public sector performance. This grant will support the network to produce evidence about the shortcomings of current anti-corruption policies. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for a project to strengthen transparency and citizen engagement in public procurement in Senegal ONG-3D is a Senegalese organization that promotes government transparency and builds the capacity of organized citizen groups to use information about their government’s development policies and plans to demand accountability and better public services. This grant will enable ONG-3D to promote public disclosure of information about government contracts and procurement processes, build capacity of citizens to use this information to monitor the execution of public contracts, and increase participation of women-owned enterprises in public procurement.
for general operating support The International Planned Parenthood Federation’s Western Hemisphere Regional Office is the regional partner for the Federation in North, Central, and South America, with 41 member associations in countries throughout the region. This grant will allow those member associations to provide millions of sexual and reproductive health services each year—ranging from contraceptive services to HIV testing and post-abortion care—and to advocate for sexual and reproductive rights at national level. Because its headquarters are located in New York, the regional office is an active voice at the United Nations in promoting the global sexual and reproductive health and rights agenda.