The Open Government Partnership will host the 5th OGP Global Summit in Tbilisi, Georgia on July 17-19, 2018. Priority thematic tracks are Civic Engagement, Anti-Corruption, and Public Service Delivery, as well as other topics for an open track.
Makueni County has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to adopt the Open Contracting approach – an effort that will transform its procurement processes in order to fight graft.
In collaboration with Hivos East Africa and the Development Gateway, the new partnership will support the County to develop a viable and sustainable approach for effective procurement processes through data collection, public disclosure of tenders, eradication of corruption in use of public funds and greater transparency and accountability in good governance.
Submission Deadline: July 19, 2018 Duration: August 2018 to December 2018 Project Location: Morocco (city to be determined by selected partner) Budget: 25,000 Euros In early December 2018, Hivos will organize the “Africa Design Summit” in Morocco. Over the course of this event, creative practitioners from across Africa will gather to examine the emerging intellectual, technological, and cultural trends […]
Digital Earth is a six-month fellowship for artists and designers based in Africa or Asia working across a variety of media who would like to investigate our current technological reality. It is a unique research support program that helps experienced artists to reflect, research, experiment and produce work. The fellowship consists of a monthly stipend […]
MBIA’S SIXTEEN COUNCILLOR BY-ELECTIONS IN 2018 June 19, 2018 Compiled by Zambia National Women’s Lobby 1. INTRODUCTION The by-elections in the 16 wards were as a result of convictions, resignations and deaths of incumbent councilors. In view of the above, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) set Tuesday 24th April, 2018 as […]
While investors spend billions in coffee company acquisitions and mergers, coffee production on the ground is under threat from all sides. This is negatively impacting future value creation throughout the sector. Without major efforts to adapt production to climate change, increase transparency in the value chain and improve social conditions on farms, global production will […]
By Watmore Makokoba Renewable energy is not only about curbing global warming but more so, a means to end energy poverty. This was the rude awakening ignited in the recent Sustainable Energy for All Forum convened in Portugal, Lisbon. According to the Energy Progress Report launched during the forum, 13% of the world’s population live without electricity […]
Hivos, True Price and Ufadhili Trust have announced they are launching CSR Africa, a social performance portal for the flori- and horticulture sector. The portal was launched today at the International Flower Trade Expo in Nairobi, Kenya. Professionals in the flori- and horticultural sector can use it to learn, measure and improve their CSR performance.
IT IN 2019”: THE STORY OF BRANDINA May 30, 2018 Malawian women face an uphill struggle in terms of finding entry points into the political fray. By 2014, women representation in parliament was at 16.66% while female representation in local councils out of 453 wards, only 52 were women. Patriarchy and cultural […]
L partners hold a series of townhall meetings on the “Electoral Law and Women’s Political Participation” May 20, 2018 By Noura El-Turk Hivos WE4L partner Lebanese Association for Democratic Election (LADE) held a townhall meeting on the “Electoral Law and Women’s Political Participation” at the American National School in Zahle on 10 April […]
On the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia, IDAHOT, we celebrate that homosexuality was officially erased from the International Classification of Diseases as a psychological disorder in 1990. While we have made some progress in addressing barriers associated with sexual rights, discrimination against LGBTI+ people is still increasing. Worldwide, millions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and […]
In the past year, Hivos has made significant progress in the path toward universal energy access and decentralised renewable energy. We are now proud to share the major results from our Green and Inclusive Energy Programme. Two advocacy battles won Taking stock of several years of intense advocacy work, Hivos and its partners IIED and […]