The Elevar Method of investing (e.M) focuses on three aspects: low-income customers, business models delivering essential products and services profitably, affordably and at scale, and entrepreneurs with the ambition and ability to build businesses that address barriers of access and inequity. Core to e.M is the belief that enhancing the value delivered to customers – … Continued
The project consists of creating a web tool to alert and provide information on proposed laws or policies likely to impact civic space in Latin America. This would lend a crucial, rich digital presence to our current newsletter on the same theme, circulated fortnightly via email, thus broadening the product’s offer and beneficiaries substantially. Events … Continued
The Cyber Harassment Helpline provides assistance and support to victims of online harassment through its toll-free number, serving as a confidential, safe and gender-sensitive service to women, gender minorities, human rights defenders, journalists, and ethnic/religious groups. The Helpline provides three core services to its callers: (1) digital security support; (2) legal assistance; (3) psychological counselling. … Continued
The initiative aims to empower women in Afghanistan by learning from Indonesia’s experience in supporting economic inclusion of less prosperous women in rural areas and in conservative patriarchal societies. TriCo also aims to strengthen partnerships between Indonesia and Afghanistan through south-south and triangular cooperation. TriCo has a strong participatory approach – Afghanistan’s officials are not … Continued
The open techDetector platform serves as a guide on the role of emerging technologies for sustainable development, a source of inspiration, and a capacity development tool for future technological literacy. As a tech foresight tool, the techDetector raises awareness of the implications of emerging technologies on sustainability and especially gender equality, assessing challenges and opportunities … Continued
2024-25 Scale-up project Presentation of the project CyberPeace Builders offers a powerful solution by turning corporate social responsibility into action, mobilizing cybersecurity experts for skills-based volunteering to protect NGOs. As nonprofits managing sensitive data and life-changing missions face escalating cyberattacks with limited resources, CyberPeace Builders steps in to provide free, expert-driven support across continents. … Continued
The Coral Reefs of the High Seas Coalition is a global alliance of multidisciplinary partners that aims to generate the science, political support, and strategic communication needed to protect coral reefs in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction, commonly known as the high seas. This is done by convening a coalition of leading scientists, explorers, policy … Continued
This project assists civil society organizations (CSO) in responding to the pandemic’s impacts on their work and on wider civil society, highlighting and supporting country-specific challenges, and sharing best practices. To do so, the initiative consults various CSO partners to identify the key impacts of the pandemic in their contexts, such as widening gaps in … Continued
The project is a collaborative effort to protect and expand freedoms of assembly, association, and expression so citizens can influence leaders and hold them accountable. An open civic space is essential for accountability to human rights standards, development and inclusive decision making. As the global context shifts, the project has shifted to take address the … Continued
The Covid-19 pandemic allowed us to identify a lack of go-to platforms for sharing easily accessible expertise, in-depth knowledge, and best practices beyond national borders. CIKD is developing a Resilient Asia Network with several key country coordinators to exchange ideas and produce publicly available knowledge and best practices in a post-Covid-19 world. The network encourages … Continued
