Past projects

It has been the Foundation's privilege to partner with leading organizations for many years on innovative projects, as they now build on the successful outcomes from the project and continue to amplify their impact.

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Australia

Learn more about past projects and partners.

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10 Deserts Project led by the Indigenous Desert Alliance

To keep Australia's outback healthy for the benefit of future generations, this project built the foundations for the largest Indigenous-led connected conservation network on Earth.

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Australia's Mental Health Think Tank led by the Matilda Centre at the University of Sydney

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic profound disruption on young Australians' mental health, this project combined the best evidence, together with lived experience accounts to propose a Mental Health Recovery Package. The recommendations aim to democratize knowledge and advocate for evidence-based policy for an improved mental health system.

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Early Years Catalyst

A national collaboration working with organizations to improve early childhood development outcomes for children experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability.

Chile

Learn more about past projects and partners.

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Digital Education Network

Collaboration across seven local institutions that contributed to the continuity of learning during the pandemic and transform the future of Chilean education through technology, innovative tools, addressing socio-emotional skills, and retaining a gender perspective.

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Nuestra Voz (Our Voice) led by Fundación Kodea

Brought greater visibility and awareness of the views and priorities of Chilean women to inform how the country addresses current and future challenges.

Ayllu Solar led by Solar Energy Research Center

For over six years, our support enabled local Indigenous communities to harness the power of solar energy and create opportunities for social and economic development. SERC Chile (Solar Energy Research Center) is now taking these proven sustainable models to scale with local organizations and leaders.

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Tiempos de Dialogo (Times of Dialogue) led by Fundación Colunga

Responding to the 2019 social crisis in Chile, this initiative developed tools and created spaces to enable dialogue as a peaceful means to approach conflict resolution.

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El Boldo to Cantillana Conservation Corridor led by Fundación Tierra Austral

Achieving transformative conservation of Chile’s Mediterranean habitat by demonstrating how to establish land conservation in perpetuity through Derecho Real de Conservación (DRC). DRCs are the Chilean equivalent of conservation easements which enable private landowners to take long-term action to protect the sustainability of their properties.

Other countries or global projects

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Accountable Mining led by Transparency International

Over five years, our support enabled Transparency International to use research, assessment and dialogue to provide a better understanding of, and find solutions to address, the risks and impacts of corruption in the process of awarding mining licenses in resource-rich countries. The now proven evidence base, with the suites of tools and methodologies, continue to be effective in resource-rich countries and their success has attracted further investment to continue this work.

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Leveraging Transparency to Reduce Corruption led by Brookings and Results for Development

Reducing corruption along the natural resource value chain through research and field work that advance transparency, accountability, and participation.

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Leadership and global learning for community impact led by Teach For All

Creating locally rooted, globally informed leaders who work in partnership with their communities to ensure all children can fulfil their potential.

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Millions Learning: evidence and innovation to scale impact led by the Center for Universal Education at Brookings

Publishing research that ensures decision makers have more actionable evidence and practical guidance on how to scale effective education practices, are better equipped to identify and understand innovative practices that have the potential to transform education progress, and use data effectively to improve learning outcomes.

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Africa Evidence Youth League Education Chapter led by Pan-African Collective for Evidence

A platform for young leaders to play a more active role in finding solutions for the education crisis in Africa.

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RISE Ukraine

Helping the reconstruction of Ukraine by making it a model of integrity, sustainability and efficiency with the support of partners working on open government and anti-corruption reforms.

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Ampliseed led by Pollination Foundation

A global learning network connecting practitioners with a rights-based, human centered approach to building environmental resilience.

Indigenous Peoples and local communities nature credit incubator led by Pollination Foundation

Ensuring finance flows to Indigenous Peoples and local communities – those best placed to lead the protection, regeneration and stewardship of nature – by aligning goals and aspirations to funders and exploring nature credit markets opportunities.

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Second Chance Education and Vocational Learning Program led by UN Women

Providing marginalized women access to quality learning, entrepreneurship and employment outcomes through second chance education and vocational learning.

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Business investment for education impact led by Global Business Coalition for Education

Developing new tools and resources to increase the impact of more than $4 billion invested annually by businesses in education, and encourage more businesses to make education a sustainability priority.

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Resilient Reefs Initiative Era 1 led by Great Barrier Reef Foundation

Enhancing the resilience of the world’s most treasured coral reef sites and the communities that depend on them to adapt to climate change and local threats.

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Driving improvements in sustainability at landscape scale co-led by Rainforest Alliance and Conservation International

Providing a standardized approach for assessing and communicating the sustainability performance of landscapes where key commodities are produced.

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Enabling policies for high integrity nature markets led by Conservation International

Understanding the enabling policies at a national level to unlock just and fair nature markets for governments interested in creating positive incentives for nature through market mechanisms.

Anti-Corruption, Democracy, and Security led by Brookings

Tackling complex anti-corruption problems that impact global democracy and security by building partnerships, platforms for action-focused research and learnings, and clear metrics to measure progress.

Amplify led by a collaboration between Open Ownership and the End Snow-Washing Coalition

Utilizing recent progress in Canada, this collaboration is designed to share evidence that supports greater transparency of beneficial ownership (knowing who ultimately controls, owns or benefits from a business or other corporate vehicle). It draws from the Opening Extractives project.

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Promoting social inclusion and environmental sustainability in resource-rich countries led by Open Contracting Partnership

To provide better public goods, works, and services to citizens in resource-rich countries through procurement reforms that enable fair, inclusive and climate sensitive public contracting.

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From Disclosure to Development led by International Finance Corporation

Making natural resource data accessible and useful to citizens to drive more informed public debate, accountability and decision making.

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Building a global evidence ecosystem for teaching - multi-country - led by Education Endowment Foundation

Putting robust and reliable evidence into the hands of school leaders, teachers, and education policymakers by generating new and rigorous evidence, making that evidence accessible, relevant and actionable, and building a global network of evidence brokers to collaborate and share best practice.

The Governance Action Hub - Colombia, Peru, Philippines - led by Results for Development

Explores and promotes country-led models of coalitions for governance action and reforms to enhance accountability, reduce corruption, and improve social development outcomes.

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Internet of Water - United States - led by Duke University's Nicholas Institute

Empowering decision-makers and communities to generate insights, inform decision-making, and inspire innovative solutions by modernizing public water data infrastructure across the United States.

Leadership Development for Native & Indigenous Youth in the Americas by Ban Ki-Moon Foundation

Through a cross-border Indigenous & Native Youth Leadership Community of Practice, Ban Ki-Moon Foundation seeks to enable leadership development that empower Indigenous and Native youth to strengthen and amplify their influence, to drive changemaking efforts and elevate Indigenous leadership and decision making.

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