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A CCAFS and CIAT participatory photography project in Chiquimula, Guatemala. A framework on how to monitor and evaluate social learning approaches is now available. (Photo: Gian Betancourt/CIAT, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Paper outlines framework to monitor and evaluate social learning approaches
… While social learning approaches are increasingly being used in development research, there is still a lack of robust evidence on the … The indicators are spread across four different monitoring areas: Engagement : outreach to and involvement of individuals and groups, … networks, institutions and systems that lead to better and more sustainable development outcomes. The framework consists of indicators …
Insight, 13 February 2015
People spread cocoa beans on a drying table in Ghana.
New business models can spell success for African farmers
… This project — funded by the Gates Foundation and led by the Sustainable Food Lab — involved a collaboration between Catholic Relief … (CIAT) and the International Institute for Environment and Development. The final four reports, the last of which is published … amongst other things. Over four years, the New Business Models for Sustainable Trading Relationships project investigated how supply chains …
News, 19 November 2012
A forest near Ngon village, Ebolowa district, in Cameroon, which will host an event to bring together Chinese, African and international stakeholders to discuss trade and investment impacting Africa's forests (Photo: Photo by Ollivier Girard for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Creative Commons, via Flickr)
China-Africa forest governance strengthened with Cameroon event
… Forest Governance Learning Platform, one of the first multi-stakeholder dialogues in Africa to bring together Chinese, African and … World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) , the Network for Environment and Sustainable Development (NESDA-CA) and the International Institute for … and others, as well as capacity-building initiatives and policy engagement activities conducted over the last few years. China's imports …
News, 19 June 2015
Food security in 2050: how can we make it fairer and more sustainable?
… and international arenas to engage with policymakers, researchers and development agencies, so we can start achieving the shifts in policy and practice we need to make global food security fairer and more sustainable. … Food security in 2050: how can we make it fairer and more sustainable? …
Insight, 03 February 2011
Some of the publications produced by IIED during 2015 (Image: IIED)
IIED's best of 2015: publications
… investment law. It reviews trends in citizen engagement and distils lessons from recent civil society experience. … change on Least Developed Countries: are the SDGs possible? The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set the United Nations' development agenda …
Article, 31 December 2015
IIED's Susannah Fisher and David Dodman (top, centre) talk to stakeholders on a social learning project in Kenya (Photo: IIED)
Using learning partnerships to support change
… on how joint learning processes can contribute towards positive development outcomes. Our approach Our approach to learning partnerships … as an approach that has the potential to improve the quality of stakeholder participation in, and uptake of, research. That is why, … aims to contribute to improving forest governance, by promoting sustainable and pro-poor Chinese trade and investment in Africa's …
Article, 24 April 2017
Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development project updates
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development project updates
… July 2017 The final guidance from the Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Development Policy and Planning Initiative brings together the learning … biodiversity in development planning processes in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sessions will look at successful … Seventh National Development Plan (NDP7) and have organised a stakeholder validation workshop. The NDP will be finalised by December …
Article, 21 March 2014
The timber depot of Green Timber, a Chinese-owned timber concession that are licensed to operate in Nampula and Zambezia provinces, Mozambique (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
China-Africa Forest Governance project
… and African stakeholders to address emerging critical issues such as sustainable investments, illegal logging and rural livelihoods. Our goal … Each of these countries hosts important China-Africa sustainable development challenges. They are countries in which the scale of Chinese … Platform , launched in 2013, is now a well-recognised multi-stakeholder forum that strengthens mutual understanding, partnerships …
Project, 22 September 2014
An image of the front of a stationary train on the Addis Ababa light rail system, which opened in 2015, and was the first to be built in Sub-Saharan Africa. The two railway lines, which have their own dedicated power grid, demonstrate how Ethiopia is seeking low-carbon energy initiatives (Photo: Wikipedia, via Google licence)
Q&A: Linking low-carbon pathways with the SDGs
… STEPS Centre will host a dialogue on Monday, 13 June on ' Reimagining development in the LDCs: what role for the SDGs? '. Ahead of the event, … imply LDCs are actively aligning low-carbon initiatives with national sustainable development plans and strategies. But it's my strong sense … countries are to succeed in achieving the SDGs there must be ongoing engagement with all stakeholders, iterative planning at national level …
Article, 30 May 2016
Statements and workshop reports
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development initiative: events
… The Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development project  supported African countries to use their national … their NBSAP with sectoral priorities, development planning and Sustainable Development Goal implementation processes. Statement on … Seventh National Development Plan (NDP7) and have organised a stakeholder validation workshop. The NDP will be finalised by December …
Article, 09 July 2013