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My M&E
Civil Society, Framework, Other UN Agency, Civil SocietyThis web-site is designed to provide civil society organisations with quick and practical general guidance as you undertake an evaluation . The site is divided into a number of topics taking you through the different steps when conducting a monitoring and evaluation: Plan an Evaluation Manage an Evaluation Conduct an Evaluation Assure the Quality of an Evaluation Use the...
Human Rights Impact Assessment and Management (HRIAM) Guide & Online Tool
Framework, Human Rights, Inter-Governmental Organization, Civil SocietyThe Guide to Human Rights Impact Assessment and Management (HRIAM) has been developed as an online tool for companies committed to assessing and managing the human rights risks and impacts of their business activities. In particular, the Guide to HRIAM provides guidance on how to: Identify and assess potential and/or existing human rights risks and impacts Implement mitigation action plans to...
Toolkits on Civil Society Accountability
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Framework, Latin America and the Carribean, Civil Society, GovernmentIn partnership with the Commonwealth Foundation, One World Trust worked on a project across three Commonwealth countries, Belize, India and Uganda, and one region, the Pacific islands, to stimulate discussion among CSOs on what it means to be accountable. Working with Society for Education and Research (SPEAR) in Belize, Voluntary Action Network India (VANI)in India, Development Network of...
LatinoBarómetro - Questionnaires, Codebooks & Methodology
Civil Society, Democracy, Framework, Latin America and the Carribean, Civil SocietyLatinobarómetro is an annual public opinion survey that involves some 19,000 interviews in 18 Latin American countries, representing more than 400 million inhabitants. Latinobarómetro Corporation is a non-profit NGO based in Santiago, Chile, and is solely responsible for the production and publication of the data. Latinobarómetro Corporation researches the development of democracy and economies...
AfroBarometer Survey Manual
Africa, Civil Society, Democracy, Framework, Civil SocietyThe Afrobarometer is an independent, nonpartisan research project that measures the social, political, and economic atmosphere in Africa. By using, among other things, questionnaires the barometer collects and disseminates information regarding Africans’ views on democracy, governance, economic reform, civil society, and quality of life. Round 1 surveys were conducted between 1999 and 2001....
Gender Mainstreaming in Practice: A Toolkit
Framework, Governance and Gender, UNDP ProducedIntegration of a gender perspective into programming and policy-making – Gender Mainstreaming – has become a key priority of UNDP. Towards this end, 'Gender Mainstreaming in Practice: A Toolkit' integrates a gender perspective into the analysis of work, home, and public life in order to improve policy-making and programming. This publication reflects the work of more than a hundred specialists...
Methodology and Tools for Human Rights-based Assessment and Analysis
Framework, Human Rights, UNDP ProducedAuthors/Editors: Pirkko Poutiainen, Shanti Risal Kaphle, Edisa Peštek, Lauren Matthews, Sarah Hemingway, and Laure-Anne Courdesse This framework includes the methodology used for human rights-based assessment and analysis as well as a set of tools to assist assessment teams. Rights-based Municipal Assessment and Planning Project (RMAP) is a joint project by the Office of the High Commissioner...
From the Roots Up Strengthening Organizational Capacity through Guided Self-Assessment
Civil Society, Framework, Civil SocietyAuthors/Editors:Peter Gubbels and Catheryn Koss This manual seeks to strengthen organizational capacity by providing tools and methods for self-assessment. It explains key areas for organizational capacity building, including: representative decision making; communication systems; collaboration with other groups; negotiation for services; identification and prioritization of problems;...
Assessment Methodology - Social Inclusion in Health and Education
Civil Society, Framework, UNDP Produced, Civil SocietyAuthors/Editors: Memet Memeti The objective of this methodology is to provide the tools for assessing the governance in health and education with regard to social inclusion and poverty reduction. This methodology is developed to serve as a critical accountability mechanism for variety of stakeholders, especially the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia and non-state actors regarding the...
The Pyramid a Diagnostic and Planning Tool for Good Forest Governance
Civil Society, Framework, Land Governance, Inter-Governmental Organization, Civil SocietyThe objective of ’’The Pyramid’: a diagnostic and planning tool for good forest governance is to offer a framework to stimulate participatory assessment and target-setting in forest governance at country level. Wielded by well-facilitated multi-stakeholder processes, the tool can help fill the ‘forest governance gap’ between assessing and accelerating field level progress in sustainable forest...