Knowledge Generation. Research Knowledge generation in Phase IV aligns to growing the application capacity of member cities through facilitated training and ongoing documentation of learned approaches and methods. This stream forms part of furthering the USRG’s evidence base and the application of that evidence in strategy, policy and planning for safety interventions in member cities. Its main outputs will be: • One State of Urban Safety Report in South Africa 2020/21 Report. The consolidated annual report will be an update, and thus modelled after previous Reports, to include a compendium of city performance data, case studies, research findings, and recommendations to stakeholders based on the analysis thereof. The Report will consolidate facilitated learning, technical capacity building and experiential learning curated to shift city practice (local level institutionalisation) over 2 years (2019 – 2021). It will launch in the lead to the aforementioned State of Cities Report 2021, as a precursor to the urban safety story told therein. The report will also be important for incoming city administrations in the 2021 election year. Coordinated and supervised by the Secretariat, the compilation of the report (including research inputs) will be undertaken by externally contracted technical support institution(s), who will bid for various components of the work • An analysis component is incorporated into the aggregated crime statistics chapter, with specific focus on interpretation, foresight with clear assessment/outlook for each city (and training of members on the requisite methods and tools.) • Leveraging partnerships for supportive knowledge generation and diffusion. This should include identifying and forging relationships with key urban safety knowledge-producing institutions in South Africa, regionally and globally. The opportunity here is to access expertise, and to support effective policy access and impact (knowledge diffusion). Institutions with proven expertise on the topic of urban safety will be contracted to provide additional technical and knowledge support to USRG, carry out research on jointly identified themes, facilitate capacity building/knowledge collation and package specified knowledge products (e.g. USRG Policy Briefs on thematic topics, facilitation/training of members, consolidating a communications component and identifying further platforms and opportunities for knowledge dissemination).
Knowledge Generation. The Resilience Associate Award will synthesize and respond to information gained through the IR 1: Knowledge Capture strategies to produce reliable, high- quality information in formats that are useful to USAID Missions and the implementing community. The Resilience team will identify, adapt, and develop (if necessary) promising tools and practices. Information, tools, and approaches will be vetted and then shared through the Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) Network and other means.
Knowledge Generation. High-quality information synthesized and produced in user-friendly, appropriate formats. The Resilience team will develop practical and digestible guidance on a series of technical topics related to resilience analysis, implementation, and measurement. It will also provide thought leadership on a range of resilience topics, and will create user-friendly tools such as case studies, briefs, and technical notes for getting information out to users.
