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.

FARMAMUNDI CATALUNYA

Farmamundi Catalunya is an organization that works primarily in the field of health and, since 2016 in Catalonia, has increasingly specialized in sexual and reproductive health rights, particularly those of migrant and racialized women. In recent years, it has strengthened its network-based work with women’s organizations from the Global South, aiming to build alliances around a social and political advocacy agenda in this area.

UBORA has supported Farmamundi Catalunya since 2019 through internal, mixed, and external evaluations of projects and programs. These evaluations have taken place within the field of global justice education, with a strong Global South perspective, and have included strategic guidance in developing the Theory of Change for this area of work.

This process has contributed to strengthening the team’s capacity to improve the monitoring and internal evaluation of its strategy. It has also supported the consolidation of the organization’s network-based work in its Global South dimension, and the gradual integration of an anti-racist and decolonial approach into its interventions.

DevReporter

The Devreporter European project—a European partnership between NGO coordinating platforms—has evolved through several phases with the goal of strengthening collaboration between journalists and non-governmental organizations in order to improve the quality and impact of media coverage related to global issues, development, and international cooperation.

Within this framework, Lafede (a member of the partnership) has promoted, over several years, a grant scheme aimed at Catalan development NGOs. The aim of this initiative is to deepen public knowledge and engagement among European citizens, promoting a perspective more closely aligned with Global Justice Education and transformative communication.

UBORA has carried out both the mid-term and final evaluations of the project’s first phase, as well as the ex-ante evaluation of the aforementioned grant scheme, which supports the production of journalistic reports and the promotion of innovative actions in the discursive and educational spheres. These evaluations were conducted for the years 2018, 2019, 2024, and 2025. Their purpose was to help guide the design of new strategies and broaden the project’s reach to new audiences.

Institut de Drets Humans de Catalunya

The Catalan Institute for Human Rights (IDHC) is an association whose mission is to contribute to building more just and equal societies by promoting, strengthening, and ensuring respect for the human rights of all people—paying special attention to the most vulnerable groups, both in Spain and in other countries, including those experiencing poverty.

UBORA has carried out several evaluations for the organization, most notably the impact assessment of IDHC’s flagship training program: the Annual Human Rights Course, in its 40th edition. This evaluation involved the design and application of a specific methodology by UBORA, aimed at identifying and systematizing the chain of changes resulting from the practical application of the knowledge gained during the training in professional environments. The assessment made it possible to identify areas for improvement and to reinforce the relevance and effectiveness of the course’s learning objectives.

In addition, UBORA has advised IDHC in the development of an internal monitoring and evaluation system, closely linked to its strategic planning, with the goal of strengthening the management and direction of its programs and activities.

Diputació de Barcelona

The Development Cooperation Office of the Barcelona Provincial Council plays a key role in driving and shaping public policy on Development Cooperation and Global Citizenship Education, aimed at the general public through local authorities. To meet this challenge, the Office coordinates and facilitates collaborative working spaces with these local entities, with the goal of addressing both global and local challenges within this field.

Within this framework, UBORA has designed and co-created events in collaboration with local authorities and other social actors, and has also produced the corresponding reports. Notable among these events are the “European Days of Local Solidarity” and debate sessions with representatives from local entities on how to improve local development cooperation policies.

In the latter, UBORA worked in collaboration with Ressonant, incorporating music as a facilitation and engagement tool throughout the sessions, and creating both a written text and an original musical piece focused on local development cooperation. Additionally, UBORA developed an infographic summarizing the main takeaways from the reflection and debate session with local authorities on local cooperation policy.