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Evaluation report

Improving Regional Food Security in the South Caucasus through National Strategies and Smallholder Production: Project Final Evaluation Summary

29/11/2017

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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The European Union-funded project Improving Regional Food Security in the South Caucasus through National Strategies and Smallholder Production launched in September 2013 with the overall objective of contributing to the improvement of food security and nutrition (FSN) in the South Caucasus. It aimed to achieve this through smallholder farmers’ representation in governance processes, and by […]

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Evaluation report

South Caucasus Food Security Learning Summary: How to support national influencing using a multi-stakeholder approach

29/11/2017

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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In September 2013, Oxfam launched the four-year EC-funded project Improving Regional Food Security through National Strategies and Small Holder Production in the South Caucasus. The aim was to influence national level policies around food security and nutrition, in order to better reflect the needs and interests of smallholder farmers in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. The […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Top Tips to Build and Support Effective Networks for Change: Learning from Oxfam’s influencing work in the South Caucasus, Vietnam and the ECSN-BRICSAM programme

29/11/2017

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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This short paper summarizes the experience of Oxfam staff and network representatives who met in Yerevan, Armenia in December 2016, and suggests practical ways to address some of the typical challenges facing networks, whether when starting out or expanding. The aim is to maximize the potential for networks to act as catalysts for pro-poor change […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

The Future is a Choice: The Oxfam Framework and Guidance for Resilient Development

12/04/2016

3 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

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This guide provides a framework for Oxfam staff to design programmes and campaigns that contribute to resilient development. Oxfam defines resilience as ‘the ability of women and men to realize their rights and improve their well-being despite shocks, stresses and uncertainty’. Our governance-based approach to enhancing resilient development addresses the impacts of shocks, stresses and […]

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Case study

Using ‘Markets For The Poor’ Approaches To Develop New Value Chains In Azerbaijan

05/08/2015

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

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Smallholder farmers in Azerbaijan face many challenges in developing sustainable livelihoods. The Smart Farmers Project adopted a pro-poor approach to developing high-value agricultural value chains for onions and strawberries. The project focused on the formation of producer organizations and the implementation of changes in value chain and production practices in favour of smallholder farmers living […]

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Journal article

Not ‘women’s burden’: how washing clothes and grinding corn became issues of social justice and development

10/11/2014

18 pages long

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Not ‘women’s burden’: how washing clothes and grinding corn became issues of social justice and development

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Women’s heavy and unequal responsibilities for care, long considered ordinary or insignificant by development workers as well as the wider public, are being reframed as issues of social justice through new methodologies for communities to analyse care work and advocate for change. Oxfam and local partners in the Philippines, Honduras, and Bangladesh are piloting two approaches. The first, Rapid […]

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Case study

Sunrise Azerbaijan: Case study

15/08/2014

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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How does a fast-moving consumer goods-procurement operation impact the lives and livelihoods of producers? This case study draws lessons from a joint project between Oxfam and Unilever in Azerbaijan to set up a supply chain for onion powder for the leading soups and stocks brand Knorr. It looks at the challenges around implementing the project […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of the Community Based Primary Health Care Programme in Azerbaijan

01/08/2008

2 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam GB has been implementing the ‘Community based primary health care’ programme in central Azerbaijan since 2001, covering 43 villages in Barda, Ter ter, Goranboy and Yevlakh districts. The programme seeks to improve health in rural communities by making first-line primary health care available at village level. Participatory approaches are used (management by Community Health […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of Self-Governance and Role of Municipalities in Poverty Reduction Project in Azerbaijan

01/12/2006

1 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

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The Self-Governance and Role of Municipalities in Poverty Reduction in Azerbaijan project ran for three years from May 2004. Its general objective was to support municipalities to represent their citizens, especially the poorest. It proposed to achieve this by; Improving the quality of local self-government by addressing the general lack of understanding, and making them […]

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Briefing note

Taking Stock for the Future: The Southern Caucasus at a Crossroads

13/12/2004

3 documents

4 pages long

Languages: Armenian, Azerbaijani, English

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The people of the Southern Caucasus are coming to a crossroads and a moment for choices. Thirteen years after gaining independence from the Soviet Union, nearly half of the population of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia (collectively referred to as ‘the Southern caucasus’ in this note) are still living below respective national poverty lines. The provision […]

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