Save the Children
For Research And Advocacy To Promote Improvements To U.S. Development Assistance
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Amount$250,000
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Program
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Date Awarded12/14/2010
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
In the coming year, several critical policy reforms introduced in 2010 will be implemented. These include the Presidential Policy Directive on U.S. development policy, the Quadrennial Development and Diplomacy Review, as well as the President's new Feed the Future and Global Health Initiatives. Building on Save the Children’s aid reform work over the past three years, which has been supported by Hewlett, this program aims to accelerate momentum for the implementation of key reforms that will improve the impact of US government development programs on sustainable development and poverty reduction at the country level. Save the Children will work closely with NGO, think tank, and Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) colleagues to promote the following desired outcomes: 1) The Executive branch implements its articulated vision for sustainable, country-owned development in a sound and consistent manner; 2) A supportive community of Congressional stakeholders is established to enable the institutionalization of reforms beyond a single administration; 3) The nongovernmental (NGO) community – particularly the health and education sectors – demonstrates increasing support for aid effectiveness principles (e.g. country ownership) and for the sorts of reforms needed to achieve those principles. (Renewal, $250,000/12)
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.savethechildren.org
Grants to this Grantee
for citizen-led assessments and advocacy in conflict-affected and fragile states
Save the Children United States promotes the well-being of young children and their families around the world, especially the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. This grant will enable the organization to adapt and test the use of citizen-led learning assessments in difficult settings where good data on educational outcomes is currently lacking. With this grant, Save the Children will design an approach for young people whose education has been disrupted by conflict, displacement, or their status as refugees, to measure and raise awareness about the gaps in learning that they and other children experience. Save the Children will document this experience to promote and possibly replicate the use of citizen-generated data to track progress and hold host governments, international organizations such as the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, and donor agencies responsible for service delivery in emergencies accountable for commitments made under the new United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
for an advocacy project to inform the development of the post-2015 global goals
With this grant, Save the Children would advocate for the adoption of new learning goals in the post-2015 development framework. Save the Children would conduct targeted policy work in three African countries, engaging civil society and country champions in promoting learning goals. Their advocacy work would also extend across the Save the Children network to ensure greater awareness of their policy positions within the education and related sectors. As a respected voice on children’s issues, Save the Children would use their influence in key global policy forums to promote learning outcomes as a key measure of success.
