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LabODD - The road map for impact by Cerise
Description/achievement of initiative

CERISE and its partners are coming together in a LabODD (SDG Lab) to equip and support microfinance institutions, social enterprises and impact investors, to better measure the results with their beneficiaries, in connection with the SDGs. CERISE aims to work with its strategic partners and new members, to strengthen the capacities of 40 impact organizations in Africa and Asia. For these organizations to adopt and apply results-based management and reporting, focused on their beneficiaries – 4 million clients – and linked to the SDGs. To ultimately ensure a better impact on their beneficiaries.

Implementation methodologies

The project primarily aims to promote understanding of the SDG framework and the challenges of outcome measurement, so that partner organizations can appropriate these elements and integrate them into their strategies and operations. Organizations will be trained on the SDG framework and an initial inventory will help adapting the resources and information that will be disseminated (good practices, guidance note for navigating the SDGs).\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nAround 10 support projects will then be carried out with partners in the field to collect and analyze data from beneficiaries. The data will be reliable, useful for decision-making and linked to the desired contribution to the SDGs. Members of the LabODD, particularly SPTF et e-MFP, will exchange about their experiences and approaches, and help capitalizing on French and international expertise on the use of existing and new data to measure the contribution to the SDGs (satisfaction, perception changes, etc.).\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nIn a third phase, the project will aim to motivate the monitoring of results, avoid “rainbow-washing” and make more transparent and concrete the reporting of impact organizations on their contribution to the SDGs. Organizations will have access to an online tool to collect, visualize and analyze standard results data for key SDGs. They will be able to build benchmarks and will benefit from report formats to guide decision-making and communication (SDG-specific dashboards, benchmarking reports, etc.).

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

Coordination mechanisms/governance structure

The LabODD led by CERISE is the body to monitor, implement and capitalize on this project. Members will work closely together to coordinate field applications, collective creation (exchange of experiences, drafting of operational guides) and the dissemination of open access resources.

Partner(s)

AFD, SPTF, e-MFP, CGAP, ACEP Group, ADA, Advans, CIDR-Pamiga, Entrepreneurs du Monde, Finansol, GRET, IRAM, M-CRIL, Incofin, Investisseurs et Partenaires, Oikocredit, SIDI, CARE France, ECLOF International, Opportunity International, Benoo, ATIA, Welight Africa, Balkans Sustainable Development Institute (BSDI)
Progress reports
Goal 1
1.4 - By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance
Goal 2
2.3 - By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment
Goal 5
5.5 - Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
5.a - Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws
Goal 7
7.1 - By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services
Goal 8
8.3 - Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
07/2023
One online tool for impact organizations to collect, visualize and analyze standard results data for key SDGs
07/2023
Methodological guidance notes
07/2023
Training materials
07/2023
Key ressources linked to the SDGs to guide micro-level impact organizations
Financing (in USD)
536,800 USD
In-kind contribution
Time contribution from LabODD members

Basic information
Time-frame: 07/2020 - 07/2023
Website
Partners
AFD, SPTF, e-MFP, CGAP, ACEP Group, ADA, Advans, CIDR-Pamiga, Entrepreneurs du Monde, Finansol, GRET, IRAM, M-CRIL, Incofin, Investisseurs et Partenaires, Oikocredit, SIDI, CARE France, ECLOF International, Opportunity International, Benoo, ATIA, Welight Africa, Balkans Sustainable Development Institute (BSDI)
Countries
Contact information
Célia Fernandez, Impact & Communication Officer, c.fernandez@cerise-spm.org
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