devinitorg/iati-policy-markers huggingface dataset:
for support of a pan-African opinion survey that informs policymakers about citizen priorities Afrobarometer is a pan-African network that has been collecting data on citizens’ opinions about democracy, governance, and public service quality since 1999. Previously a project of CDD-Ghana, Afrobarometer registered as an independent charitable organization in Ghana in 2019. With this grant, Afrobarometer will produce analytical products that elevate African citizens’ opinions and priorities on contemporary issues that directly affect their lives. Afrobarometer will expand the number of users of its databases and thematic briefs in media, government, civil society, and academia; it will also track how its products are being used or influence development policies and priorities in Africa. (Strategy: Transparency, Participation, and Accountability)
for support of a research portfolio on unsafe abortion in Kenya The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) in Nairobi, Kenya, conducts policy-relevant research on population and health issues facing sub-Saharan Africa. This grant will support a research portfolio that studies various aspects of unsafe abortion and the provision of safe abortion services in Kenya. This research will build on APHRC’s recent studies on the magnitude of unsafe abortion in Kenya and the costs to the health care system associated with complications from unsafe abortion.  This research portfolio will contribute evidence needed to support policy advocacy to implement and operationalize Kenya’s relatively liberal abortion regulations.
for capacity building of civil society in building TPA demand in budget implementation The Institute for Social Accountability (TISA) is a Kenyan civil society organization committed to promoting transparency, participation, and accountability through research, policy, and advocacy. This grant will enable TISA to encourage greater citizen oversight of the decentralization of Kenya’s governance and resource allocation in accord with its progressive 2010 constitution. TISA will strengthen civil society capacities to increase citizen demand for access to information, prudent use of public resources, and sound intergovernmental policy at national and county levels.
for support of the Eastern Africa Social and Gender Norms Learning Collaborative This grant will support the Eastern Africa Social and Gender Norms Learning Collaborative (EALC) to strengthen linkages among practitioners, researchers, advocates, and evaluators; share practical resources to improve norms-shifting interventions; and generate evidence to advance social norms policy and practice in the region. EALC will work with the global collaborative to develop a participatory governance structure and increase the security of its virtual learning platforms to improve programming, advocacy, and monitoring efforts. (Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity)
for general operating support The MATCH International Women’s Fund was founded in 1976 and is the only women’s fund in Canada. MATCH supports women-led social innovations and grassroots organizations in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia on issues such as sexual and reproductive health and rights and increasing women’s economic empowerment. This grant will enable MATCH to support its organizational priorities during the grant period, which include piloting grantmaking and capacity building in sub-Saharan Africa, and Francophone West Africa specifically. MATCH’s experience through grantmaking will inform and provide critical advice and technical capacity to the government of Canada to advocate for the centrality of women’s rights organizations in their new Feminist International Assistance Policy.
for general operating support Marie Stopes International US (MSI-US) provides reproductive health services in 37 countries through more than 600 clinics, 6,000 clinical outreach sites, 1,500 franchised providers, and 8,000 team members. This grant to MSI-US is aligned with the International Reproductive Health strategy’s objectives to increase family planning use and reduce unsafe abortion. MSI-US’ organizational priorities include the implementation of their strategic plan, MSI 2030, aiming to eliminate unsafe abortion and achieve universal access to contraception.
for general operating support The Centro de Investigación Económica y Presupuestaria (CIEP) A.C. is a think tank in Mexico that aims to contribute to the public debate and decision making on economic and public finance issues. This general support grant aligns with the Fiscal Transparency substrategy of the Transparency, Participation, and Accountability strategy. CIEP implements activities such as research and capacity building of economists on public financial issues; providing technical assistance to decision makers; development of tools for fiscal analysis; and communications support to translate their findings for citizens, journalists, and decision makers.
for general operating support The International Budget Partnership (IBP) leads a global campaign to promote transparency and citizen participation in decisions about how governments raise and spend revenues. In partnership with civil society organizations, state actors, international institutions, and the private sector, IBP undertakes research, training, and advocacy to ensure that budget decision-making processes are participatory and inclusive and that spending policies promote equity and justice. During this grant period, in addition to deepening transparency and civic engagement in budget processes, IBP will make necessary adjustments to their country strategies to ensure that country teams can engage effectively and timely with governments on COVID-19 spending decisions. The South Africa team has started an initiative to both enable residents of informal settlements in six major metropolitan centers to provide real-time feedback about gaps in water and sanitation services to their local governments and provide local governments with relevant data to effectively address those gaps.Given the centrality of government budgets in public service delivery, this grant serves several goals across GD&P. IBP’s budget analysis and expenditure tracking methods and tools are used by several issue- and sector-specific stakeholders including grantees in sexual and reproductive health, women’s economic empowerment, and water and sanitation to facilitate meaningful participation in public spending decisions. IBP’s open budget survey data is also used by governments, donors, and investors for decision making and by think tanks and other civil society organizations for analysis and advocacy. (Strategy: Transparency, Participation, and Accountability.)
for insights from data on financial services for women With this grant, Women’s World Banking, Inc. will be able to increase its ability to use transactional, market, and nontraditional forms of data to better understand and serve low-income women with financial services. This work will demonstrate the value of better gender data for real-world decision making. Lessons will be shared with other organizations seeking to make the best use of gender-disaggregated and nontraditional data.
for a project to publish more content from the Global South and diversify development sector debate From Poverty to Power is a blog overseen by Oxfam’s Senior Strategic Advisor Duncan Green to promote discussion and debate in international development. This project will publish more content from development experts from the Global South, helping to diversify debate and discussion in the development sector.
for support of the Reproductive Health and Poverty, Gender and Youth programs The generation and application of knowledge is crucial to the design of cost-effective policies and programs.  For almost 60 years, the Population Council has undertaken rigorous and influential research on a broad range of population and reproductive health issues in order to improve the health and well-being of current and future generations.  These funds will support the Population Council's Reproductive Health and Poverty, Gender, and Youth programs to continue to strengthen access to family planning and other reproductive health services; reduce maternal mortality and ensure the reproductive and sexual rights of women and their partners; ensure a safe, healthy, and productive transition to adulthood for adolescents; and promote gender equity in the context of sex, health and social well-being. The Population Council seeks to maximize the impact of its demographic studies, reproductive health research, technical assistance, development of new programs, and advocacy for change by carrying out the work in close collaboration with scientists, program managers and policymakers in the developing world.
for support of a knowledge management system for the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) strives to make development programs more effective by equipping policymakers with evidence from randomized evaluations. With this grant, J-PAL will develop an integrated knowledge management system to improve staff access to and use of internal resources.
for a project to strengthen governance and fundraising activities This grant will allow Sonora Ciudadana to contract assistance to strengthen internal governance and develop a fundraising strategy to diversify revenue sources.
for general operating support The International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP) mobilizes a global network of experienced lawyers and law firms to provide pro bono services to developing countries to strengthen their legal, regulatory, and enforcement frameworks. ISLP also assists local activists and civil society organizations to navigate the legal terrain and participate effectively in decisions affecting their communities, especially decisions involving natural resource management and associated investments, trade, and tax policies. ISLP works primarily in the Global South, with current activities in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Latin America, and Asia. ISLP works across seven intersecting focus areas: Accountability and Transparency, Community-Inclusive Development, Innovative Finance and Social Enterprises, Investment and Trade, Media Law and Freedom of Expression, Natural Resource Management, and Tax. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance).
for assisting East African countries in economic, commodity, and infrastructure development None
for a program to support open public contracting in East and West Africa The Africa Freedom of Information Centre brings together 43 civil society organizations from across Africa to promote the right of access to public information through research, capacity building, and coordinated advocacy. The center provides leadership and technical support to member organizations to develop and implement country action plans to enhance citizens’ access to public information. This grant will enable the center to promote the principles and practice of open public contracting in East and West Africa and improve the quality and use of procurement and contracts information by citizen groups, enabling them to monitor the delivery of health and education services and infrastructure by private contractors. (Strategy: Transparency, Participation, and Accountability)
for activities to advance rural development programs as alternatives to trade distorting subsidies None
for an assessment of financial and related management systems at the Health and Poverty Division None
for support of emergency access to reproductive and primary health care services in Pakistan Emergency funding has been awarded to Shirkat Gah - Women's Resource Centre in Pakistan to provide humanitarian relief to the community focusing on pregnant women and their families that have survived the severe recent flooding.  Shirkat Gah will distribute basic items such as food, water and non-food items such as hygiene kits, clothes and shoes.  Shirkat Gah is working with multilateral and nongovernmental organizations to organize health camps with a special focus on the needs of pregnant women and lactating mothers.   Shirkat Gah is targeting more than 5,000 vulnerable families in Pakistan (7-8 people per family) in areas in which the organization works.
for support of a network to strengthen population sciences training programs in Francophone Africa With Hewlett Foundation support, the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population has completed two years of an initiative to train local scientists to analyze and evaluate development issues with cutting-edge demographic tools. The project has already trained sixty scientists from seventeen African countries, and seeks to broaden the impact of this work to a wider range of skills at still more Francophone institutions. The recommended renewal proposes a second phase in which the organization would continue its training work, but with an added focus on publishing policy-inspired research emphasizing the intersections between global development and population and the 2010 round of African censuses. The next phase also seeks to build capacity at Africa’s universities to manage modern data sets, which would give population scientists in the region the means to continue their research.
for strengthening the policy and programmatic uptake of cash transfer programs in sub-Saharan Africa UNICEF USA supports the United Nations Children’s Fund by fundraising, advocacy and education, and regranting. It will subaward funds to UNICEF's Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office. This grant supports UNICEF's work with governments to expand social protection systems, and strengthen their design and delivery. The team will work with government counterparts, UNICEF in-country staff who support them, and advocacy groups toward the goals of using existing evidence to advocate for the expansion and increased efficacy of cash transfer programs, and making cash transfer programs more gender sensitive. (Strategies: International Women's Economic Empowerment and Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for program support to the Center for Social Audit This grant would provide program support to the Center for Social Audit to expand work to build the capacity of Mexican organizations working to improve citizen oversight of public services and government spending at the subnational level. After an external evaluation, as well as a process to strengthen their overall organizational capacity, the Center has identified a path for institutional growth. Providing technical assistance, supported by applied research, the Center would work with smaller organizations to build stronger citizen oversight tools, with the ultimate goal of improving the impact on service delivery. The Center would also raise the profile of institutional reforms required to make public systems more accountable to citizens.
for Publish What You Pay, a global campaign for natural resource revenue transparency The Publish What You Pay (PWYP) international secretariat, hosted by the Open Society Foundation, coordinates and strengthens the global network of more than 700 civil society organizations that advocate for more open, accountable management of oil, gas, and mineral wealth in their countries. PWYP network members share best practices for monitoring revenue flows from the sale of natural resources and for understanding the contracts that corporations negotiate with their governments. The coalition also aggregates national and regional level demands for more rigorous implementation of global standards such as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. During this grant period, the PWYP secretariat would establish itself as an independent organization, hire additional regional coordinators for Francophone Africa and Eurasia, and help each national coalition develop a strategic plan aligned with the network’s goals and advances implementing global standards at the country level.
for a program to spur the creation and use of open contracting data in Uganda and Senegal Development Gateway promotes transparency and citizen participation in public resource management through the use of technology and capacity building. In each partner country, Development Gateway works closely with government and civil society groups to build and use technology tools for open publication of data on government transactions. These transactions include contracting, procurement, and public service provision. Development Gateway also builds the capacity of civil society and watchdog groups to access and use this data for monitoring and oversight. This grant will enable Development Gateway to work with the governments of Senegal and Uganda to increase transparency and public participation in government contracting and procurement.
for leadership and collaboration training for social justice leaders in Mexico This renewal grant will enable the Rockwood Leadership Institute to build on a previous workshop for transparency leaders in Mexico. Rockwood will translate new material and adapt different modules from their flagship Art of Leadership workshop to develop a two-day workshop for grantee organizations in Mexico. This will address issues of high turnover and burnout, and strengthen collective action.
for general operating support United for Global Mental Health (UGMH) was founded in 2018. It exists to support and unite the global effort to promote good mental health. Through campaigning, advocacy, and financing work, UGMH aims to create a world in which everyone everywhere has someone to turn to in support of their mental health. UGMH aims to build and strengthen the field of global mental health, increasing the attention to and resources for this under-resourced and neglected area.
for the Transparency and Accountability Initiative The Transparency and Accountability Initiative, hosted by Proteus Fund, is a donor collaborative that coordinates research and exchange among transparency and accountability donors. This grant will continue supporting implementation of the 2020-2024 strategy to increase members’ collective impact by facilitating collective action around four streams of work: (a) data use for accountability, (b) taxation and tax governance, (c) strengthening civic space, and (d) learning for improved grantmaking. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for strategic planning for the PAISA project The PAISA (Planning, Allocations and Expenditures, Institutions: Studies in Accountability) program at the Center for Policy Research studies the ways in which education resources are allocated and managed in order to determine how resources can better be used. This grant would enable the Center to refine its strategy for this area of work so that it can deepen its impact on improving the quality of elementary education in India.
for support of the Regional Institute for Population Studies program The Regional Institute for Population Studies at the University of Ghana is a center of excellence for interdisciplinary research and training in population sciences in Africa. Support for the Institute’s program will enable it to invest in the development of its junior faculty through seed funding for collaboration with scholars at the Population Research Institute at Pennsylvania State University (also a Hewlett grantee). This grant will provide stipends for current doctoral students and funding for a graduate student seminar including pedagogy, methodology, advanced statistical approaches, and research topics. The Institute will also provide a "re-entry" grant for a graduating doctoral student to return to Nigeria with funds to begin research.
for support of a business plan and financial review This grant to ActionAid US will allow them to carry out an organizational effectiveness assessment to carry out a comprehensive financial analysis, staffing model assessment, review the value proposition of the ActionAid model, review revenues sources, and interviews with funders to understand the reasons behind recent funding shifts towards grassroots organizations directly, rather than through intermediaries. Based on these findings the consultant will develop a fundraising diversification and sustainability plan, including a work plan, fundraising benchmarks, and potential donors.
for general operating support Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) is a global network dedicated to improving the working conditions of the working poor — especially women — in the informal economy. WIEGO strives for equal economic opportunities, rights, protection, and voice for all workers. It connects membership-based organizations of workers in the informal economy with researchers, statisticians, and development practitioners to address the concerns of WIEGO’s grassroots worker base. It works to lower workers’ vulnerability to external shocks through the implementation of government policies and programs designed to reduce and prevent these risks. WIEGO promotes change by improving statistics and expanding knowledge on the informal economy, building networks and capacity among worker organizations, and offering support to workers as they fight to influence local, national, and international policies. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment)
for development of an updated and adaptable strategic planning process Oxfam America is part of a global confederation that seeks to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice globally. The confederation recently adopted a new policy to reduce fragmentation and build a global Oxfam confederation with a single management structure in each country. Oxfam America is in the process of implementing new reforms to integrate with Oxfam International. Last July, they also successfully recruited a new President and Chief Executive Officer. Both changes have created a need for an early strategic planning. This organizational effectiveness grant is to support Oxfam America develop a new strategic plan that accommodates the vision of the new leadership and responds to the changing operating structure.
for strengthening U.S. leadership on international reproductive health and family planning This grant will support the United Nations Foundation’s Universal Access Project, a multi-donor funded advocacy project that seeks to strengthen the United States’ leadership in ensuring universal access to reproductive health services. The project will continue to prioritize three outcomes: (a) sustained or increased U.S. funding for international reproductive health and family planning; (b) more effective and integrated U.S. policies on reproductive health and family planning; and (c) enhanced advocacy capacity and collaboration of the reproductive health NGO community, opinion leaders, and political influencers.
for development of a fundraising strategy The Institute for Social Accountability (TISA) is a Kenyan civil society organization committed to promoting transparency, participation, and accountability through research, policy, and advocacy. TISA facilitates citizen oversight of the decentralization of Kenya’s governance and resource allocation in accord with the reforms put in place by its 2010 constitution. With this grant, they will identify opportunities to diversify revenue sources and establish new relationships with funders.
for the 2013 Pan-African Reading for All Conference The success of our efforts to promote a learning goal in the post-2015 global development policy framework will depend on strong champions behind the "cause" of learning. The Pan-African Reading for All Conference is the largest and most prestigious international literacy conference organized by Africans in Africa. This grant would fund African participants to attend the conference and would support a pre-conference meeting with ministers of education and other key partners to develop common goals and strategies for literacy improvement. We expect this work will create the road map for future action to improve learning, as well as the network of education professionals and policymakers necessary to make it happen.