CARE Egypt Foundation
CARE Egypt Foundation for Development commissioned Common Ground Solutions to facilitate youth led participatory action research on climate change under the BMZ funded Climate Leaders project, and to turn the evidence into awareness campaigns and local policy recommendations. CGS trains and mentors 50 youth researchers from 25 youth led CSOs in 3 governorates, who survey at least 1,000 young people and produce 12 participatory sessions, 6 transect walks and 25 photovoice stories.
October 2026 - January 2027
CARE Egypt Foundation for Development commissioned Common Ground Solutions to facilitate youth led participatory action research (PAR) under Climate Leaders, a project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Within 60 working days, CGS trains and mentors 50 youth researchers from 25 youth led civil society organizations in 3 governorates, Cairo, Assiut and Beni Suef, who survey at least 1,000 young women and men.
The terms of reference ask for research led by young people on the climate challenges and solutions in their communities, with technical review so that it informs the project's awareness campaigns, local policy recommendations, advocacy event and network strengthening.
CGS works in 8 overlapping phases. The youth researchers complete a 4 day training and collect data through SurveyCTO in their organizations' catchments, supervised by 3 CGS field supervisors. The plan covers 1,020 interviews with young people aged 18 to 35, stratified by governorate, gender and location, 12 participatory sessions in separate groups, 6 transect walks, 25 photovoice stories, 6 actor mapping sessions and 15 stakeholder interviews.
Data are checked daily, with back checks on 10 percent of surveys, and informed consent, CARE safeguarding standards and a referral protocol apply throughout. Survey data are analyzed statistically and qualitative material through content analysis, then interpreted with the youth researchers and validated in 3 sessions.
CGS delivers an inception report, training materials, raw and cleaned datasets, a research report with actor and network mapping, and technical support to the campaigns and policy recommendations.
October 2025 - December 2027
Strengthening monitoring and evaluation systems at output and project level, co-developing an M&E and grant management framework aligned with GIZ standards and building NGO capacity in results-based monitoring.
October 2026 - March 2027
Expertise France commissioned CGS to conduct the baseline study for REACH Egypt, a programme strengthening primary healthcare for women, children, refugees and migrants in Aswan, Minya and Kafr El Sheikh. The mixed-methods design covers all project facilities and three nursing and midwifery institutes, a survey of 285 frontline health workers, 68 key informant interviews and 28 focus group discussions.
October 2026 - February 2027
NORCAP and the African Union Office of the Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security (OSE-WPS) commissioned Common Ground Solutions to conduct a regional study on women, peace and security in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and the Saharawi context, to inform AU policy engagement, advocacy, programming and Continental Results Framework reporting. Over ninety days, six country research leads conduct 60 to 72 key informant interviews, 18 to 24 focus group discussions and 6 to 12 case studies of initiatives led by women.
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