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for support of the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency The Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT) is a global network that promotes transparency and public participation in fiscal governance. The initiative brings together governments, public finance experts, civil society organizations, private sector actors, and development partners to dialogue and build consensus and support for transparency and public participation in fiscal matters, discuss and strengthen existing fiscal norms and standards, and promote country-level implementation of these norms and standards. In this grant period, GIFT will advance transparency and inclusive public participation in fiscal policies in international norms and at country level; provide capacity building and peer leaning for the more effective and social inclusive use of public resources, including budget reforms integrating indicators on gender, children, and minorities; and consolidate itself as a cohesive action network. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for general operating support International Planned Parenthood Federation Worldwide Inc. (IPPF WWI) is a global network of family planning associations working in 173 countries. It is the largest nongovernmental organization in the world promoting and providing services for sexual and reproductive health and rights. IPPF WWI’s work is grouped around five priority areas, set out in its Strategic Framework 2005–2015: adolescents, AIDS/HIV, abortion, access, and advocacy. Renewed unrestricted support will underwrite continued implementation of the "five A’s," particularly related to advocacy and safe abortion services. Over the next two years, IPPF WWI will help its member associations to increase political commitment as well as donor and national government resources devoted to sexual and reproductive health and rights.
for organizational planning This grant to Fundar will support them to reform the organization’s statutes to consolidate a governing system; develop a financial management system that guarantees financial health and sustainability; strengthen the institutional memory through an exchange with the organization’s founders and the team’s former directors in order to create an institutional memory that captures the founders vision and revise their political strategy according to the current context; and, strengthen the Donor Relations team’s knowledge and skills to guarantee the continuation of projects and the organization’s financial sustainability.
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. IBP focuses on deep country work that aims to shift power to marginalized groups and improve service delivery through the Strengthening Public Accountability for Results and Knowledge (SPARK) program. IBP will also continue to develop and strengthen international standards and collect comparative cross-country data, particularly in emerging areas of importance such as civic participation, emergency spending practices, and engagement of oversight institutions. IBP will continue its focus on supporting country advocacy with the goal of broadening open budgeting and testing countries that might be appropriate for a lighter or full model for future SPARK programming. IBP will also continue to build stronger budget organizations and networks through its ongoing Francophone Africa Network (FAN) and the Latin America Tax Expenditure Research, Advocacy, and Learning (LATERAL) network. IBP will invest more on tax equity by building the skills and political capabilities of a diverse range of country-based civic actors to engage in tax policy debates and processes. IBP has started a leadership transition process to evolve further toward a truly global organization that operates in service to social movements and civic actors around the world to significantly improve the lives of excluded communities. This is an opportunity for the organization to implement its initial set of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for general operating support The International Planned Parenthood Federation Worldwide, Inc. (IPPF WWI) is a global federation of family planning associations working in more than 170 countries. It is one of the largest nongovernmental organizations in the world that promotes reproductive rights, and is one of two major international organizations most affected by the reinstatement of the Mexico City policy. IPPF WWI’s work improving service access and policies for reproductive health globally is highly aligned with the overall international reproductive health strategy.This grant will support the organizational priorities of the federation during the grant period, including a strategic framework that addresses the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents (the largest ever generation), the growing social and economic inequalities around the world, and the burgeoning opposition movement that threatens gains in sexual and human rights. The federation is undergoing a significant governance reform process over the next year that will allow it to rectify some deep structural issues within the organization.
for a project to test post-2015 indicator feasibility and inform post-2015 framework development Following the closure of the North-South Institute (NSI), this grant will allow for the continuation of the Data Test project without interruption. The staff who were formerly at NSI will be employed as research fellows at The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University and will continue their work on the Data Test. This project will determine the extent to which candidate post-2015 goals, targets and indicators can be measured in six countries representing low, middle and high income categories. The country case studies will identify key data gaps and feasibility for measuring development progress in the post-2015 framework. The project will identify opportunities and challenges to improve the quality, accessibility and transparency of data. which will inform the post-2015 deliberations. The case studies will be conducted by members of the Think Tank Initiative. The results from the project will be used to inform the post-2015 framework.
for developing crop standards and analyzing information systems to improve trade for African farmers None
for fellowship program to support collaboration with Ghana Statistical Service The Overseas Development Institute is an independent, global think tank based in the U.K. The institute runs the ODI Fellowship Scheme, which posts economists and statisticians within low-income country governments or regional organizations to help meet capacity needs and priorities of government partners. This grant will support two fellows under the ODI Fellowship Scheme, both working in the Ghana Statistical Service on various initiatives related to data for the Sustainable Development Goals. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for enhancing social protection for informal women workers in Francophone West Africa Actions pour l’Environnement et le Développement Durable (ACED) is a think-and-do tank driving equitable development across Africa. ACED employs an integrated approach that combines research, policy engagement, and on-the-ground action. ACED focuses on four thematic areas: food systems, nature economy, digital economy, and human development. This grant project aims to improve social protection for informal women workers in Francophone West Africa, through macro-level policy solutions. Implementation for this grant hinges on two interconnected components: designing the implementation of locally relevant macro-level policy solutions, and increasing the technical capacity of policymakers and relevant stakeholders to design and implement these solutions. By working directly with ministries and various stakeholders in the social protection and informal economy sectors, this grant aims to improve the policy environment, thereby offering greater economic stability and equity for informal women workers in Francophone Africa. (Strategy: International Women's Economic Empowerment)
for a report designed to reposition public debate on core issues affecting trade and agricultural policy None
for a project promoting transparent and accountable financing for development ONE is an international campaigning and advocacy organization seeking to end extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. With Hewlett Foundation support, ONE would consolidate its transparency and accountability program to ensure the effective use of public resources. Focus areas would include advancing extractive industry transparency regulations in the United States, European Union, and Canada, and promoting greater budget transparency in African countries. It would also include deepening aid transparency commitments and execution by donor governments, and calling for new investments to collect, analyze, and disseminate data to track the Sustainable Development Goals.
for support of a convening for the Future of Impact Evaluation symposium International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) would host the Future of Impact Evaluation for International Development meeting to provide a venue to present three Hewlett-commissioned papers on future directions for the impact evaluation field. In addition to the paper presentations, panels of evaluation users and 3ie Southern members would react to the papers and present their own ideas on directions for the field. Invited participants would include users and producers of impact evaluations. The discussions in this meeting would be an input into decisions on how to support the impact evaluation under the Evidence-informed Policymaking strategy.
for testing new sources of data to monitor the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Through this grant, the Civicus will contribute to discussions on monitoring and measuring the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals through three related activities. First, Civicus will conduct pilots in Tanzania and Kenya to identify ways in which nontraditional sources of data can be used to measure the goal on gender equality. Second, Civicus will work to facilitate discussions among members of civil society to contribute to data collection, harness new kinds of data, and coordinate monitoring and accountability efforts. Finally, Civicus will participate in the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, supporting the launch, participating in the coordinating and planning team, and commencing the rollout of a civil society outreach plan for the Partnership.
for Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population's program to train population scholars The recommended grant to Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP) at the University of Ouagadougou would continue the Foundation’s support of ISSP’s graduate programs, which train population scientists from Francophone West Africa. ISSP also operates an urban population observatory, which collects demographic and health data from 80,000 residents on a regular basis and contributes to research that can inform policy decisions on a range of social services. In addition, the grant funds would enable ISSP to enhance its Internet connectivity and address longstanding electricity challenges by installing a solar power system.
for the Southern Voice Secretariat Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) serves as the institutional host of Southern Voice, a network of over 50 think tanks from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The goal of Southern Voice is that scholarship and scholars from the Global South are more influential in global policy deliberations. Southern Voice works to change two things: global policies, through the research it produces and disseminates; and the policymaking process, through increasing the participation of scholars from the Global South. Under this grant, the network will produce collaborative research, promote policy dialogues, and inform global policy audiences with country-based knowledge on implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
for the Utafiti Sera program to connect researchers and policy actors in East Africa The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) is an independent, nonpartisan pan-African not-for-profit organization. Currently engaged in more than 25 African countries, PASGR’s mission is to advance research excellence for governance and public policy in Africa. This grant will support PASGR’s Utafiti Sera program, which creates and supports research-to-policy communities to promote and support evidence-informed policy decision making. These Utafiti Sera communities bring together scholars, government officials, and civil society leaders working in specific sectors in Kenya and Rwanda to collaboratively prioritize policy questions, identify and fill research gaps to respond to these questions, and draw on research findings to inform policymaking. The Utafiti Sera approach prioritizes strengthening a culture and practice of evidence use among government partners in these countries and sharing learning about this with the broader evidence-informed policymaking field. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for a project promoting transparent and accountable financing for development Over the next several years, ONE, a grassroots organization that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, will expand its policy and advocacy program promoting the transparent and accountable use of public resources in developing countries. With Hewlett Foundation support, ONE will be able to advance extractive industry transparency, budget transparency, aid transparency, and African civil society empowerment.
for supporting citizen-led assessments worldwide This supplemental grant will allow Hivos to support seven organizations implementing citizen-led assessments in nine countries to improve their work and increase its visibility. Hivos 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 general operating support The Water Integrity Network (WIN) is an international nongovernmental organization that works to improve transparency, citizen participation, and accountability in the water sector within select countries and globally. WIN will build the capacity of civil society organizations, water user associations, and water activists to use tools and strategies that enable citizen oversight of water services; build coalitions to advocate for more responsive government provision and regulation of water services; and organize global advocacy campaigns to promote better water governance. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for support of diversity, equity, and inclusion work This project will support Ipas to identify strategies to increase the diversity of its current North Carolina-based and global workforce, increase retention rates among underrepresented groups, and acquire diverse talent in the future. Ipas will hire a consultant to facilitate a multi-stage process to identify these strategies with a diversity, equity, and inclusion coalition and members of the leadership team.
for developing a flexible data collection tool for users in developing countries The WWWF’s mission is to advance the Web technically by breaking down barriers and building capabilities, and to utilize it to empower individuals and citizen groups by providing a medium for them to voice their opinions. This project grant would provide the seed funding for the WWWF to develop an online tool for data collection and citizen feedback. The proposed outcome of this project is to create a data-collection platform that will also be appropriate for collecting opinions and gathering contextual information from those living in underprivileged communities in developing countries, and who usually have poor reading skills, read in less common languages, or have access to limited technologies such as the simplest mobile phones and mobile networks. Two other major donors have expressed interest in joining this effort and piloting the tool once it is developed.  

The World Wide Web Foundation (WWWF) (Boston, MA) – Project; New; $100,000 over 8 months; 100% of project budget
for Ebola response efforts Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) applies the principles of open source and open data sharing for humanitarian response and economic development. This grant would support HOT’s work of using satellite imagery to generate detailed and accurate maps of the Ebola-affected region to facilitate the humanitarian response, and for improving data analysis and tasking tools to do so. The HOT technology platform, which has been proven successful in other relief efforts, is currently being deployed in West Africa and would be upgraded with this support.
for the preparatory phase of a civil society initiative to assess student learning in Mali We recommend a grant to Œuvre Malienne d’Aide à l’Enfance du Sahel (OMAES) to plan and develop a civil society-led approach to evaluating learning and communicating the results in Mali.  Drawing on successful QEDC-supported experiences in India (ASER) and Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania (Uwezo), OMAES will develop sampling methods and simple tests, train volunteers and pilot the approach in a limited area during the timeframe of the grant.  The proposed grant is expected to greatly expand citizen understanding of learning levels in Mali and accelerate improvements in the education system.
for project management tools and trainings This Operational Effectiveness grant will support Bread for the World Institute in strengthening project management tools and processes. By developing an integrated plan to improve the timeliness and usefulness of financial and statistical reporting, the project aims to enhance project directors’ ability to plan and conduct timely assessments of project expenditures and activities, enable more efficient decision-making due to better access to financial and performance data used to assess project progress, and when necessary, adjust strategies to reach important project benchmarks within expected timeframes.
for general operating support The Revenue Watch Institute (RWI) assists countries that are rich in oil, gas, and mining reserves to manage those resources effectively. A Hewlett Foundation grantee since 2006, RWI helps governments negotiate better contract terms with the extractive companies; advances global standards for companies and countries to report the taxes and royalties they pay and collect; and assists civil society organizations, parliaments, and media groups to oversee their governments’ ability to maximize public benefits from the sale of natural resources. In 2013, in addition to their ongoing research and capacity building programs, RWI will be launching the next iteration of the Revenue Watch Index that ranks countries by their natural resource transparency and makes recommendations for improvement. RWI will also be completing a strategic review process that will harmonize their technical assistance and capacity building services, focusing on a set of priority countries to increase their impact. At the international level, RWI will further advocate for greater payment and contract disclosure by governments and companies, and will continue to play a leadership role in platforms where natural resource governance reforms are advanced, such as the Natural Resource Charter, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, and the Open Government Partnership.
for support to the Evidence in Governance and Politics network This grant will support the next phase of growth of the Evidence in Governance and Politics network to achieve four specific goals: (a) overcome the crisis of external validity by fostering knowledge accumulation; (b) promote a new approach to link research to practitioners; (c) increase the capacity of developing country researchers; and (d) improve experimental methods by communicating research findings to policymakers.
for support to developing family planning action plans in West Africa This project to Futures Institute will provide technical support to seven of the Ouagadougou Partnership countries (Niger, Togo, Guinea, Benin, Mali, Mauritania, and Côte d’Ivoire). This project builds on the ongoing support provided through the Partnership and positions the countries to receive funds newly available through the Family Planning Summit. Emphasis will be on identifying activities that are most likely to move the family planning program forward.
for general support of the Global Economy and Development Program A grant to the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution will support its research and outreach to inform smart development policy in four areas: (1) reforming U.S. foreign assistance, (2) improving governance in developing countries, (3) enhancing aid effectiveness, and (4) building the capacity of African think tanks. Initial support from the Hewlett Foundation in 2004 set in motion the creation of the Global Economy and Development Program, and with our renewed support, the program will continue to advance its policy research agenda.

Brookings Institution (Washington, DC) – Program; Renewal; $1,200,000 over 2 years; 4% of program budget
for J-PAL South Asia to conduct an impact evaluation of Pratham's Read India None
for support to develop resources to inform the Post-2015 Data Revolution conversation Open Data Watch will prepare resource documents to inform discussions on the post-2015 Data Revolution. These documents will address information gaps in the current discussions and will support United Nations and the Financing for Development delegates who will be negotiating post-2015 outcome documents but may not be familiar with issues in data for development. Open Data Watch will: 1) map existing mechanisms to support statistical capacity building; 2) summarize lessons from recent statistical capacity building program evaluations; 3) develop an FAQ for the data revolution; and 4) draft a policy note for the Needs Assessment for Sustainable Development Goals Monitoring and Statistical Capacity Development.
for technical assistance to enhance own-source revenue reforms in three Kenyan counties The Institute of Public Finance (IPF) is a nonprofit think tank based in Nairobi, Kenya, that advocates for more equitable, efficient, and effective public finance management by generating research evidence and providing technical assistance to state and nonstate actors. This grant will enable IPF to support the county governments of Laikipia, Kitui, and Nairobi in Kenya to enhance their revenue mobilization in support of improved public service delivery. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for general operating support Transparencia Mexicana, the Mexican chapter of Transparency International, is focused on promoting transparency, accountability, and integrity in the provision of public services in Mexico. Among its core activities, the organization monitors national and subnational government practices on service delivery and procurement. This grant would allow the organization to continue producing its National Survey on Corruption and Good Governance, incorporating disaggregated data at the local level for the first time. The organization also would use the support to develop a tool for citizen reports, recording acts of corruption in real time.