March 2023
Insights to Combat Food Insecurity Revealed at McGovern-Dole Learning Event
As USDA McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition implementing partners gathered in Washington, D.C. for the annual Comparative International Education Society conference in February, …
January 2023
Bangladesh Civil Society Forges New Partnerships to Build Environmental Resilience
With support from the mayor of Bangladesh’s third largest city, local organizations focused on environmental resilience joined forces to help to strengthen their response to …
December 2022
Multi-Stakeholder Model Aims to Prevent Violence Against Women in Ecuador
With the onset of COVID-19 came an alarming increase in cases of domestic violence in Ecuador. Counterpart’s Open Government Project sought to prevent, address and …
September 2022
Using networks to promote peace and counter violent extremism in Niger
In a unique partnership, Counterpart brings together defense and security forces with everyday citizens to promote peace in Niger. Since 2013, Niger’s Diffa region has …
2021 — 2026
RESILIENT GOVERNANCE IN NIGER
Challenge Since returning to democratic rule in 2011, the Government of Niger has taken important steps to curb corruption, increase transparency, and push for decentralization. …
Sequencing Capacity Building for Civil Society in Lebanon
This blog is part of a series of articles written by University of Dayton students, published as part of Counterpart’s Next Generation in Thought Leadership …
Tinamit Tolimán Integral: Creating Local Supply Chains of Specialty Coffee in Guatemala
Tinamit Tolimán Integral is one of many agricultural cooperatives participating in the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food for Progress (FFP) 2016 program, implemented …
Instilling a Culture of Civic Engagement among Congolese Youth
In December 2018, Aminata Namasia became the youngest elected Member of Parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In this youthful country, where nearly …
2018 — 2021
Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement Project in Senegal
CHALLENGE In Senegal, the agricultural sector employs approximately 70% of the working population, yet in 2017 its contribution to total GDP was just over 16%. …
Helping Morocco’s mountain residents find their voice
Although Morocco’s Atlas and Rif mountains are home to almost a quarter of the country’s population, the mountain communities have the country’s highest rates of …