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What we are learning across the BHP Foundation
Using Foundation Capital for Good: Opportunities in the Balance Sheet
Veronica Olazabal, BHP Foundation's Chief Impact and Evaluation Officer, and John Sherman, Chief Partner at Sherman Impact Consulting, shared here some considerations and suggestions that may help foundations identify and evaluate their investment options.
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Scaling & Systems Change: Fundamentals, insights and case study reviews
The BHP Foundation Environmental Resilience Program has collaborated with Ampliseed to develop this report that showcases scaling case studies and lessons learned drawn from various sectors and countries, including education, natural resource governance, and environmental resilience.
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Conservation Financing Strategies: Key Lessons and Case Studies
This document provides an introduction to financing lines for Conservation and also explores different useful approaches to financially sustain the results of a project through field work and case studies.
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Insurance Challenges & Opportunities - October 2022
A report from Pollination and the BHP Foundation, exploring and unpacking the insurance risks faced by organizations delivering nature based solutions.
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Impact Verification: A powerful tool to hold organizations accountable to their impact claims
Read moreWhat partners are learning: greater equity and self-determination for Indigenous Peoples
Leading for nature
A report that identifies the pillars of activity critical for Indigenous Peoples and local communities to access and lead in development of nature credit projects.
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What works in Indigenous STEM education
CSIRO summarizes success factors identified through the monitoring and evaluation of the Indigenous STEM Education Project.
Read moreWhat partners are learning: preparing underrepresented children to participate in the economy of the future
IdeoDigital 2022 Report
IdeoDigital, promoting the teaching of computer science in the Chilean public system to equip students with the skills required to progress in a digital world, shares its 2022 learnings and impacts.
Read moreWhat works in Indigenous STEM education
CSIRO summarizes success factors identified through the monitoring and evaluation of the Indigenous STEM Education Project.
Read moreLearning and outcomes in the governance of natural resources
Natural Resource Governance program evaluation
The BHP Foundation commissioned an embedded evaluation of their Natural Resource Governance Program over a 5 year period from 2019 to 2024. This is the final report of the embedded evaluation, which presents evidence and analysis of the emerging outcomes, contribution to impact and lessons learned by the NRG Program and its partner organizations.
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Durable change - sustaining impact in natural resource governance initiatives
These research findings from Sustainable Minerals Institute's evaluation of our Natural Resource Governance program provide insights into the key ingredients to make impact sustainable.
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Implementing beneficial ownership reforms
Opening Extractives Progress Report 2022/23 documents progress that has been made in implementing beneficial ownership transparency across 11 countries, through legislative reforms, the establishment of public registers and evidence-based advocacy.
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Landesa 2023 Annual Report
Landesa has assisted 720 million people in the past five years on a path toward equitable and secure land rights. Landesa’s collaborative work is made possible through a global network of partners that understand the power and potential impact of when land and rights are secure.
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The Audacity Deficit in Natural Resource Governance
Brookings Institution: analyzes global perceptions of the priorities for the natural resource governance field.
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Opening Extractives
How beneficial ownership transparency in extractive sectors helps curb corruption.
EITI blog postLearning and outcomes in environmental resilience
Environmental Resilience Program Evaluation: Redstone 2022
The BHP Foundation commissioned this evaluation to better understand the impact to date of the Environmental Resilience Global Program and to provide recommendations to strengthen the Program going forward.
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The State of Play Report for Natural Infrastructure on the Canadian Prairies
This report provides a snapshot of the state of natural infrastructure implementation across the Canadian Prairies, specifically as it relates to water management and water infrastructure.
Read moreLeading for nature
A report that identifies the pillars of activity critical for Indigenous Peoples and local communities to access and lead in development of nature credit projects.
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Unlocking Sustainable Tourism
Great Barrier Reef Foundation: sharing insights from the Resilient Reefs global network.
Read moreLearning and outcomes in education equity
Education Equity Evaluation: 2021 RAND Corporation
In 2017, the BHP Foundation launched its Education Equity Global Program. In support of the BHP Foundation's goals, RAND Corporation researchers are conducting a five-year evaluation of the program.
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Scaling impact in education for transformative change
This report looks across all six of the Brookings' Real-time Scaling Labs (RTSLs) cases to analyze common themes, insights, and lessons learned about the process of scaling to provide practical recommendations on how to scale and sustain impact in education.
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Developing Enabling Environments for Women's Access to Education and Vocational Opportunities - RAND Research
A case study of policy change efforts led by UN Women's Second Chance Education Programme in India
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Synthesizing and Mobilizing Evidence to Improve Teaching and Learning - RAND research
A case study of Queen Rania Foundation's Contextualized Teaching and Learning Toolkit Effort, developed in partnership with the Education Endowment Foundation
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Exploring How Teach for All's Networks Connect Local Educational Organizations - RAND research
A case study of alumni professional connections in Peru.
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What Works to Improve Family-School Engagement - RAND research
A case study of the Center for Universal Education's Family-School Engagement Playbook Effort on engaging a global network to curate and disseminate evidence about what works to improve family-school engagement.
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Collaborating to Transform and Improve Education Systems
Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution: a playbook for family-school engagement.
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Improving children’s reading and math at large scale in Côte d’Ivoire
Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution: a case study on how an evidence-based initiative can achieve progress toward national sustainable scale.
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Improving learning and life skills for marginalized children
Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution: a report on the Real-time Scaling Lab in Tanzania.
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Building Mentally Healthy Futures
A policy brief from Australia's Mental Health Think Tank on youth mental health recovery plan.
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