News & Blog
Strengthening the Health Workforce to Improve Health for All
This piece was written by Stacy Kancijanic and Mindy Visser. April 7 is World Health Day and marks the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization (WHO). This year’s theme is “Health for All,” and EnCompass’ recent work to strengthen health leadership and...
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Celebrating Women’s History Month—Giving Equity a Huge Embrace!
This March, EnCompass celebrated embracing equity! In honor of National Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day (March 8), we ran a month-long campaign to bring attention to the importance of embracing equity. We featured our staff and their thoughts about...
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Recognizing the Importance of Addressing Climate Change to Advance Women’s Economic Security
This piece was originally posted on ClimateLinks and written by Laura Cooper Hall, Gender and Climate Change Specialist on the USAID Technical, Operational, and Program Support (TOPS) Institutional Support Contract. The launch of the new U.S. Strategy on Global...
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Celebrating Women’s Day: USAID Makanati and Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority Launch ‘Aqaba City Friendly to Women’s Work’
Aqaba, Jordan, 8 March 2023 – USAID’s Women’s Economic Empowerment and Leadership Activity (Makanati) and Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) celebrated International Women’s Day and kicked off a series of activities supporting Aqaba as a “City Friendly to...
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Breaking the Cycle: EnCompass’ Equity-Based Approach to Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response
This piece was written by Elizabeth Hohenberger and Kathryn Constantinides One in Three Did you know that those who experience gender-based violence (GBV) must often recount their experience to many different people just to get basic care? In Lerato's Story we learn...
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EnCompass Staff Leading the Way at SID-US
Please join us in congratulating our Senior Learning Advisor, Amy Johnson, who is beginning her term as a Policy & Learning Workgroup Co-Chair at the Society for International Development-United States (SID-US). SID-US is the largest and most active chapter of...
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Applying an Appreciative and Strengths-Based Approach to Institutional Support Contracting
At EnCompass, one of the hallmarks of the way we work is to bring the strengths of a system to bear in support of desired project outcomes. When we were awarded the Technical, Operational, and Program Support for Environment, Energy, and Infrastructure (TOPS) contract...
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New Project: USAID President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Prevention of Malaria through Vector Control (PMVC) contract
EnCompass is excited to once again support and partner with Abt Associates to implement the newly awarded USAID President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Prevention of Malaria through Vector Control (PMVC) contract to further PMI’s global commitment to end malaria. With...
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Alaine Kennedy, Vice President, Business Development, Joins EnCompass’ Executive Team
We are thrilled to announce that Alaine Kennedy, our new Vice President, Business Development, has joined EnCompass’ Executive Team! Since joining EnCompass in 2008, Alaine has been instrumental in growing our business development systems and processes alongside our...
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New Project: USAID Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) in El Salvador
EnCompass is thrilled to announce that we have been awarded the USAID Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning in El Salvador platform. Through this 5-year, Eval ME II Task Order, our team will serve to enhance USAID’s regional MEL capacity and evidence base in order to...
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The Hallmarks of EnCompass’ Work in Action
In this blog, the Global Waters Communication and Knowledge Management team reflects on how our work embodies the hallmarks of EnCompass’ work. Our general way of working takes an appreciative approach. We regularly celebrate our wins, small and large, and think about...
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EnCompass to Continue Collaborating with USAID’s DRG Center through a New Award, GROWTH
We are excited to share that EnCompass has been awarded the Generating Results within our Work and Thought Leadership (GROWTH) project—the follow-on to the USAID-funded Generate Results within Our Work (GROW) project! This two-year (2022–2024) activity will continue...
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How We Approach Inclusion with Our Partners in Nigeria
We are happy to share the following blog—How We Approach Inclusion with Our Partners in Nigeria—with our readers. EnCompass carried out this study to support the MacArthur Foundation; it is a great example of how we support our clients in using evidence to identify...
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Working Toward Food Security Systems that Leave No One Behind
World Food Day is celebrated annually on October 16 to promote global awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and to highlight the need to ensure healthy diets for all. This year’s World Food Day theme is “Leave No One Behind: Better production, better...
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EnCompass Looks Forward to the American Evaluation Association Conference
From November 7 to 12, 2022, a team from EnCompass will join monitoring and evaluation professionals from around the world at the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Evaluation 2022 conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year’s conference theme is “(Re) Shaping...
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