Jonas has been contracted by three Swedish authorities – the Swedish National Court Administration, Swedish Prosecution Authority and Swedish Prison and Probation Service – to conduct a training on Theory of Change, MEL and gender for project leaders. The two-day training is expected to enhance knowledge and skills for results-based management and methods for project development and MEL from a gender perspective. It also provides an opportunity for the three authorities to reflect on the lessons from a previous joint project in Albania, and start developing a Theory of Change for a new, similar project with a focus on sexual and gender-based violence.
The Balkan Civil Society Network (BCSDN) is a regional network of 14 civil society organisations based in the Balkans who work together to strengthen civil society and influence European and national policies towards more enabling environment for civil society development. Sida has supported BCSDN since 2019 in setting up a Hub and a Fund for regional initiatives. Jonas is the Team Leader for the evaluation, which involves an independent assessment of the project’s performance as a whole, and the functioning of the Fund. The evaluation is expected to provide recommendations to both Sida and BCSDN, as well as inform an internal Sida dialogue about future support to civil society and the promotion of civic space in the Western Balkan region.
Pronaturaleza and Instituto del Bien Común (IBC) are two Peruvian NGOs supported by Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) since 2021. Jonas is leading a team contracted by Norad to conduct organisational reviews of Pronaturaleza and IBC, with a focus on their structure and governance, financial management capacity, results management systems, and work with partners. The organisational reviews serve an important control function but are also expected to help grant recipients understand their strengths and weaknesses.
Following his support to the development of an M&E framework for Sida’s Action Plan for Preventing and Mitigating Corruption 2021-2023, Jonas is leading a team tasked with preparing a baseline study for the same Action Plan. The assignment also includes supporting adaptive planning and learning on the go in Sida’s Anti-Corruption Partnership Pilot (APP) project, which is being implemented in Zambia, Moldova and Bangladesh.
The OECD/DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance was adopted in 2021 and is the first international standard of its kind. The purpose of the assignment was to assess the implications of the recommendation for Sida’s engagement with and support to civil society, considering both policy and practice. The analysis is expected to lead on to recommendations for alignment and feed into further discussions and decision-making.
The Albanian-Swedish Juvenile Justice Programme (JJP) was launched in 2017 with the overall objective to enhance the capacity of Albanian law enforcement and justice sector institutions to meet international human rights standards in juvenile justice. The programme was funded by Sida and implemented by four Swedish agencies – the Swedish Police Authority, the Swedish Prosecution Authority, the Swedish National Court Administration, and the Swedish Prison and Probation Service – in cooperation with Albanian partners. Jonas is the Team Leader for the final evaluation of JJP, which seeks to determine the overall results achieved, identify lessons learnt from what has worked well and less well, and inform the design and adaption of similar initiatives.