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  • Practice Area

    Civil society

    Our civil society programs enable citizens to solve their own problems and influence policy.
  • External Article

    Can Jordan's new prime minister reform the government?

    The author uses data from the USAID LENS project survey, 2014 and 2015, to examine Jordan’s informal economy and its relationship to newly elected Prime Minister Omar Razzaz’s agenda. She argues that the current Jordanian social contract is too expensive to maintain and that the new government needs a social contract based on a more transparent and inclusive dialogue between state and society. The U.S. Agency for International Development Jordan Local Enterprise Support (USAID LENS) project is implemented by FHI 360.
  • Publication

    The FHI 360 Approach to Preventing Violent Extremism (fact sheet)

    This fact sheet presents methodologies and tools that FHI 360 has developed in working with civil society actors to better understand, prevent and counter violent extremism in their communities.
  • Event

    What's New and What's Next in Preventing Youth Violent Extremism?

    FHI 360 is hosting a participatory discussion on preventing violent extremism on June 6, 2018, in the FHI 360 Conference Center in Washington, DC.
  • Publication

    Papua New Guinea Newsletters

    Each newsletter features activities of the project in Papua New Guinea, including profile pieces, meetings, impacts and site visits from funders and stakeholders.
  • Published research

    A research utilisation framework for informing global health and development policies and programmes

    This paper describes a simple, four-phase framework to guide global health and development efforts that seek to apply evidence to policies and programs. Application of this framework offers the potential to improve policy and programs by increasing the likelihood that research results will be relevant, well-documented, easily communicated and understood, scalable and built upon existing systems.
  • Feature

    What is conflict-sensitive education and why is it necessary?

    FHI 360 technical advisors discuss conflict-sensitive education and highlight considerations for maximizing the positive effects of education in conflict settings.
  • Feature

    What is countering violent extremism?

    FHI 360 staff offer their definition of countering violent extremism, discuss drivers and explain considerations when seeking to mitigate those drivers.
  • Published research

    Examining national public health law to realize the global health security agenda

    The Global Health Security Agenda developed 11 action packages to help countries achieve agenda targets. This paper presents cross-national research to map the legal domains necessary to meet each action package in 20 sub-Saharan African countries. The study found that national legislation for health security is absent, outdated or insufficient to address current public health threats. Its findings can be applied to identify new or supplemental legal authorities and powers needed to strengthen existing frameworks and achieve targets.
  • External Article

    When tech meets the people: The Myanmar Innovation Challenge that’s helping local communities

    FHI 360, the U.S. Agency for International Development and Phandeeyar, an innovation lab in Yangon, hosted the Innovation Marketplace in March. A civic tech competition, the Innovation Marketplace facilitated opportunities to collaborate between civil society organizations and technology companies.