FETS

FETS – Ethical and Solidarity-based Financing is a second-tier association (network) that brings together 33 Catalan organizations from the Third Sector and the Social and Solidarity Economy. Its goal is to promote ethical and solidarity-based finance in Catalonia. Its vision is to become a reference organization for both ethical finance entities and the broader community, serving as a meeting space to strengthen the ethical and solidarity-based finance sector.

UBORA has conducted several evaluations and support processes in recent years, using a strategic, process-oriented approach focused on organizational learning. This has included validating FETS’s mission and vision through the development of a Theory of Change aligned with its strategy as a network. The collaboration has strengthened the team’s internal monitoring and evaluation capacities through a Theory of Change approach, while also fostering important strategic, operational, and organizational learning through various evaluation exercises (both mid-term and final).

CPDE (Civil Society Partnership for Development Effectiveness)

The Civil Society Organizations Alliance for Development Effectiveness (AOED) is an open platform that brings together civil society organizations (CSOs) from around the world with the aim of promoting effective development cooperation (EDC). Its mission is to improve development effectiveness by restructuring the global aid architecture and strengthening the CSOs that work both at the local level and on reforming that global architecture.

Among other tasks, CPDE commissioned UBORA to conduct a mapping exercise of various national initiatives that have monitored the inclusiveness of development partnerships. UBORA was responsible for developing the participatory methodology—incorporating contributions from different CPDE members—carrying out the desk research, systematizing the results, and designing and programming the interactive web platform. Through this platform, users can easily view the descriptions of each case study and compare the results of the 11 initiatives from different countries worldwide. Each case study is presented individually, and it is possible to scroll through and compare data and conclusions across all cases.

UBORA also conducted several organizational capacity assessments, both initial and final, in order to determine how CPDE members have effectively contributed to the program’s overall and specific results and objectives, and how the platform can continue to support the capacity-development needs of its members, constituencies, and focal points in the various countries. The outcomes of these organizational capacity assessments provided key monitoring and evaluation insights related to the fulfilment of CPDE’s Theory of Change and its objectives regarding capacity strengthening.

FUNDACIÓ MARESME

Fundació Maresme is a non-profit social organization that promotes and supports the inclusion and improvement of the quality of life of people with special difficulties and complex needs in the Maresme region—primarily individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families.

UBORA has begun a support process aimed at integrating a culture of evaluation (focused on internal monitoring and evaluation by the organization) through the impact assessment of one of its services—its gardening service—as part of its new organizational model.

The goal of this process is to gather evidence on how this new way of working at Fundació Maresme is impacting the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and their families. It also seeks to highlight how Fundació Maresme acts as a key change agent in the region, promoting a more just and inclusive society

Red de Mesoamericanas en resistencia por una vida digna / Mundubat

As part of the development education component of the AECID/Mundubat/Cooperacció agreement, UBORA produced a documentary that systematized the networked work of the Mesoamerican Women in Resistance Movement. This movement is composed of over 70 organizations across six countries in Mesoamerica, and it is articulated as a diverse, autonomous, and educational political space resisting neoliberal policies and the patriarchal system.

The Most Significant Change methodology was applied, allowing for deep reflection on the most meaningful changes in the history of the collective struggle of the Mesoamerican Women in Resistance, based on the lived experiences of the women who have led it. A working commission was formed and met over several months. A regional workshop was held in Guatemala, followed by local gatherings in the participating countries, all contributing to a collective reflection on the most important changes.

UBORA provided methodological support and facilitation, and later led the editing and direction of the documentary “Construcción de otra vida posible para las mujeres” (Building Another Possible Life for Women), along with 17 short videos highlighting the stories of key women leaders:
https://vimeo.com/cooperaccio

This work served to celebrate the movement’s most important milestones and to visually capture its most significant changes, sharing them with the broader feminist movement.