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Can Knowledge Trigger Change?
This Briefing Note argues that there is an acute and pressing need for new perspectives and knowledge on the changing terrain and dynamics of development and social change. It contributes to the debate on knowledge and change by sharing and discussing the insights emerging from Hivos’ experiences. Furthermore, it positions Hivos’ knowledge endeavours in the aid and knowledge for development discourse, drawing on a mix of Hivos practice, policy and Knowledge Programme research.
Like a Bridge over Troubled Waters
In the Think Piece LIKE A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS: Dialogues of policy, practitioner and academic knowledges the author Wenny Ho deals with Cross-domain Knowledge Integration (KI) in International Development Cooperation (IDC). KI is understood as processes of knowledge co-creation linking domains particularly those of policy-making, science and practitioners.
Future Headlines
Since we do not own a Delorean to go to the future with and we do not know Nostradamus, Doctor Who or Madame Web, it is difficult to foresee the future. But what if we try to imagine what the headlines would be in the year 2028, the year Hivos will turn 60.
Policy Brief Gender Mainstreaming 2.0
This policy brief aims to deepen our understanding and provide new insights in order to bring gender mainstreaming to the next level. Synthesis papers and cases studies have been produced in four policy areas to learn more about the ways in which GM has been implemented. These range from violence against women to micro-finance, and from value chain development to the aid architecture. In this policy brief we present the experiences in these specific policy domains, share our key insights on g...
"Civil society organisations and parliaments often lack the capacity to make a meaningful contribution to development processes"
This is one of the conclusions following the new cross-country report by Alliance2015. Alliance2015 has launched an advocacy tool kit in preparation for the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, South Korea taking place from November 29 tot December 1, 2011.The kit contains five Country Briefs covering the issue of Democratic Ownership in Cambodia (where the kit has been launched on June 3rd), Mozambique, Tanzania, Ghana and Nicaragua, plus the...
Building Bridges
A hot topic on The Broker is the proposal of the Dutch government to reform its knowledge policies of development cooperation. The intention is to create four knowledge platforms on the themes of security and the law; water; food security and; sexual and reproductive health and rights; with possibly one more general, overarching platform. A clear vision seems to be lacking though. Wenny Ho, Sarah Cummings and Josine Stremmelaar respond:
Knowledgeable reforms
Dutch Minister for European Affairs and International Cooperation Ben Knapen wil soon present “The Knowledge Letter” to the House of Commons. In this letter Knapen will present the reforms in Knowledge Policy of External Affairs. What will it say? Unclear is the content, but The Broker has organised an open debate on the role of knowledge and research in addressing global issues. Manuela Monteiro, executive director of Hivos has expressed her thoughts on the Chan...
State, society and nature in Ecuador: the case of the Yasuní-ITT initiative
This paper critically analyses the emergence and development of the Yasuní-ITT initiative, which is built on the idea of leaving oil underground in exchange for financial contributions from the international community .Development politics in Ecuador has experienced major changes since the election of Correa in 2007.
Participation, planning and natural resources in Bolivia: from fiction to practice?
In this paper, we focus on participation in the main planning documents produced in Bolivia in the first decade of the 2000s: the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) and the National Development Plan (PND). We analyze how these planning instruments have been able to capture popular participation through diverse mechanisms and how these practices fit in the current mainstream participation discourse. For more knowledge programme publications on participation in development click here. In t...
Knowledge exploration agricultural biodiversity, resilience and transformation
This meeting is organized to discuss the needs for, and the content of a knowledge programme on agricultural biodiversity, resilience and transformation. The meeting brings together professionals in this field from different regions and disciplines. A mapping report drafted by the Stockholm Resilience Centre in cooperation with Oxfam Novib and Hivos and with input from scientists and development practitioners is the starting point for discussions. This knowledge exploration builds on the refl...