ICRW (International Center for Research on Women) - Survey on Garment Factory - 2019

Project Description:

The purpose of the assignment was to document and analyse how gender equity could be supported in supplier factory settings, with special attention to policies and practices sexual harassment. Mekong Economics worked with the factory to recruit a representative sample of staff members to participate in the interviews and surveys, conducted semi-structured in-depth interviews with members of staff of varying levels, conducted semi-structured focus group discussions with various levels of staff, collected survey data from a sample of staff members;

Plan International - Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Needs Assessment and Gender Analysis in Nyaung U, Mandalay Region - 2019

Project Description:

SRHR was one of Plan International’s programs to support  adolescents and young people in accessing relevant information and services to support the realization of their SRH rights and to take control over the lives free from gender-based violence, with aiming of achieving “My Body. My Future” project’s goal. MKE conducted a needs assessment on SRHR  with a gender inclusion analysis to inform the client on the final  design of the program to have a strategic and impactful intervention on target beneficiaries.

Forest Department (FD), MONREC & Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (GoM) - Climate Vulnerability Assessment - 2019

Project Description:

The objectives of this assignment were to conduct a Vulnerability Assessment (VA) that would inform the planning and implementation for the CCA, to build capacity at FD, ECD and FRI in the design and implementation of VA, including capacities in community consultation and facilitation processes that would be important skill for effective community engagement and institution building for co-management related to sustainable mangrove management.

MKE collected data and information from multiple sources, including existing research, studies and databases, expert consultations, community consultations, transect walks, community mapping, risk ranking, and focus-group discussions (including vulnerable groups such as women, poor, and different ethnic groups and religions).

The VA included community consultations as a key methodological approach. Since community consultations were also important elements of subsequent co-management and resilience-building work related to Engagement Outputs 2, 3 and 4, the VA would support capacity building on community consultation and facilitation as an integrated part of the VA

Dan Church Aid (DCA) - Consultancy Service for Baseline Study for Save Lives and Build Resilience - 2017

Project Description:

MKE was commissioned to collect baseline information and establish benchmarks for the proposed outcomes in the Country Plan of DCA for Myanmar. The baseline assessment employed a mix of both quantitative and qualitative approaches of data collection. Country programme log-frame was reference point as linked to outcomes under programme. The consultancy covered the components of WASH; hygiene, sanitation and access to safe water and other cross cutting issues like gender, and accountability.

CORAD & GRET - Promoting Agricultural diversification and Economic integration in Northern Chin State - 2017

Project Description:

The project focused on the capacity building of various Community Based Organizations - CBO (farmer groups, networks of farmer groups, producers’ groups) to enable them to access and/or provide sustainable and relevant services in the technical & economic fields. Various partners and stakeholders contributed to the outcomes & results of the action: GRET as official partner, ICIMOD, CRS/KMSS, Technical Experts, public departments (DoA, DRD, SLRD, SAI, DAR), private sector and local government.

The project implementation would further respond to the cross cutting issues gender empowerment, participatory decision making, nutritive-sensitive agriculture systems, and institutional sustainability.

IFC - Market research on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam with a specific focus on those owned by women (WSMEs) - 2017

Project Description:

MKE assisted the lead firm, providing input for desk research including the facilitation of explorative interviews, conducting 300 WSMEs (SMEs owned by women) surveys and 200 male-owned SMEs. MKE delivered the raw data, translated the answers to open questions into English, and facilitated 9 Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and wrote a brief report describing the main findings for each FDG. MKE also wrote selected sections in the Inception Report and Final Report, and participated in the meetings with key informants and IFC.

PwC - Mid-term Evaluating framework of LAO receiving financial support from the Governments of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg - 2013

Project Description:

The Mid-term Evaluation was undertaken to analyse the project achievements, project management and monitoring, using specific criteria such as relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability, as well as cross-cutting aspects such as governance for development, gender equality and environment and climate change. MKE provided a local consultant to support the team during the project mission and the development of requested report.

Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation- Evaluation of AECID regional to Promote Gender Equality in Political Participation - 2013

Countries Involved

Bangladesh, Cambodia, Philippines, Timor Leste and Vietnam.

Project Description:

MKE in consortium with ACE International Consultants S.L. undertook the evaluation to form the bases for possible adjustments, changes and recommendations for remaining program to promote gender equality in political participation. In particular, the evaluation aimed to assess the relevance, the coherence, and the cost-efficiency of the interventions, and the contribution of the program to gender and rights-based approaches, as well as to make recommendations regarding the further development and sustainability of the project.

United Nations Population Fund Vietnam (UNFPA) - Baseline Survey on Imbalanced Sex Ratio at Birth - 2012

Project Description:

This baseline study was part of UNFPA commitment to support the Government of Vietnam (GoV) in addressing the problem of imbalanced sex ratio at birth (SRB). UNFPA is forming an intervention model to be piloted in Hai Duong province with an aim to provide adequate and well directed support for the GoV in combating rising SRB imbalance.

This baseline study was designed and conducted in Hai Duong province to measure the actual situation of sex ratio at birth in the province, identify gender roles and cultural perceptions of gender that drive SRB imbalance in Vietnam, review the awareness to SRB imbalance as well as the effectiveness of past/current interventions, and recommend detailed interventions as well as set up baseline data for measuring the project effectiveness and cost effectiveness analysis of the intervention model on SRB by the end of 2015 and 2016.