Afghanistan stands on the brink of a historic peace deal with the Taliban. However, with a peace deal comes the prospect of incorporating the Taliban into the formal structures of governance. And with a unified government, questions emerge about the impact of such governance on women’s rights. Over the past 20 years, the United States…
This success story highlights the unique work of the Transparent Public Investment (TPI) Project in Lambayeque, Peru and the efforts of a local journalist fighting corruption through investigative blogging. The program and the Lambayeque College of Journalists co-developed a course that provides training for journalists in the region who are interested in pursuing investigative journalism.
Due to COVID-19, the Transparent Public Investment project has had to adapt to the online environment of disseminating information and encouraging dialogue through webinars and virtual meetings. As such, this success story effectively highlights the unique relationship between the Transparent Public Investment project and the Peruvian Ministry of Health (MINSA).
The Transparent Public Investment project’s brochure explores the purpose, objectives, and main outcomes of the project. Centered on the integrity network approach, the TPI project engages the private sector, the Peruvian government, and civil society in dialogue to improve transparency and accountability practices for public procurement.
Niki Wood is an award-winning mixed-methods Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) expert, specialising in weaving together behavior change theory, complexity science, and systems-thinking into accessible and participatory approaches for project teams. She is currently the MEL Practice Lead at Chemonics UK. Niki has led the design and delivery of complexity-sensitive MEL for projects funded by…
Colombia, like other countries, implemented stay-at-home measures and restricted certain social services to limit the spread of COVID-19 beginning in mid-March 2020. Women and girls have disproportionately faced increased risks of experiencing gender-based violence (GBV) due to the socioeconomic fallout, and women in Colombia often lack consistent and reliable pathways to report violence. In response,…
USAID’s Security Sector Governance (SSG) project, implemented by Chemonics, compiled a list of SSG and rule of law resources, including guides, reports, and other resources to assist in the design, implementation, and evaluation of SSG-related programs.
For decades, systematic corruption has compromised the integrity of Peru’s executive, judicial, and legislative systems while negatively affecting poverty, crime rates, and economic growth. The USAID Transparent Public Investment (TPI) project partners with the Peruvian state and the private sector to address systemic corruption by promoting integrity initiatives in Lima and four key provinces: Lambayeque,…
Syria Regional Program II (SRP II) operated with the goal of achieving a moderate, inclusive, and stable Syria. The project maintained and increased the influence of strategic moderate entities, strengthened communities to better resist extremism, and enabled the early recovery of newly liberated areas from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) by providing…
Community justice projects primarily seek to improve and provide local communities with catered access to justice services. This includes legal assistance, developing community-level institutions, and outreach efforts to improve community-justice sector relations. Common desired outcomes of community justice programs include faster case adjudication, improved accountability, and improved trust between the justice sector and the community.…
This post originally appeared on Devex. It’s clear that the United States, along with countries around the world, is reckoning with systems of racial inequality. Chemonics and many other organizations in and outside of the development community are examining and taking action to uproot racism in their headquarters, through their processes, and in the communities…
In Mexico, crimes such as assaults, muggings, public disturbances, and robberies are frequent. Because local authorities often do not address these crimes, citizens lose trust in government and become reluctant to cooperate with law enforcement. This dynamic weakens the ability of the justice system to successfully investigate and prosecute crimes. The Violence Prevention and Reduction…