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Project: Strengthening Media to Promote Inclusive Democracy in Mali
Evaluation Date: January 2023
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Sensitivity to local languages should be an essential part of project design and delivery in countries where such diversity exists (as was the case with this project in the use of Bambara for local radio broadcasting to maximise impact for non-French speaking listeners), though this may bring additional challenges in terms of measuring and evaluating the success of an intervention.

Theme: Media

Mali audience, beneficiaries, evaluate, grassroots, impact, implementation, inclusion, journalism, language, measure, media, outreach, project design, radio, reach, results, target

Build communication channels across all regions, not just capital cities

Project: Strengthening CSO Engagement with Defence Institutions to Reduce Corruption and Strengthen Accountability in Mali
Evaluation Date: February 2021
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Primary victims of conflict and insecurity in post-conflict and fragile states are often located far away from capital cities – where decision-making and consultation processes are centralised – and their voices are too often overlooked. There was an appetite amongst both Civil Society Organisations and uniformed personnel to take part in joint focus group discussions, and there was a constructive dialogue around improving communication between civil society and defense and security forces at the local level

Theme: Interaction with government

Mali decentralize, decision making, dialogue, inclusion, inclusive, local, participation, relevant, transparency

Project: Fostering Ethical Democracy and Advancing Micro Justice in India
Evaluation Date: September 2018
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Civil society organizations have the unique ability to act as a ‘bridge’ between service providers and users, building the capacity of marginalized groups that do not have the capacity to take advantage of the services available to them as well as helping service providers reach beneficiaries.

Theme: Rule of law

India capacity building, CSO, inclusion

Project: Bytes Without Borders in Morocco
Evaluation Date: September 2018
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The capacity-building process is a marathon, not a sprint. It must involve regular coaching of trainees and performance monitoring in order to ensure sustainability. In order for capacity-building activities to achieve their intended results, one must ensure the activities are inclusive to all, including the vulnerable and illiterate. The use of audio-visual approaches in social media has proved to reach a larger number of people than the ‘class-format’ approach.

Theme: Media

Morocco capacity building, inclusion, social media, sustainability

Project: Empowering the Voice of a New Generation in Pakistan
Evaluation Date: August 2014
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project attracted educated male youth who were able to take advantage of the activities offered but the project did not put in place measures to increase the number of female participants and bring in the less educated and poorer youth. This led to an imbalance in the representation of youth in the project’s groups.

Theme: Youth engagement

Pakistan gender, inclusion, youth

Project: Young Builders of a New Citizenship In Chad
Evaluation Date: December 2015
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The exchange of experiences between young Muslim and Christian organizations was a good attempt to overcome historical social divisions that still exist in society.

Theme: Youth engagement

Chad inclusion, religion, youth

Project: Strengthening Citizenship and Consolidation of Democracy in Chad
Evaluation Date: February 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project’s strategy was built around the preparation of a conceptual, methodological and operational framework in a participative manner with the target groups. It integrated three main priorities: functional literacy and awareness-raising; improvement of the conditions of women; and community participation at the local level. The choice to address the literacy issue within marginal populations of Chad was particularly appropriate raise citizen awareness among the target groups.

Theme: Community activism

Chad inclusion, literacy

Project: Access to Justice and Human Rights Education (Rwanda)
Evaluation Date: September 2013
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project improved the training provided to the university law students by introducing a practical dimension that brought them closer to local issues and realities. It also significantly raised awareness among law students in the capital about the legal situation and recurrent problems in rural areas and how the law was enforced there.

Theme: Rule of law

Rwanda inclusion, law, rural, training

Project: Education and Training of Youth for Democracy in Burkina Faso
Evaluation Date: June 2012
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

There was evidence that the project implicitly contributed to the reestablishment of a social contract between authorities and citizens, enabling young leaders and many institutional actors – such as political representatives and local authorities – to exchange views and opinions.

Theme: Youth engagement

Burkina Faso dialogue, inclusion, youth

Project: Citizen Participation to Improve Local Governance
Evaluation Date: January 2014
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project introduced Citizen Participation Cells (CPC), whose members were involved in all phases of the project, including setting-up the CPCs, validating of the CPCs’ workload, identifying problems within their own municipalities and issues to raise with local administration and elected officials.

Theme: Community activism

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