Evaluation Framework Agreement with ILO

ECOPER is proud to inform that it has been selected as a long-term partner of the ILO Evaluation Office. This long-term agreement will be launched by the end of November 2023 and will cover high-level corporate and institutional evaluations, as well as project evaluations. The ECOPER core team comprises a lead evaluator and manager, an …

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Evaluation of the Asia Regional Child (ARC) Labour Project

ILO published the midterm evaluation of the Asia Regional Child (ARC) Labour Project conducted by ECOPER. The ARC project focuses on six countries in the Asia-Pacific region: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan, which all have a high prevalence of child labour. ILO ARC aims to eradicate, in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goal …

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Global ideas on research and higher education

ECOPER consultants and ICREA professor Diego Blas TemiƱoare collaborating in a research project aiming at mapping the dissemination of global ideas on research and higher education policies throughout national institutions, with a focus on developing countries. The research is based on computerized content analysis and follows a four-phase plan. First, global ideas on research and …

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European Parliament Study: Guarantees and Loans for Inclusive Development

A research project in partnership with the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) The European Parliament has published an ECOPER paper on the implementation of the European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+) operations from an inclusive perspective. By providing guarantees and subsidies for loans, as well as capital investments, the EFSD+ is expected to …

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Assessing the role of UN Resident Coordinators in Consistent Policy Advice

ECOPER Chief Consultant, Aitor Perez, was selected to join a group of experts of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) of the United Nations Secretariat for the evaluation of the UN Resident Coordinator system. The OIOS is mandated by the UN General Assembly to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the implementation of the …

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Evaluating UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) with big data techniques

UNESCO has commissioned the evaluation of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) to ECOPER. UCCN is a city network established by UNESCO with the purpose of promoting the use of culture and creativity in member cities as a driver for sustainable urban development. In many areas of international cooperation, networks are considered a powerful engine …

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Presentation of the Decentralised Cooperation Report 2022

The Decentralised Cooperation Report 2022, produced by ECOPER on behalf of the Basque Agency for Development Cooperation (eLankidetza), will be presented to the public on 20 April at 11:00. The aim of this report is to publicise the cooperation carried out by regional and local governments in 11 countries and to facilitate learning and the …

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The 2022 Decentralized Cooperation Report

A quantitative analysis of sub-state government ODA with case studies on city-to-city and region-to-region cooperation. 2022 Decentralized Cooperation Report ECOPER has been commissioned by the Basque Agency for Development Cooperation (eLankidetza) to contribute to the understanding of decentralized cooperation with an annual report on its budgets and programs worldwide. Decentralized cooperation, understood as the participation …

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Advocacy for investment in social protection in Madagascar

As part of a new Madagascar country programme for 2021-2023, UNICEF implemented a multisectoral programme in mica mining villages in the Anosy region of the country, with the aim of reducing child labour and the negative impacts of economic exploitation on children. The programme included a universal child allowance for families, as well as an …

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An Evaluation of the Work of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and Social Protection

Social protection is defined as the system of policies and programmes designed to reduce and preventpoverty, vulnerability and social exclusion across the life cycle. Social protection encompasses socialassistance interventions, including cash and in-kind transfers, public works and fee waivers; socialinsurance, including contributory pensions and other social insurance; and labour market interventions,including training, wage subsidies and …

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