Hivos
For Supporting Civil Society Engagement With The Open Government Partnership
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Amount$345,000
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Program
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Date Awarded12/3/2012
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Term7.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
With this planning grant, the Dutch nongovernmental organization Hivos will develop a multi-year strategy to enhance coordination and learning among civil society groups engaged in the Open Government Partnership. As countries participating in the Open Government Partnership make commitments to sharing more information with their citizens and encouraging greater civil society participation in public policy and oversight, Hivos will foster a strong civil society network and learning community.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.hivos.org
Address
Raamweg 12, The Hague, 2596 HL, Netherlands
Grants to this Grantee
for supporting citizen-led assessments worldwide
This grant will allow Hivos to support seven organizations implementing citizen-led assessments in nine countries to improve their work and increase its visibility. Hivos will also help interested organizations in new countries to learn about and begin piloting their own work on similar assessments as a way to engage citizens in advancing an agenda for better learning outcomes.
for supporting citizen-led assessments worldwide
This supplemental grant will allow Hivos to support seven organizations implementing citizen-led assessments in nine countries to improve their work and increase its visibility. Hivos will also help interested organizations in new countries to learn about and begin piloting their own work on similar assessments as a way to engage citizens in advancing an agenda for better learning outcomes.
for the implementation of a civil society assessment of student learning in East Africa
This grant to Hivos would provide continued support to Uwezo, a nationwide, citizen-led assessment of student learning in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Uwezo is the largest annual assessment of children’s learning in Africa; in 2012 alone Uwezo tested nearly 350,000 children in about 11,000 communities. The results have sparked national, regional, and global debates about the magnitude of the learning crisis for schoolchildren. This renewal grant would support the ongoing efforts to collect, analyze, and communicate the results of the nationwide learning assessment to stimulate citizen action and oversight in education and policy reform.
