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Research on chlorine tablets for water treatment in emergencies
Diarrhoeal diseases accounted for the death of over 500,000 children under-five globally in 2017 (1) and are the third leading cause of mortality in this age group (2). Approximately 88% of those deaths result from unsafe water, inadequate sanitation, and insufficient hygiene (3), making effective WASH interventions crucial for the health and survival not only […]
ImmoBot – Artificial intelligence to forecast house prices
Young families can have a hard time navigating through the complexity and risks of real estate markets. Is the price of a house in line with the market? What is the amount that I should offer for a specific house? Those planning to sell houses also need to engage one or more real estate brokers […]
Monitoring mountain glacier extents
Introduction The retreat of sea ice and glaciers, sea-level rise, and extreme climate events are predicted to cause immense economic and social chaos. Around 10% of the world’s population lives in coastal areas that are less than 10 meters above sea level. Furthermore, farming requires the availability of sufficient fresh water, the largest source […]
Starting an ECHO or DIPECHO application under time pressure
In one of my previous assignments I had to cope with a 15-day deadline to deliver distance-facilitation services for the design of a new disaster-preparedness project in Asia for one of my clients (an international non-governmental organisation). The team was composed of staff members in different locations (Europe, national and sub-national levels). So, I had […]
Digitalisation and big data – A cost-effective and reliable way for decision-making in the international development context
movimentar GmbH is a social enterprise providing advisory, training, and software development services for organisations and individuals working in sustainable development and humanitarian actions. Its founder Eduardo works as a project-management and data-science consultant, trainer, and facilitator in designing, managing, and evaluating projects and programmes across the globe. In the following interview, he outlines […]
We are on LinkedIn
We are pleased to announce that we are now officially on Linkedin to engage and connect with our clients and people interested in digitalisation, data science and technology for management and evaluation of international development and humanitarian actions. Make sure you check our company page regularly, as we will update you on current projects and […]
Reproducible random-sample generator in Shinyapps for improved data and learning
Reproducible samples and analyses are critical for data quality, particularly in monitoring and evaluation of project activities. Okay, some may say, but does it really matter at all? Yes, it does. It helps setting a seed for the future. Evolution in project monitoring and evaluation Let us take some capacity-development activity such as a training […]
Designing survey forms with evaluative scales
Project management has some things in common with playing with a kite. One needs to adapt well and quickly to changes in external conditions following observation of performance. Otherwise, one runs the risk of blindly hitting the ground. Differently from kites, though, a project or a programme requires more than open eyes. It requires sound […]
How much are charity, fundraising, NGO and non-profits currently paying their new staff? Web scrapping CharityJobs
In this post I try to explore this and some other questions using open-source statistical computing R language and public recruitment data from CharityJob’s website. According to CharityJob, the site is the United Kingdom’s busiest one for charity, fundraising, NGO and not for profit jobs. In addition to presenting these powerful open-source tools and data-exploring […]
New EuropeAid logframe template
Last update: 25 July 2017 Since 15 July 2015, there is a new version of the EuropeAid-PRAG documents, which lays the procedures for actions funded by the European Union (EU) worldwide. This post is focused on the new logical framework template, which is already being requested in some of the calls for proposals that are […]