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Valuing Volunteering
The project aims to expand our knowledge of the specific attributes of volunteering as a development mechanism and the unique ways in which volunteering impacts on poverty.
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Citizenship and Participation: Steps Achieved and Future Agendas
This international conference reflected on the Citizen Engagement Programme (CEP)’s contribution to field of social accountability and citizen participation in Mozambique and beyond whilst promoting a debate on future agendas that could capitalise and build on the programme’s legacy.
News
30 May 2018
New film: why understanding intersecting inequalities vital to achieving SDGs
A new film showcases why it’s so important to understand the impact of intersecting inequalities on people’s lives and the relevance of this for achieving all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With stories from Egypt, Ghana, India, South Africa and Uganda, the film reflects on what it takes to help people overcome the intersecting inequalities that criss-cross their lives and hold the powerful to account.
Report
30 May 2018
Representation and Inclusion in School Councils in Mozambique
Published by: IDS
This study was conducted as part of the Citizen Engagement Programme (Programa Cidadania e Participação (CEP)) in Mozambique – an empowerment and social accountability initiative to improve the quality of education and health services by increasing citizens’ influence on the management of schools and health units, the formulation of education and health policies, and the provision of education and health services.
Brief
1 June 2017
Participatory Accountability for the SDGs: Beyond Social Accountability
Published by: IDS
People who are most marginalised need to participate in the monitoring and accountability of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) if the ‘leave no-one behind’ ambition is to be met. Participatory accountability is necessary for their realities to be understood and for their voices to be heard.
Brief
1 June 2017
Using Knowledge from the Margins to Meet the SDGs: The Real Data Revolution
Published by: IDS
As efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) gain momentum, we need to consider the inclusiveness of the data revolution. Knowledge from people living on the margins of society needs to be recognized, valued and embedded in the data to make visible the complex realities of their lives.
Report
1 April 2017
Participatory Monitoring and Accountability and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Learning Report of the Participate Network
Published by: IDS
Accountability describes the rights and responsibilities that exist between people and the institutions that affect their lives, including government, civil society and the private sector. This report is intended as a learning document, both to record key lessons and important insights from Participate’s Participatory Monitoring and Accountability for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) work, and to prompt and encourage future learning and inquiry for organisations working for transformation and social justice.
Report
17 January 2017
Report on the Deliberative Panel of the Market-based Solutions for the Extreme Poor Programme
Published by: IDS
This report describes the discussions held by a deliberative panel on disability in Uganda. The panel formed part of a wider research project on ‘market-based solutions for the extreme poor’ funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
Opinion
15 March 2016
Journal Article
11 January 2016
The Changing Tides of Volunteering in Development: Discourse, Knowledge and Practice
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This article explores the changing narratives of volunteering in development and the interplay of volunteering with global and local...