ring campaign rally -Dowa ground Good policy, limited enforcement October 9, 2020 Malawi has over the years, recognized that gender equality is an important catalyst for accelerating development. Malawi’s Constitution attests to this and so do other gender related laws that Malawi is signatory to at regional and international level. However, gender mainstreaming […]
Hivos is looking for an international consultant to lead the production of the Discussion Paper on: State of the sustainable procurement & open contracting fields, Key ways in which open and sustainable procurement can reinforce each other, Existing examples of collaboration/links of open & sustainable procurement, Key tensions that need to be resolved, Challenges and opportunities according to open & sustainable procurement practitioners, Roles for civil society, local & national governments, business
Hivos is looking for an international consultant with background in urban development/ governance/participatory democracy, urban commons
Public finance must boost demand for improved and ‘cleaner’ cookstoves by addressing the affordability gap in the poorest households —through price subsidies, concessional end-user financing, and other means. And it must increase supply to expand distribution channels — for example through grants, concessional finance, guarantee instruments, and patient capital to enterprises.
Date: Thursday 22 October Time: 3-4.15 (CET) Register here >>> Background Access to affordable, reliable and clean energy remains one of the greatest development challenges. In rural areas especially, many communities cannot afford basic modern energy services. This event on Thursday, 22 October 2020 will explore the role that subsidies as a form of public […]
There are still 2.8 billion people worldwide who lack access to clean cooking solutions, a figure that has remained stubbornly high. This persistent gap shows that despite huge efforts, cookstove initiatives have largely failed to reach scale. Among other issues, access to affordable finance is still an immense barrier. Of the US$4.4 billion annual investments […]
En este informe, Cesar Cruz-Rubio, analiza una selección de experiencias participativas en las compras públicas en América Latina, a fin de conocer su nacimiento, desarrollo, e identificar, dentro de lo posible, sus factores de éxito.
In our latest research by Dr Cesar Cruz-Rubio, we analyze participatory experiences in public procurement in Latin America, in order to know their origin, development, and identify, as far as possible, factors that lead them to success.
We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Diana Monissen as the new chair of Hivos’ Supervisory Council. Diana took up her position on October 1, 2020. She succeeds Jan Ernst de Groot, whose statutory term has come to an end. Diana has extensive managerial experience in the Dutch health care sector. Among others, […]
The European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) and Hivos are organising a virtual conference on ‘A green and gender-driven COVID-19 recovery in Africa: How development finance can boost energy access for all’, where participants will explore how public funding and innovative forms of finance could be applied to provide energy to COVID-19 affected women – […]
Open data standards design behind closed doors? September 29, 2020 Guestblog by Ana Brandusescu (McGill University), Michael Canares (StepUp Consulting), Silvana Fumega (ILDA). Original publication here. In June 2020, we had the opportunity to join a discussion on open contracting and inclusion organised by HIVOS. Participants shared their thoughts on a newly published paper by Michael Canares and Francois van Schalkwyk that is […]
Malawi has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Africa – only permitting a termination of pregnancy to save a woman’s life. This restrictive law has been reinforced by harmful social norms thereby creating fear and stigma around abortion which leads women and girls to resort to unsafe abortion methods. In Malawi, unsafe abortion […]