Greetings!
As we continue to embrace virtual ways of working, we continue to keep busy at Mokoro. Amongst other assignments, Mokoro teams have been undertaking two complex global evaluations focusing on collaboration between the UN agencies. The first is the Global End-term Evaluation of The Joint Programme on Accelerating Progress towards the Economic Empowerment of Rural Women (JP RWEE) and the second is a Joint Evaluation on the Collaboration Among the United Nations Rome-Based Agencies (FAO, IFAD and WFP). Other assignments underway include assistance to the government of Nepal to incorporate global guidance and best practice into the development of new land tenure policy and legal frameworks and support to the South African National Treasury in developing climate budget tagging at national, provincial and local levels. Links to some assignments completed in 2020/21 are given below.
We are also pleased to share with you the latest articles from the Mokoro team below, which includes an update from the WOLTS team and their recently published gender guidelines in Mongolia.
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Since 2019 Mokoro have been carrying out the long-term monitoring and evaluation of WFP Kenya’s Sustainable Food Systems Programme (2018-2023) which is being implemented in 14 arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya. In 2020 the annual outcome monitoring was hampered by the restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic. This article, written by Mokoro’s Survey Coordinator, Ernest Midega, outlines some of the adaptations that the team made to ensure data collection in 2020. Read more. |
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WOLTS team update: Gender guidelines to be distributed in all 330 districts of Mongolia |
The WOLTS team have published stand-alone online versions of collaborative ‘gender guidelines’ in English and Mongolian. The documents comprise specific technical guidance to strengthen gender-sensitivity and overall inclusiveness of vulnerable groups within Mongolia’s existing public consultations process during medium-term soum development planning, based on the research tools and methodologies developed and used by the Women’s Land Tenure Security project (WOLTS). The ‘gender guidelines’ are the result of a successful collaboration between the Mongolian government Agency for Land Administration and Management, Geodesy and Cartography (ALAMGAC), Mokoro Ltd, and WOLTS project partners, People Centered Conservation (PCC) – a Mongolian NGO – and they have also been included within the latest printing of ALAMGAC’s soum land management planning manual with Mokoro’s support.
These new ‘gender guidelines’ provide an example of how to mainstream attention to gender issues – as well as issues for all vulnerable groups – within broader land management planning processes, in a highly participatory, consultative and collaborative way. An article on the process written by Elizabeth Daley, Batsaikhan, J. and Lkhamdulam, N. is available on the Mokoro website. Read more.
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A nostalgia note: Thirty-eight year anniversary of Ray Purcell and Mokoro |
Mokoro Principal Consultant, Ray Purcell, has updated a piece originally written in 2007 for the Mokoro newsletter. He reflects on 38 years of 'friendship and professional satisfaction' working through Mokoro. Read more. |
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Three curious calls on my time |
Throughout his retirement, Robin Palmer has continued to keep our Land Rights in Africa website updated and to make important contributions to the land sector. Robin has written a short piece on some of his more recent contributions. Read more.
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Recently completed assignments |
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Education Cannot Wait First Emergency Response Fund Evaluation (ECW, Global). Team members: Alta Fölscher (Team Leader), Allison Anderson, Nick Maunder, Mark Minford, Cyril Brandt, Javier Pereira, Zoe Driscoll, Juan Reyes, Weifane Ibrahim, Pius Elumeze, Zuber Ahmed, Liam Bluer, Stephen Lister (QS), Paul Isenman (QS).
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Land rights in Africa: Latest resources |
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Mokoro have hosted the Land Rights in Africa website since 2012.The intention is to publicise the work on land rights in Africa. The site is managed by Robin Palmer, who feels strongly that there is a need to advocate for the dissemination of arguments in favour of pro-poor land reform. The website has grown considerably over the years and is updated frequently. Below are a sample of articles added in the last quarter.
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