"This midterm performance evaluation of the United States Agency for International Development’s Assistance to Citizens in Fight Against Corruption Activity (ACFC) and Investigative Journalism Program (IJP) examines the outcomes the activities achieved during the first two and a half years of impl
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ementation. Both activities started in September 2019 and will end in September 2024. The evaluation concluded that the two activities increased citizens’ awareness about and confidence in anticorruption activities of civil society in directly targeted municipalities, and awareness about media anticorruption reporting at a national level. More success stories and a centralized effort to promote results and messaging should follow, and all supported media requires an improved approach to audience engagements. Despite stagnation at the national level, citizens’ engagement in anticorruption increased significantly in affected municipalities, especially through locally based informal groups and CSO initiatives, as well as through well-tailored initiatives for monitoring abuse of public resources in pre-election campaigns and public procurement during the pandemic. The lack of coordination between direct beneficiaries, and with external stakeholders, partially caused by the pandemic, made anticorruption efforts fragmented and less sustainable. The pandemic and political stalemates negatively affected the high-level advocacy initiatives with modest results only in the areas of conflict of interest and public procurement, while the ACFC grantees had some results in their advocacy initiatives. The two activities were effective in getting institutions to process corruption reports and in stopping illegal activities in some of the institutions. Investigative journalism reports resulted in several high-profile corruption cases. Even though judicial effectiveness is improving, citizens’ distrust in judicial and other institutions still hampers gains in reporting corruption." (Abstract)
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"In sum, this evaluation provides evidence that the Kembali ke Hutan (Return to the forest) project through drama, discussion show, and social media output can engage young Indonesians in topics that they previously were not interested in by breaking down the issues of deforestation in climate chang
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e into tangible topics that they can relate to. By connecting with young people, the media content has been able to increase their knowledge, motivate them to be involved and encourage them to take simple actions. Whilst this phase, has also driven more discursive dialogue in these issues, the results show that there is more scope to increase participation in these issues, stimulate discussion and increase people’s risk perception that these issues need to be taken seriously as they will impact their lives." (Conclusion)
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"This review was commissioned by CDAC Network to provide a snapshot of the status of Communication, Community Engagement and Accountability (CCEA) in Haiti six months into the earthquake response. The study aims to identify common themes and critical questions that response actors should be asking t
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o improve sustainable, collective, localised action in CCEA moving forward. Several recommendations are put forward for consideration going forward." (Page 4)
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"As part of the Inclusive Futures programme, BBC Media Action produced a radio drama, Story Story, and accompanying social media content, to tackle stigma and discrimination around disability in Nigeria. This content was broadcast from November 2020 to November 2021 through local radio partners in s
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ix states – Enugu, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kano, Kaduna, Kogi and Lagos. This briefing draws on a literature review and key insights from BBC Media Action’s mixed-methods evaluation of the drama conducted in June and July 2021. The evaluation included a large-scale quantitative household survey and qualitative research in the six states. It examines the evidence for using drama to address disability-related stigma, discusses lessons on how best to engage audiences on disability inclusion through media and evaluates the impact of the Story Story drama on audiences. It also includes examples of characters, storylines and dialogues to illustrate how the drama addressed disability inclusion and related stigma. The briefing concludes by reflecting on what the evaluation tells us about the role that media and communication, specifically drama, can play in supporting disability inclusion and tackling disability-related stigma and discrimination." (Page 2)
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"All respondents had experienced online violence. Misogynistic hate speech, sexists’ comments, body shaming as well as slut shaming was common among the women journalists and WHRDs interviewed. These threats were also extended to their families, friends, relatives and networks. Another frequently
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mentioned attack was the attempted hacking into women’s email. Most of the women interviewed reduced their online activity and presence in response to online violence whereas others deactivated some of their online accounts. The story theme most often identified in association with increased attacks was gender, followed by politics and elections, human rights and social policy. Anonymous or unknown attackers are the most frequently noted source of attacks according to the women respondents. Facebook was mentioned as the least safe among social media platforms/apps used by women participants, with most of the respondents saying it was “very unsafe” compared to Twitter. Most of the women journalists did not report incidents of online violence to their employers or security personnel."
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"En relación con el fortalecimiento de la Red SIGNIS ALC en América Latina y el Caribe y al apoyo a los integrantes de la Red SIGNIS ALC y sus propuestas. Se puede afirmar que la nueva estructuración de la organización asumida en abril 2017 ha permitido un reenfoque estratégico de SIGNIS ALC.
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- Un incipiente reconocimiento de SIGNIS ALC en las distintas orgánicas de la iglesia católico-latinoamericana, entre ellas el CELAM y algunas Universidades Católicas AL.
- Una mejor articulación con diversas áreas de SIGNIS Mundial y un impulso a temáticas de interés de las organizaciones nacionales de SIGNIS ALC, temas como “cuidado de casa común”, “jóvenes”, y “comunicación comunitaria”. Estos enfoques son altamente compartidos entre los directivos de las entidades SIGNIS nacionales.
- El 90% de las directivas nacionales valoran el papel actual de coordinación de la Secretaria Ejecutiva de SIGNIS ALC en relación con las actividades de comunicación y articulación de información de las acciones de realizan las nacionales y SIGNIS ALC.
- La S.E. tuvo la capacidad para adaptar la ejecución de los programas en la situación de pandemia, alcanzando en sus programas, buenos niveles de participación local-regional.
Debilidades:
- Aunque los temas actuales que trabaja SIGNIS ALC están en sintonía con los interés de las directivas locales, pero se evidencia que hay una insuficiencia en la S.E. para detectar, valorar y articular iniciativas que surjan o puedan partir desde las organizaciones nacionales. Esto se produce ya que no existe desde la S.E. un mecanismo orgánico, explícito, permanente y sistemático que permita recoger las inquietudes o necesidades de acciones y proyectos de signis nacionales.
- Muchas acciones o programas no logran bajar a las realidad, al no disponer de un seguimiento y presupuesto efectivo para una segunda fase; estos no logran implementarse en este nivel local (social) en los países de las asociadas. (Esto genera un sentimiento de alta expectativas pero que tiene bajos logros). Por ello es necesario identificar en los proyectos de forma realista “indicadores de logros detallados” de las acciones para acotar mejor (eficacia) la forma para impactar.
- Aunque hay logros en los esfuerzos y resultados que pudo aumentar los ingresos para los proyectos de SIGNIS ALC en el periodo estudiado, y así como para la propia S.E., falta en que la S.E. realice un real impulso de fundraising que permita escalar la capacidad de sostenibilidad, orientada a apoyar a las asociadas locales de SIGNIS ALC.
- A la vez, cuando hay muchos temas e intenciones declarados, y no es posible de abordar dado la organización y los recursos financieros actualmente disponible; lo mismo se trasluce en la plataforma digital; se requiere que la S.E SIGNIS ALC impulse una focalización identitaria para lograr incidencia." (Resumen de la evaluación, página 5-7)
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"Intimate partner violence (IPV) impacts the physical and mental health of one in three women globally, with equally high rates in rural Nepal. The risk of physical violence, stalking, harassment, and homicide between intimate partners increases when alcohol is used by the perpetrator. This study ev
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aluates the impact of Change Starts at Home, a nine-month intervention to prevent IPV in which 360 married couples in the Terai region of Nepal listened to a serial radio drama and engaged in Listening Group Discussions. A sub-sample of 18 couples were selected for individual in-depth interviews that were taken at the end of the intervention and 16 months later. Participants strongly and consistently associated alcohol use with IPV against women in their own and others’ relationships. Husbands and wives agreed that men sustained reductions in alcohol use, conflict, and perpetration of IPV, attributed to improvements in communication, conflict resolution, and a reduction in alcohol expenditure following the intervention. The results of this study suggest that integrating programming on alcohol reduction within IPV prevention interventions in the Terai region of Nepal has benefits on couple functioning, alcohol consumption, and IPV perpetration." (Abstract)
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"The EU Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU SDGN) project funded by the EU employed a ‘social media first’ approach to strengthen the political knowledge, understanding, discussion and efficacy of young (18-24 years) women and men across all 36 states and FCT in Nigeria. High-impact
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social media content in the form of infographics, short factual films, still photographs, short drama skits and Public Service Announcements were produced and posted under the EU SDGN project (and MI-VotE project) across our BBC Media Action Arewa (Hausa) and Naija (English) Facebook and Instagram platforms to share balanced information on electoral and political processes, role model political participation, and engage young Nigerians in social issues that matter to them. The project also strengthened the capacity of media organisations across Nigeria to provide more trusted, accurate and balanced social media content that meets audience needs." (Page 1)
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"The purpose of this review is to support education practitioners, host country government representatives, donors, implementers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations, and other stakeholders in applying best practices to monitor and evaluate distance learning initiative
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s designed for diverse learners and implemented both within and outside of learning institutions. This review covers the four key distance learning modalities: radio/audio, television/video, mobile phone, and online learning. Printed texts, which are often developed to accompany these first four modalities, can also be a fifth modality in contexts where technology is not used. Most of the data sources were drawn from work in the primary education sub-sector. However, much of the guidance can be applied to secondary and tertiary-level distance learning. This review is also applicable to data collection in both crisis and non-crisis contexts. This review presents a roadmap that guides users through four steps of planning and designing how distance learning delivered through any of these modalities can be monitored and evaluated. Step 1: Determine the Objectives of Monitoring and Evaluating Distance Learning; Step 2: Determine What Will Be Measured (Reach, Engagement, and Outcomes); Step 3: Determine How Data Will Be Collected (In-Person or Remotely); Step 4: Determine the Methods and Approaches for Measurement. Based on emerging global evidence, this review guides users through the process of measuring the reach, engagement, and outcomes of distance learning initiatives. In addition to providing step-by-step guidance, this review provides three overarching recommendations for developing and implementing evidence-based monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) plans for distance learning initiatives." (Executive summary)
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"Since October 2017, the Common Service for Community Engagement and Accountability (‘the Common Service’) has been funded as a dedicated project providing key services and support to help humanitarian organisations engage effectively with Rohingya communities and Bangladeshis living near Rohing
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ya camps (host communities) in Cox’s Bazar. A sub-national working group on communicating with communities (CwC) already existed in Bangladesh and was activated in response to the Rohingya refugee crisis. The Common Service project operates alongside the working group carrying out a diverse range of activities including creating and sharing audio and visual content in the Rohingya language; supporting and training humanitarian agencies on language, communication, community engagement and accountability; and operating a collective feedback analysis service, collating and analysing community feedback and complaints data from different sources and producing a fortnightly bulletin" (Preface, page 4). –- "There is strong evidence to suggest that community members have improved access to coordinated, timely and responsive two-way community engagement as a result of the Common Service. The evaluation has found causal evidence to suggest that support the Common Service has provided to the humanitarian sector, through provision of communication materials and training has led to humanitarian agencies being better equipped to communicate with communities and in turn community members having access to key, useful information which has prompted them to take action." (Conclusions, page 50)
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"Die vorliegende Evaluation gibt Aufschluss darüber, ob und wie die DW die Ziele aus der Aufgabenplanung 2018–2021 erreicht hat. Detailliert weist sie nach, welche Aktivitäten die DW als Unternehmen durchführte und welche Schwerpunkte sie in den inzwischen 32 Sprachangeboten setzte. Mithilfe um
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fangreicher Nutzungszahlen und zahlreicher Studien zur Akzeptanz und Wirkung in der Zielgruppe zeigt sie sowohl Erfolge als auch Potentiale in den Zielmärkten auf. Damit ist die Evaluation zugleich eine Grundlage für die Aufgabenplanung 2022–2025. Die Ergebnisse der Evaluation sind äußerst erfreulich: Die DW ist relevanter und beliebter denn je. Und auch im Inland erfuhr sie im Zeitraum der zurückliegenden Aufgabenplanung hohen Rückhalt. Der Deutsche Bundestag und die Bundesregierung unterstützten die gewachsene Bedeutung des Auslandsrundfunks für die Vermittlung deutscher und europäischer Perspektiven in den Zielregionen mit einem deutlich gesteigerten Etat. Er erlaubte es der DW, zahlreiche Maßnahmen zur Weiterentwicklung ihrer Angebote umzusetzen und so zukunftsfähig zu bleiben. Mit neuen, innovativen Formaten ging sie differenziert auf die Bedürfnisse der Zielgruppe ein, selbst in schwierigen Marktbedingungen. Dabei gelang es der DW, ihr Angebot zu diversifizieren, vor allem vor dem Hintergrund der weltweit dynamischen Digitalisierung. Die Berichterstattung aus den Regionen stärkte sie durch neue Standorte und Kooperationen." (Vorwort, Seite 9)
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"This CEDIL Synthesis Working Paper is a report on the first of its kind country evaluation map for a single country. The map identifies 617 evaluations in multiple sectors in Uganda. Nearly 60 per cent of the studies contain process evaluation evidence and over 40 per cent are impact evaluations. T
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his country evaluation map seeks to make recent development evaluations from Uganda visible and available in a single repository. It identifies potential gaps in knowledge and opportunities for synthesising existing evidence for the use of policymakers and researchers in Uganda. Users can submit studies for inclusion in the map, thus giving the map a repository function." (https://cedilprogramme.org)
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"This evaluation is an analysis of the Mozilla Foundation’s grantmaking and fellowship work led by the F&A team from the beginning of 2016 through mid-2020. It seeks to understand: 1) the impacts of the programs on individual funding recipients and organizational partners, on the issues the progra
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ms endeavor to address, and on the people most affected by those issues, 2) the strengths and challenges of the programs, for Mozilla staff, program participants and other stakeholders 3) how F&A’s work supports the impact goals laid out in Mozilla’s AI Theory of Change and 4) the ways in which the F&A program contributes to and is perceived by the broader internet health ecosystem [...] The evaluation found that the program furthers the foundation’s internet health goals and overall theory of change by investing in research, writing, art, and code that explores the role of the internet in society. The program attracts and grows a network of technologists, coders, educators, scientists, journalists and activists who are committed to advancing Mozilla’s mission. It also found that impact has been limited by a lack of clarity and communication around how program design and theory of change inform one another. Those surveyed felt that making the connection explicit would help the ecosystem and participants have clarity around the intentions of Mozilla’s work, crystalize strategy internally and externally, and help the foundation develop more effective impact measurements. Respondents indicated that the strengths and challenges of the F&A program were largely consistent across program tracks, types and models. This finding indicates that individual F&A programs have more in common than the team currently acknowledges, and that the different programs ultimately offer similar experiences to funding recipients." (Executive summary, page 12-13)
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