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STRENGTH IN SOLIDARITY

The Strength in Solidarity (SiS) project started in 2012 to advance Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) ability to work with partners and to mutually share the expertise needed to operate optimally as organizations and sustainably deliver programmatically, even beyond individual projects. Project activities were designed to transform the systems, processes and skills used at CRS to help partner organizations become more effective, stronger and more sustainable. SiS was funded by a grant from GHR Foundation (GHR) initially planned from 2012 to 2019 (with a COVID-related extension to 2022) supporting the agency’s efforts to transform the way it works in aligning its operations with its guiding principles of solidarity and subsidiarity, and particularly in relation toward the agency’s field partners.

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Strength in Solidarity (SiS) Project - Final Evaluation Report

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Strength in Solidarity (SiS) Project - Final Evaluation Report

The Strength in Solidarity (SiS) project started in 2012 to advance Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) ability to work with partners and to mutually share the expertise needed to operate optimally as...
SiS Final Evaluation - Brief 1: Key Findings

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SiS Final Evaluation - Brief 1: Key Findings

In 2012, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) began a project to improve the ability of its staff to strengthen the capacity of its implementing partners. Funded by the GHR foundation, the Strength in...
SiS Final Evaluation - Brief 2: Supervisors

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SiS Final Evaluation - Brief 2: Supervisors

In 2012, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) launched an effort to boost the ability of its staff to strengthen the capacity of its implementing partners. Funded by the GHR foundation, the Strength in...
SiS Final Evaluation - Brief 3: Statistical analysis

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SiS Final Evaluation - Brief 3: Statistical analysis

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) started an eight-year project in 2012 to boost the ability of its staff to strengthen the capacity of its implementing partners. With funding from the GHR foundation,...
SiS Final Evaluation - Brief 4: Perfecting partnership

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SiS Final Evaluation - Brief 4: Perfecting partnership

In 2012, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) began an effort to improve the ability of its staff to strengthen the capacity of its implementing partners. The project, known as Strength in Solidarity (SiS...
SiS Final Evaluation - Brief 5: local leadership and localization

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SiS Final Evaluation - Brief 5: local leadership and localization

Transferring ownership of development work to local agencies is a goal highlighted more and more by institutional funders. To help local organizations become more effective and sustainable, Catholic...
SiS Final Evaluation - Brief 6: local partners

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SiS Final Evaluation - Brief 6: local partners

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) launched an effort eight years ago to boost the ability of its staff to strengthen the capacity of the agency's implementing partners. Funded by the GHR foundation, the...
Local Leadership in Humanitarian Response and Development Assistance

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Local Leadership in Humanitarian Response and Development Assistance

Rooted in Catholic Social Teaching, CRS is committed to its principle of subsidiarity: the understanding that communities, who are the closest to challenges, are artisans of their own development...