News Archive

Sir Puka Launches First Gender Policy for Public Service in PNG

26 February 2013:

“Our government stands by the targets set including an increase of the representation of women in the public sector by 15% in leadership and decision making roles,” Papua New Guinea Public Service Minister Sir Puka Temu announced at the recent launch of the National Public Service Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) Policy.

Coffey and MSI Help Tackle Corruption in Vietnam

18 February 2013: Vietnam has a ways to go in eliminating corruption. In 2012, Transparency International placed it in the bottom third of the 176 countries surveyed for its Corruption Perceptions Index. And corruption is systemic, affecting economic growth and the quality of governance.

Foreign Minister opens 2nd phase of Education Program in Kiribati

11 February 2013: The Kiribati Education Program program is delivering quality education to more than 10,000 school aged children in Kiribati – with an emphasis on literacy and numeracy, both in their native tongue and English.

Quiz Show Gives Youthful Buzz to Anti-Corruption in Afghanistan

02 February 2013: In front of a live audience of more than 900 high school and university students, youths participated in a quiz show designed to raise awareness on laws and institutions dedicated to anti-corruption. 

Fast Relief for Fiji brings Christmas Joy

15 January 2013: AusAID, through its Fiji Community Development Program, has provided over F$600,000 to assist families and communities affected by Tropical Cyclone Evan in Fiji.

Improving Citizen-State Relations in Pakistan

08 January 2013: We recently began work on a DFID-funded program aimed at improving governance and the delivery of security and justice services to Pakistani citizens.

Documentary Highlights Successes in Community-Based Policing

04 January 2013: The USAID-funded COMET project helped rebuild the relationship between police and the toughest neighborhoods in Jamaica.

Anti-Corruption Day Activities Around the World

29 December 2012: Projects for our America's operation, MSI,celebrated International Anti-corruption day by promoting awareness, bringing together different parties for a dialogue, and screening movies in the sky that we helped to produce!

Indonesian Partner Arrests Judges on Corruption Charges

18 December 2012: On the country’s independence day, Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested two judges for allegedly accepting $15,000 in bribes to set free a high-ranking official.

Monitoring and Evaluation Program Among Finalists for British Expertise Award

13 December 2012: The Helmand Monitoring and Evaluation Program (HMEP) has been selected as one of three finalists for the British Expertise award for Outstanding International Development Project in a Fragile State. 

How One Auction in Britain Made a Difference to 15 Families in Kosovo – in pictures

10 December 2012:  

Social Media Encourages Ghanaians to Vote

07 December 2012: Blogging Ghana, a non-profit association of bloggers and social media enthusiasts, has been using YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms to encourage Ghanaians to discuss issues surrounding the 2012 elections and to go out and vote.

Free Call Number to Save Mothers and Babies

03 December 2012: A free call number launched in Milne Bay Province in Papua New Guinea will help save the alarmingly high number of women and children dying during childbirth.

Launch of Gender Equality Initiative in PNG

26 November 2012: “We have waited too long for this, we must take action now”, Papua New Guinea Minister for Public Service Sir Puka Temu said at the launching of the “Kirapim Wok GESI” campaign at a breakfast for government agencies.

Senior Afghan Ministry of Interior Leaders Meet with UK Officials in London

23 November 2012: Four high-ranking officials from the Afghan Ministry of Interior visited London last month to learn about performance management systems used by UK government agencies such as the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office.

Bringing Innovative Technology to Ghana's Local Governments

21 November 2012: Ghana’s Western Region produces 60 percent of Ghana’s GDP mostly through its expanding natural resources. Along with the region being a major producer of coco, gold, bauxite and rubber, oil was discovered off the coast. This economic boon has also created tensions and problems within the region.

M&E and Communications Support in Kenya

21 November 2012: MSI, the America’s operation of Coffey International Development, was recently awarded the Kenya Support Services for USAID project. MSI will provide support to USAID/Kenya in meeting day-to-day information needs in order to make informed program management decisions, as well as provide substantive support with qualitative, quantitative, and analytical information to assist in assessing and evaluating the Mission’s development hypothesis.

Preparing Civil Servants for the Future of Effective Procurement Reform in Iraq

21 November 2012: The USAID-funded Tarabot project team coordinated the country’s first procurement conference with the Iraq Ministry of Planning. The project’s partners and ministry officials discussed future procurement development plans and coordinated with the World Bank, UNDP and other international agencies.

Bringing Stringent M&E Standards to a Complex Afghan Environment

15 November 2012: With strong emphasis on evidence-based decision making and evaluation standards, USAID/Afghanistan recently gathered monitoring and evaluation (M&E) experts from our America's operation MSI and elsewhere for the second M&E Summit at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.

Better Advocacy, from Nairobi’s Small Businesses to Cairo’s NGOs

27 October 2012: Citizens’ capacity to voice their views on how their governments deliver services is a vital part of poverty reduction. States that can be held accountable are more likely to respond positively to the different needs and demands of the public, especially the poor.

Supporting Informed Decision-Making Across Africa

27 October 2012: Robust evidence is necessary for informed decision-making. In international development, where resources are scarce and decision-makers must carefully consider options in order to achieve best value results, the emphasis on evidence-based decision-making has never been greater. 

Coffey Helps Deliver Ghana’s Education Strategy

27 October 2012: Since the introduction of free and compulsory basic education in 1995, Ghana has made significant headway in widening access to education and reducing gender gaps. However, massive inequalities in educational outcomes remain, especially between rich and poor, north and south, and girls and boys. 

Exceeding HIV/AIDS-Education Goals in Zambia

19 October 2012: In Zambia’s largest city of Ndola, the New Masala Theatre Productions began as a youth group running a “Youth Friendly Corner” in the New Masala Clinic. A theatre program evolved from this clinic work where they addressed the topics of HIV and AIDS to adolescents.

Bringing Sight to Bali

12 October 2012: Dr Dyah Utari is a general practitioner working in an Indonesian Health Centre (Bangli Puskesmas) servicing four village communities in rural Bali. She holds monthly eye screening activities in the Centre to help identify eye disease. It is not uncommon for over 100 patients to attend each Clinic session.

Gender Advisor receives UN Peace Award

12 October 2012: LOGICA 2 Gender Adviser, Suraiya Kamaruzzaman has been voted Indonesia’s Role Model for Peace in 2012 by the N-Peace network.  

Discussing Elections and Role of Women in Politics at TechWomen 2012

11 October 2012: VP Ellen Yount of our America's operation MSI presented in front of more than 100 women technology leaders from the Middle East who participated in this year’s US State Department-sponsored TechWomen Initiative. 

Honorary Visiting Professorship for Coffey Expert

02 October 2012: Coffey’s Dr Andrew Rathmell has been invited to take up an Honorary Visiting Professorship at the University of Exeter’s new Strategy and Security Institute in the UK.

Road to Adventure

28 September 2012: The Provincial Road Management Facility has worked to improve the quality of roads in Bohol, Philippines. The people of Bohol have been provided with improved access to health services, education and market opportunities.

This video was produced by Coffey in conjunction with AusAID. AusAID have featured it on their YouTube channel and website.

Podcast: Gender and International Development

28 September 2012: Our America's operation MSI Technical Manager Kaydee Dahlin leads a discussion with Senior Associate and Gender Practice Area Leader Darcy Ashman on International Women’s Day 2012 about her experiences and current issues in development relating to gender.

Defending Citizens from Bribery in Afghanistan

20 September 2012: A small business owner felt cheated by the tax department after having to pay an unnecessary extra 5,000 Afghanis (Afs). He came across a poster for the new Citizens Legal Advocate Office (CLAO) in Kabul and decided to seek their free legal advice from a CLAO lawyer.

Australian Parliamentary Delegation visit Maternal Health Project

14 September 2012: An Australian parliamentary delegation was impressed by their recent visit to the Puskesmas Pauh Kambar health centre in Panang Pariaman, Indonesia.

Coffey hosts AusAID Leadership Awardee Intern

13 September 2012: The Coffey International Development Australia Security and Justice team recently supervised an AusAID Leadership Awardee intern, Mohammad Ashfaqul Alam (Ash). 

M&E Framework wins Award

31 August 2012: We are proud to announce the AusAID-funded Mongolia Australian Scholarships Program Monitoring and Evaluation Framework has won an Australian Evaluation Society Award for Excellence in Evaluation.

Grant brings PNG Evaluators to International Conference

30 August 2012: Seven PNG Association of Professional Evaluators (AoPE) will present at the Australasian Evaluators Society International Conference in Adelaide today.

Fight against Philippines Corruption highlighted in MSI video

28 August 2012: In the Philippines, public clamor for accountability in government institutions regained momentum after President Aquino was elected on an anti-corruption platform, "Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap", roughly translated as, "If there is no corruption, there will be no poverty".

Delivering Social Services in Kosovo

28 August 2012: Municipalities in Kosovo are much better equipped to plan, budget and deliver social services to the most needy members of their communities as a result of Coffey’s management of DFID’s Social Service Decentralisation Project.

Sharing our M&E Expertise

28 August 2012: Two of Coffey's Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) experts, Amanda Jupp and Regina Rokam Palek, will join a program featuring speakers from around the world at the Australasian Evaluation Society International Conference being held in Adelaide this week.

Productivity on the Rise

28 August 2012: Production of fuel briquettes is very much on the rise in Puereulak, Aceh Timur. The Maju Beusare KSM (self-help group) has gone from producing 90kg of fuel briquettes per month to producing 150kg in three hours.

Advocacy Brings Wheelchair Ramps to Ghana’s Schools

07 August 2012: Thanks to a project made possible by the STAR-Ghana program, 72 school buildings in Ghana’s Volta Region will soon have wheelchair ramps, allowing children with disabilities to reach their classrooms more easily.

MSI Experts Contribute to USAID CSO Report

02 August 2012: USAID recently published the 15th edition of its Civil Society Organisation (CSO) Sustainability Index for Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Produced with the support of our America's operation MSI technical experts, the index measures the overall strength and viability of organisations in 29 countries.

Improving Job Opportunities for the Poor in Nigeria

27 July 2012: We were recently awarded the DFID-funded Growth and Employment in States 4 (GEMS 4) project, which seeks to improve income and employment opportunities within Nigeria’s wholesale and retail sector, particularly for the poorest and most vulnerable.   

Kiribati Children Start School Year on Solid Ground

27 July 2012: The Kiribati Education Improvement Program has enabled 220 Kiribati school children to start the school year in rehabilitated classrooms complete with drinking water, hand washing stations and toilets.

New Iraqi Patients' Rights Charter is Major Step for Human Rights

10 July 2012: The Iraqi Ministry of Health (MoH) and the USAID-funded Primary Health Care Project in Iraq (PHCPI) held a two-day workshop in Baghdad in March to discuss the newly-developed Patients’ Rights Charter.

Our America's operation MSI, is implementing the project to support the Ministry in creating functional health services at community and facility levels by improving the quality of clinical services, as well as increasing community involvement and understanding of healthcare.

Supporting Maternal and Neonatal Health in Indonesia

10 July 2012: The AusAID-funded, Coffey-managed Australia Indonesian Partnership for Maternal and Neonatal Health program is working to reduce high maternal and neonatal mortality rates in one of Indonesia’s poorest provinces, East Nusa Tenggara, which has one of the highest rates of maternal and neonatal mortality in South East Asia.

The program aims to improve services related to pregnancy and childbirth, strengthen the health system, and improve accountability and performance in the province.

Scaling Up the Innovative Work of Local Organisations

01 June 2012: In the video above, Dr Rajani Ved talks about the challenges and results of scaling up pilot projects in India. As a Senior Technical Associate for MSI’s Scaling Up project, she worked with the Population Foundation of India (PFI) on scaling up of initiatives for reproductive health and adolescent reproductive and sexual health programs in India.

Zambians Build Skills in Strategic Communications

18 May 2012: Nineteen professionals representing four health and HIV/AIDS-focused Zambian NGOs, along with staff from the USAID-supported MSI Zambia Local Partners Capacity Building (LPCB) project, learned during training in April that there’s more to communicating strategically than meets the eye. MSI is our America's operation.

Changing Lives in Indonesia

03 April 2012: The AusAID-developed TV series, Changing Lives, has gone to air on the Australia Network - reaching viewers in over 44 countries. Focusing on the work of various Australian international development professionals overseas, Coffey's Alan Atwell was one of the people selected to be profiled.

MSI Recognised for Excellence in Evaluation

22 March 2012: A report from our America's operation MSI was recently recognised at USAID for promoting excellence in evaluation. MSI’s Trade Evaluation report, From Aid to Trade: Delivering Results, was one of five evaluations selected to serve as examples of high quality evaluations. Those reports are featured online at www.usaid.gov/evaluation.