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Training videos on data management and CSO governance for KRLON (refugee-led organizations in Uganda)

Blog – Using Market Systems Development (MSD) for WASH

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Rebecca has driven and promoted the use of digital tools for Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) at Helvetas, an international development organization.

At her Digital M&E Academy, we not only learned the digital tools but improved our overall M&E skills and gained leadership training. Now we are Head Facilitators at Digital M&E Regional Academies, with Rebecca providing support, coaching and oversight.

Thanks to Rebecca, our countries' use of digital tools for M&E has increased, which is leading to more effective service provision, better outcomes and improved project management.

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MEAL specialist (Vietnam) / Asesor de Planificación, Monitoreo y Evaluación (Guatemala) / Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Helvetas

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Countering corruption in climate change projects – part 3

This final part of the series provides guidance and inspiration for funders, donors, NGOs and governments involved in climate change projects who want to take concrete steps to reduce corruption in their projects. We look at several exemplary organizations and share lessons from both literature and the key informant interviews regarding potential solutions.

Countering corruption in climate change projects – part 2

This part dives deeper into the issue through key informant interviews that Rebecca held with survey respondents and covers experiences of corruption from Rebecca’s interviews with survey respondents and Barret’s personal experiences as a development professional.

Countering corruption in climate change projects – part 1

Politicians taking bribes. Contractors hired through political connections. Land grabbing and evictions of residents. Funds diverted through ghost projects. Embezzlement. Project locations chosen for political advantage rather than local needs. Harassment of residents who question a project. These forms of monetary and non-monetary corruption can undermine climate adaptation and mitigation projects by diverting resources, excluding communities and weakening the benefits funding is intended to deliver. The question for international donors such as multilateral banks and official development assistance (ODA) and NGOs who fund or implement projects is how to identify these risks early, check what happens during delivery and act when concerns arise.

Using market systems development (MSD) to improve WASH services

Rebecca Laes-Kushner, Bawoke Tesfaye and Belayneh Tilahun “When a village water system fails, we step in to fix it. Restoring clean water and seeing the community’s joy makes me proud. Thanks to Helvetas for giving me the skills to make this possible.” — Hareg...

Effective giving

Which charities should receive donations? What types of projects deserve funding? Effective altruism seeks to answer these questions by using rigorous research to determine which types of projects and which specific projects are achieving results.A number of...