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This is a practical guide to the work of HIV mainstreaming for NGOs and groups working in this area. It was developed out of recognition that people needed tools and processes to make mainstreaming happen in practice and that an understanding of the principles is not enough. Evidence from low-prevalence countries in Latin America and high-prevalence countries in Africa suggests the tools are effective in both contexts. The toolkit can also facilitate an effective gender based analysis.
Key tools & case studies from the toolkit are available in French, Spanish and Portuguese

“This cross national analysis is based on national studies made by research teams in India, Kenya, Romania and South Africa. It aims to draw out the lessons learnt from successful social development processes in these countries. In each country, studies have been made of projects identified as interesting, successful and/or outstanding in the way they have improved the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities. This comparative report briefly describes the national studies, from which the respective teams made their own national conclusions and continues with across national analysis attempting to identify circumstances or factors that are common to these successful projects. Finally, the report summarises the conclusions and their implications”

The measurement of results measurement of organisations both inside and outside the international development sector has increasingly become subject of discussion. Several new methodologies for measurement have been developed; a relatively new approach is Social Return on Investment (SROI). So far SROI has mainly been used in social enterprises. This paper is an introduction to SROI. It first provides core issues and describes how SROI was designed out of dissatisfaction with prevailing approaches to measurement. Subsequently it is shown how SROI works and which steps should be taken to perform an SROI analysis. Furthermore challenges that have been encountered while conducting SROI analyses and potential benefits of the methodology are dealt with. The SROI analysis is still under development and until now its use in the international development appears to be limited. The paper concludes with some issues for consideration in investigating the applicability of SROI in this sector

This is a programme summary report of a workshop convened by the Research Communication Monitoring and Evaluation Group, an informal network composed of representatives from a number of UK organisations concerned about the impact of research on the reality of poverty. The workshop objectives were to mobilise a wider group of organisations working in the field of research communication to explore and analyse the different models for monitoring and evaluating research communication