This document is a description of Hivos’ lobby and advocacy approach to promoting green and inclusive energy. The document describes how we think change happens and can be used as a guide by others.
People have a right to define their own food system. This includes which seeds they use. Ten rich, underutilized cropscaptures theefforts of farmers in Nakuru County, Kenya, to promote and sustain the varieties they grow.
This toolkit provides essential guidance and ideas for advocacy officers and civil society organizations at all levels. It helps them mobilize people and support efforts to advocate for more efficient, transparent and accountable public contracting processes.
Hivos values working with Theory of Change (ToC) as an appropriate approach to guide its strategic thinking and action, as well as its collaborative action with others. A Theory of Change approach can be used for different purposes, by different users, and at different moments in the cycle of developing, monitoring, reviewing or evaluating a program or strategy.
Achieving gender equality, diversity and inclusion is central to the protection of human rights, the functioning of democracy, and respect for the rule of law, in addition to the achievement of economic growth and sustainability.
This concise strategic plan guides the strategic decision-making processes, it guides Hivos in how and where best to spend our energy and our resources. A complementary business plan provides information on how operations are structured and organized.
When communities generate evidence themselves, they aremore effective in lobbying and advocating for their priorities. So theydepend less on others to set their agenda.
As a supporter of LGBTIQ+ rights for over twenty years, Hivos believes that international companies can become important allies in our endeavours to create a world in which LGBTIQ+ persons are no longer ignored, stigmatised and discriminated against, but instead are recognised and respected.