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Household methodologies – How far have we come in IFAD? Maria HartlSenior Technical Specialist, Gender and Social Equity, Policy and Technical Advisory DivisionIFAD

Grant financed innovation

• Oxfam Novib grant 1 (2009 to 2011) US$ 199,000 (Uganda)

• Oxfam Novib grant 2 (2011-2014) US$ 1,5 Million

(Uganda, Rwanda, Nigeria)• Oxfam Novib grant 3 (2015-2018)

US$ 1 million (Burundi, Rwanda, DRC) 

Key elements of household methodologies

Principles•Focus on people•Empowerment•Self-generated solutions•Equal opportunities

Uganda: District Livelihood Support Project Delivery mechanisms: individual households

Community•Mentor identification•Household identification for social inclusion

Mentors from community trained

Household• Vision• Analysis• Change strategy

Graduated opportunities

Clusters/groups

Mentors visit individual HHs

DLSP (2007-2014)

Household methodologies toolkit

Using GALS in Household Methodologies

Vision

Where we are

Reasonswhy

Challenges

Opportunities

Capacity-building: Learning routes

• 2011 Learning Route on gender equality in microfinance, Uganda (Procasur/FAO grant);

• 2012 Learning route on boosting the contribution of value chain development to gender justice and pro-poor wealth creation: the Gender Action learning System (GALS), Uganda and Rwanda (Procasur/Canada)

• 2014 Learning Route on gender equality in value chain development, Uganda (Procasur/Japan):

• 2014 Pilot project “Send a Cow”, Ethiopia (Japan)

Capacity-building: Learning routes

Routeros on the road to Bukonzo Joint, Uganda

Capacity-building and training

• 2013 Household Methodologies Workshop/Writeshop, Entebbe, Uganda (Japan)• 2013 Gender justice for pro-poor wealth creation: catalysing and upscaling the GALS

process, Sierra Leone (Canada, Finland)• 2014 Training on Household methodologies for the Mozambique portfolio, Mozambique

(Japan)• 2014 Training on Household methodologies: GALS for value chain development in

PROSUL, Mozambique (Japan, PROSUL)• 2014 Training on HHM for gender equality and climate change resilience, Malawi 

(Japan, ASAP)• 2015 GALS Introductory workshop, Nigeria (OXFAM)• 2016 HHM in the RWEE Rwanda (Sweden)• 2016 HHM in the RWEE Kyrgyzstan (Sweden)• 2016 GALS workshop for rural finance in RUFIN. Nigeria (Norway)

Capacity-building and training

• Case study• Household Mentoring, Uganda

• https://www.ifad.org/documents/10180/2a2b2ff7-d479-4a65-a3dc-d76a5a9a23ce

Xai-Xai, Mozambique

Blantyre, Malawi

Entebbe, Uganda Kenema, Sierra Leone

Gender Action Learning System Sharing message with wider audience

Uganda 2010Rwanda + Uganda 2012; Uganda 2014; Uganda 2012 and 2014Sierra Leone 2013

Europe

IndiaLaosNepalVietnam

Grenada

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Factors for successful HHM- GALS adoption

From GENVAD evaluation and IFAD Sierra Leone Assessment: •Intensive training, coaching and monitoring of GALS trainers and peer trainers/champions •Need empowering facilitation skills•Strengthening or forming groups•Combine GALS with livelihood and other interventions •Implementation period of at least 4-5 years•Showcase success stories and economic benefits

Factors for successful HHM- GALS adoption

Conclusions-Joint efforts and support-Identify entry point-Find the right moment-Adjust to needs of community and project-Be flexible-Choose your partners well -Document and assess-Let go?

“We now have a

common vision for

our household!”