The Voice for Change Partnership (V4CP) project empowers civil society organisations (CSOs) to engage with decisionmakers, and those responsible for implementing decisions, by providing sound arguments and a solid evidence base, backing the proposed changes in their country. Together with other research partners, the project enhances the capacities of CSOs in terms of leadership, the use of evidence and thematic knowledge, advocacy skills, and organizational sustainability. CSOs also gain access to broader research data and lessons learned from other projects, so that this evidence can support their advocacy strategies. As a result, they speak with a greater voice about policy design and implementation and better provision of services, both in the public and private sectors.
The V4CP project team works with more than 50 CSOs in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya and Rwanda; and address four focus areas: food & nutrition security, resilience, renewable energy, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) – with close attention to gender interests and climate change.
The project focuses on three main objectives:
- Enable CSOs to have a greater voice as advocates and lobbyists and effectively serve the interests of the people they represent.
- Influence agenda-setting by stimulating collaboration among CSOs, governments, private sector and other relevant players.
- Enhance government and private sector accountability, ensuring that promises and actions are followed through.
Project Team
Outputs / Resources
Teunis van Rheenen
Senior Director, Science Group Innovative Finance and Resource Mobilization, CGIAR; Director, Business Development and External Relations, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); & Acting Chief of Staff, IFPRIJenna Fogle
Senior Program Manager
Jenna Fogle
Senior Program ManagerTeunis van Rheenen
Senior Director, Science Group Innovative Finance and Resource Mobilization, CGIAR; Director, Business Development and External Relations, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); & Acting Chief of Staff, IFPRIElodie Becquey
Senior Research FellowLucy Billings
Program ManagerLuciana Delgado
Senior Research AnalystDaniel Gilligan
Director, Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI)Vivian Hoffmann
Senior Research FellowWim Marivoet
Research FellowNicholas Minot
Deputy Division Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions DivisionDeanna Olney
Director, Nutrition, Diets, and Health (NDH)James Warner
Research Fellow/Program Leader, RwandaHarold Alderman
Senior Research FellowMiguel Almanzar
Research CoordinatorFrancisco Barba
Senior Research AnalystSamson Dejene
Research AnalystAulo Gelli
Senior Research FellowJessica Heckert
Research FellowMelissa Hidrobo
Senior Research FellowLieven Huybregts
Senior Research FellowNaureen Karachiwalla
Research FellowJulie Kurtz
Research AnalystEduardo Maruyama
Research CoordinatorGiordano Palloni
Nonresident FellowFlor Paz
Research AnalystGayathri Ramani
Research AnalystMarie Ruel
Senior Research FellowHeleene Tambet
Research Analyst
Understanding differential reductions in undernutrition among districts in Rwanda through the perspectives of mid‐level and community actors on policy commitment and policy coherence
Translation of policy for reducing undernutrition from national to sub-national levels in Rwanda
Paying for digital information: Assessing farmers’ willingness to pay for a digital agriculture and nutrition service in Ghana
Review of the micronutrient situation in Rwanda
Stories of Change: Rwanda: Understanding the drivers of stunting reduction among Rwandan children from 2005 to 2015
Stories of Change: Rwanda: Understanding how Rwanda created an enabling environment for improvements in nutrition and the challenges that remain
Analisis del gasto publico para el desarrollo agropecuario, rural y la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional
Food budget allocation efficiency: A missing component to help identify robust nutrition policies, with application to Rwanda
Post-harvest losses in potato in Nyandarua County
Post-harvest losses and food safety in tomatoes produced in Laikipia County
Approaches for the leveraging small and medium enterprises to improve nutrition: A net-map assessment of actors and activities in Ghana
Burkina Faso: Impact des programmes agricoles sensibles à la nutrition sur l’utilisation du temps et effets sur la santé et la nutrition de la mère et de l’enfant au Burkina Faso