Context is proud and excited to work with SNV on their novel Leadership Enhancement Programme, which is publically promoted as LEAP+. LEAP+ is a global programme that will be implemented in 2015 in 19 countries across three continents (Africa, Asia, Latin America). It is the first programme of its kind that is being promoted and [...]
Op dinsdag 21 januari organiseert Context, international cooperation een Context MasterClass over Jongeren & Sociaal ondernemerschap. Deze masterclass is onderdeel van de SEE YOU uitwisseling met sociaal ondernemers uit Cambodja en Nederland, mede mogelijk gemaakt door E-Motive. Wil je wat goeds doen voor de wereld om je heen op een (financieel) duurzame manier? Wil je [...]
Context, international cooperation presented its new publication Narrative Numeracy: Social impact assessment. A brief guide to Social Return on Investment in Utrecht on September 19, 2013. At the Context MasterClass lecture about Social Impact Assessment, Pol De Greve (partner at Context, international cooperation) presented the first copies of the new publication to Prof Gert van [...]
Wilt u kennis maken met verschillende methoden voor het meten van maatschappelijke resultaten (social impact assessment)? Of houdt u zich bezig met het meten van de maatschappelijke waarde van een activiteit, project of initiatief en bent u op zoek naar nieuwe inzichten en impulsen op dit gebied? Kom dan op donderdag 19 september 2013 naar [...]
This introduction video to Social Return on Investment will take you on a brief journey through the basics of SROI. Why SROI? What are the purposes of SROI? And how does it work? Watch this short video to find an answer to these questions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1fY-TmPYPw&feature=youtu.be Want to find out more about SROI? Click here for a short [...]
Dankzij een samenwerking van het Oranjefonds, Movisie en Context kunnen 7 bewonersinitiatieven uit de regio Utrecht binnenkort kosteloos meedoen aan vijf workshops over het versterken van interne bedrijfsvoering en ondernemerschap. Tussen de workshops krijgen de initiatieven individueel ondersteuning bij het toepassen van de kennis en het uitwerken van hun specifieke verbeterpunten. Een mooie kans om toepasbare [...]
Context, international cooperation and ICS Africa are organising a training course on Social return on investment (SROI) in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday 24 October - Friday 28 October 2011. Please find the invitation for this training course here. The training course will be building on Context's experience on SROI, developed with partners including ICS, and [...]
A recent article in the new glossy magazine QPQ Het nieuwe ondernemen, published by the Dutch Foundation on Social Entrepreneurship, focuses on social return on investment (SROI). The article Social measurement (De maatschapelijke meetlat) April 2010, No. 1, pages 44-47) by Gaston Dorren introduces the SROI methodology, based on interviews with Context colleagues, Fons van [...]
It is with great pleasure that I would like to acknowledge the formal publication by publisher Routledge of the Knowledge Management for Development Journal which has close links to Context, international cooperation. The Editor-in-Chief, Sarah Cummings, is a colleague here. My congratulations go to all members of the editorial team who have made this possible. [...]
A joint series of training courses is being organised by Context, international cooperation in collaboration with Wageningen International and MDF. For 2008, the following topics are planned: Combining ‘theories of change’ and ‘realist evaluation’ to strengthen capacity for strategic action (April); Creative organisational self assessments (September); and M&E of multistakeholder dialogue & partnership (December). In [...]