One of the key barriers to delivering energy solutions for all is the limited access to affordable finance at the local and national levels to serve urban and rural poor with appropriate energy access solutions. At international level, finance flows are insufficiently targeting the last mile and flowing mainly to higher income areas and on-grid […]
Dear Reader, I welcome you to our 2019 annual report. This report features our work in East Africa where we have been championing just and fair societies since we started working in the region over 50 years ago. 2019 was a year filled with interesting twists and turns but such times only gave us the […]
Covid-19 response: NGOs unite in call for continued support for transparency and accountability July 11, 2020 Last month Accountability Lab, CoST and Hivos convened an open call to international development funders to continue support to transparency and accountability initiatives, with a message of how crucial T&A is to effective Covid-19 response. Over 80 representatives from international […]
Working together with communities and investing in their social capacity are the key to success in the transition to 100% electric cooking, shows the new “Beyond Fire: Backcasting a pathway to fully electric cooking in rural Kenya by 2030” released by Hivos and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). This new report calls for a better understanding […]
A year ago today Bessy Ferrera was murdered. Bessy was a brave trans woman and activist from Honduras. She dared to stand up for her human rights in a society that systematically violates them. A society that excludes and discriminates against LGBTIQ people. Instead of respect and recognition, she got bullets. And she is not […]
Hivos/ENERGIA, EnDev, and Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) are delighted to announce the creation of a joint Gender and Energy Innovation Facility, a new space aiming at developing, testing and evaluating innovative approaches to address persistent gender challenges in energy access. “To unleash women’s economic potential, we need a systemic change that enables an equal […]
Working together with communities and investing in their social capacity are the key to success in the transition to 100% electric cooking, shows the new “Beyond Fire: Backcasting a pathway to fully electric cooking in rural Kenya by 2030” released by Hivos and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). This new report calls for a better […]
NTS: END TERM EVALUATION July 2, 2020 TERMS OF REFERENCE: END-TERM EVALUATION HIVOS-WOMEN EMPOWERED FOR LEADERSHIP (WE4L) PROGRAMME About Hivos Hivos was founded in 1968, inspired by humanist values. Our founders held the conviction that development work should be secular, as true cooperation presumes respect for differing beliefs. In our first ever […]
By actively reaching out to civil society and citizens Makueni county have set an example of how citizens can successfully shape the tools that engage them. Makueni County, Kenya, has used civic participation to design a procurement portal that services their region’s specific needs. This portal was launched in December 2019.
Concerned Citizens of Abra for Good Government (CCAGG) is a community monitoring group based in Abra, one of the Philippines’ poorest provinces. Since 1987, CCAGG members have monitored construction projects in the region, built capacity in their local community through education on infrastructure issues, and empowered citizens to know their rights.
Integrity Watch Afghanistan have been using civic participation in community-based monitoring of infrastructure to collect data on infrastructure projects across the country. They use this citizen collected data to advocate for citizens rights to transparency, open contracting and better delivery management.
CoST Honduras is a transparency-focused initiative that has used civic participation to challenge and change corrupt practices in infrastructure procurement. They focus on empowering citizens through education and giving them channels to hold the government to account. Key to this has been the introduction of their open data platform for infrastructure projects: SISOCS.