Institute for State Effectiveness

ISE’s Ukraine Reconstruction and Recovery Initiative aims to support effective decision-making by Ukrainian leadership and international allies on key issues while also setting the stage to align stakeholders toward a coordinated architecture for international assistance and reconstruction. The work is informed by ISE’s decades of experience working on country transformations and insights from Ukrainian experts and stakeholders. It utilizes the latest thinking, tools and best practices on country recoveries and transformations that are responsive to citizens and aim to re-establish the foundations for Ukraine’s future prosperity. In its analysis and support to stakeholders, ISE incorporates lessons from successful examples of post-conflict transformation, anticipates challenges and formulates policy recommendations for Ukrainian and international stakeholders going forward.

ISE’s program in Lesotho aims to improve transparency and accountability systems for government and the public evaluation of public finance and performance of public service delivery programs. ISE engages with a wide range of stakeholders in the country – from the national government to donors to communities and civil society actors. ISE’s program builds upon ongoing efforts to improve the recording and publishing of information related to government reforms through dashboards systems by incorporating budget and performance management information into existing reform tracker dashboards, developing recommendations for a public-facing reform tracker dashboard, and developing associated citizen-centered materials and tools based on dashboard content. This work will be reinforced through capacity building initiatives to ensure sustainable local ownership through knowledge transfer to the GOL and public during and after the project.