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.
CoST Malawi has effectively engaged the media to reach out to citizens, and also to provide them with a platform for participation. They use their status as a “big brother” of infrastructure in Malawi to lobby the government for transparency reforms.
Since 2016, the Energy Change Lab has worked on a project to ensure that electricity can be used for economic and social gain. Going beyond electricity for household use, people are now using electricity to run businesses and improve their income. The Energy Change Lab in cooperation with CEFA has developed a mobile unit, travelling […]
The publication of the Hivos Annual Report and Accounts 2019 has been delayed until September 2020. During 2019 we have changed our financial and project management administrative systems in order to improve our operations and controls. Migrating from one system to the other has temporarily led to the use of two systems simultaneously, which made […]
Organizational Policies and Procedures Consultant – Lebanon June 26, 2020 TERMS OF REFERENCE: Organizational Policies and Procedures CONSULTANT- LEBANON HIVOS WOMEN EMPOWERED FOR LEADERSHIP (WE4L) PROGRAMME Region: Hivos MENA (Lebanon). Application deadline: 13th July, 2020 About Hivos Hivos is an international organisation that seeks new solutions to persistent global issues. With smart […]