Conversation-Based Reporting
In line with these findings and to support rightsholder-led initiatives, we invested more on empowerment grants hence the reason for the surpassed targets. Due to the emphasis of granting rightsholder-led initiatives, it has been difficult in identifying organisations that can do influencing activities at national or regional level that are rightsholder-led. Most interventions are implemented on behalf of the groups. This has led to the lower realisation of the target. On sudden opportunity grant, the lower realised target has been mainly due to fewer applications as well as the time taken to fund the initiatives. Voice has not managed to fully realise the four-week turnaround time. The internal systems are not suited for ‘emergency’ or rapid grant making.
Instead of a written report at the six-month point, Voice has piloted conversation-based reporting. The Mid-Term Review highlighted that Voice would need to simplify and create more knowledge-oriented monitoring processes in a form of a thorough reflection of appropriate information, and learnings from projects. For this, Voice developed and tested a template that aims to replace written 6-monthly reports with loosely structured conversations with grantee partners aiming at trust and relationship-building, capacity strengthening and learning. Each conversation is nonetheless, documented on the side of the Voice by the relevant team- country or coordination.
Following Voice’s Mid-Term Review in 2019, certain changes were incorporated into the grant management system to make it more lean, flexible, and inclusive. This conversation between the two Regional Roving Grant Officers describes some of the measures put in place, including automation of application systems, introduction of conversation- based reporting and exploring area-based grant making.
THEMES
The diagram on the right shows how many grants contributes to each impact theme. The only theme underrepresented is improved access to productive resources and employment. It has proven more difficult to attract project ideas in that area fitting Voice requirements and Calls for Proposals.
IMPROVED ACCESS TO PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES AND EMPLOYMENT SPACE FOR POLITICAL PARTICIPATION FIGURE 7: PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF GRANT BUDGET BY BY IMPACT THEME ACCESS TO IMPROVED SOCIAL SERVICES
Nuts and bolts of grant making in Voice Over the last five years, Voice focused on operationalising the programme within the consortium partners, Oxfam Novib and Hivos, as well as working closely with the Dutch Embassies in the countries where we work. This resulted in some 400 grantee partners by March 2021.
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Who we have funded
The reached through the Voice programme is close to the originally planned reach. With slightly more LGBTI funding and less for Women facing exploitation, abuse, or violence. At the same time, many projects work with cross cutting issues and especially focus on the women in the groups. rightsholder groups
GRANT TYPES
According to the Mid-Term Review, the programme has triggered an eligible demand that went well beyond its funding capabilities from applicants that for more than 90% are new to Oxfam/ Hivos. At the same time, the number of applications varied widely from country to country. This is partly caused by contextual differences (including size, openness to civil society, and level of development) but also by differences in programme performance in terms of, quality of context analysis, outreach efforts, guidance, and application of selection criteria.
INDEGENOUS PEOPLE AT ETHNIC MINORITIES
LGBTI PEOPLE
WOMEN FACING EXPLOITATION, ABUSE AND OR VIOLENCE
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
SUDDEN OPPORTUNITY
VULNERABLE YOUTH AND SENIOR CITIZEN
INFLUENCING GRANT EMPOWERMENT GRANT
FIGURE 8: PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF GRANT BUDGET BY RIGHTSHOLDER GROUP
INNOVATE AND LEARN GRANT
FIGURE 6: PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF GRANT BUDGET BY GRANT TYPE
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