Meeting the Moment: Local Changemakers Lead in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

Chemonics was joined by a diverse group of 40 local changemakers, partners, and project staff representing over 20 countries to discuss best practices for promoting locally led approaches to conflict-aware development and peacebuilding in fragile and conflict-affected states.
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Webinar: Redefining Local Capacity Strengthening

Local leaders discussed how international aid agencies and implementing organizations can best support local organizations to deliver their own vision for success and elevate local ownership and sustainability of results.
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2022 Forum on New Approaches to Countering Corruption Across Sectors

From November 30 - December 1, 2022, Chemonics convened key stakeholders across sectors to raise awareness of the human cost of corruption, share challenges and best practices to overcome corruption, and identify opportunities for further collaboration and research.
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Final Report: Libya Transition Initiative 3

This report summarizes the achievements and impact of the Libya Transition Initiative (LTI) 3, which worked to preserve stability, maintain resilience against spoilers, and create conditions that enable political compromise.
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Measuring Community Norms Around Women’s Empowerment in the West Bank: Opportunities and Challenges of a Novel Approach Using Cultural Consensus

Understanding cultural norms is essential to achieving development results but can sometimes be difficult. The authors of this paper tested a novel method to monitor and evaluate a USAID justice project in the West Bank, Palestine.
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Final Report: Governance Strengthening Project (GSP/TAQADUM)

Beginning in 2011, the USAID Iraq’s Governing Strengthening Project (GSP), known locally as the Taqadum project, engaged with provincial leaders to increase accountability and transparency in local governance and build the capacity of the local government to better provide services to its citizens.
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