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Experiencia Institucional

The institutional experience of GERENSSA includes more than 270 consultancies in different areas of work, we have special experience in the elaboration of baselines and intermediate, final and ex post evaluations, in projects related to urban development, such as real estate market studies, urban revitalization, neighborhood improvement, drinking water and sanitation, citizen culture,  mobility and urban transport among others, but we also have significant experience in rural areas, in issues related to social protection, human rights, gender, productive development, food security, community development, water resources management, among others.    

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Catholics for the Right to Decide 2024

Consulting to collect perceptions on patterns, norms and harmful practices related to gender violence in 5 networks and 19 municipalities of the department of Santa Cruz

A field operation was carried out to apply instruments developed by the company Kinitro, commissioned by CDD; 393 women and men over 18 years of age were surveyed, as well as 89 key informants, including community leaders, religious leaders and municipal officials.

Autonomous Municipal Government of Potosí 2024

Consulting service by product: Study of costs and rates of public transport in the municipality of Potosí

Study of Public Transport Costs for the determination of Technical Rates or what is known as Maximum Reference Rates, field studies were carried out to determine the Index of Passengers per Kilometer IPK, ascent-descent sheets and budget sheets were made among other instruments. Different scenarios of Vehicle Operating Costs COV were analyzed, a survey of transporters and a survey of public transport users was carried out. The consultancy had a multidisciplinary team of experts in: transport, mechanics, statistics, economics, georeferencing, in addition to having 12 people for the field work.

Alliance for Rights, Equality and Solidarity Foundation 2024

Evaluation of the implementation of the Project "Strengthening the active participation of women for access to sexual and reproductive health services in the public system"

The evaluation was carried out with a Results-Based Management (RBM) approach using the criteria suggested by the OECD-DAC (relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, impact). Within the framework of the evaluation, 60 women and adolescents participating in the project, 95 users of health and protection services and 30 health service providers were surveyed, in addition to having applied semi-structured interviews to the implementing team and partners, key informants and target population.

SEDEM 2024

Consulting service by product to carry out the satisfaction study of the beneficiaries of the subsidies, Management 2024

A satisfaction survey was applied to 5,174 women beneficiaries of the following subsidies: (i) prenatal; (ii) breastfeeding; and (iii) universal for life; the survey form was programmed in KoBo and linked to a QR code, with which the beneficiary women were able to fill out the questionnaire autonomously in the same SEDEM agencies when picking up their packages; subsequently, the database was consolidated, cleaned and operated, and the results were presented through dashboards designed in Power Bi and a presentation designed in Canva.

HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation 2024

Baseline survey of the Sustainable Landscapes Project for the Bolivian Amazon 2nd phase

The baseline study was designed based on the construction of an Analysis Plan Matrix (MPA) derived from the Logical Framework of the project. Based on the MPA, the instruments were built, with which information was collected from 219 families living in the municipalities of San Ignacio de Velasco and Concepción and from key informants at the municipal, departmental and national levels; the Baseline Matrix (MLB) was built and a comprehensive situational assessment on the strategies and policies for forest care, risk management, livelihoods and access to credit for families; the results of the baseline study were presented through dashboards designed in Power Bi

UNW 2024

Baseline of the project “Strengthening Local Capacities to Improve Access to Social Services and Justice in Gender Violence”

The project baseline was developed with a results-based management approach and cross-cutting approaches to gender, violence prevention, human rights, intersectionality and interculturality; a survey was applied to 3,016 families (3,016 women over 18 years of age, 1,874 adolescents from 15 to 18 years of age and 974 men over 18 years of age) in 92 municipalities in the 9 departments of the country; structured interviews were applied to 207 municipal protection and health workers and 483 users of municipal protection and health services. Finally, a baseline matrix (MLB) was developed with its respective manual for calculating and updating indicators, and dashboards for data visualization.

Clyde & Co Consortium 2024

Analysis of the demand for the AEROVIA air transport system

An analysis of the general demand for the Aerovía system was developed, analyzing the potential competition from conventional public transport and taxi routes, including yellow and colored taxis, for which vehicle gauging, frequency and visual occupancy (FOV) counts, verification of public transport routes, studies of ascent and descent of public transport passengers, and Origin Destination (O-D) surveys were carried out; also, with the field data, the potential number of users who would take Aerovía in the absence of taxi routes was estimated and in the scenario where intraprovincial buses make stops in accordance with current regulations and not at stations close to the Aerovía stations.

EDUCO Bolivia 2024

Study: "Situation of violence against girls and women with disabilities"

The study was designed based on a process of problematization, identification of problems, questions and research objectives; an Analysis Plan Matrix (MPA) was constructed, from which the data collection instruments were designed; a field operation was carried out in 92 municipalities of the 9 departments of the country, interviewing 207 municipal protection and health workers, and more than 250 women and adolescents with disabilities were surveyed; dashboards were developed to visualize results; finally, a presentation and discussion of the results was made with the EDUCO team.

SEDEM 2024

Product-based consultancy for the evaluation of the final price formula for products for prenatal, breastfeeding and universal prenatal subsidies for life

An analysis was made in the office of the 2023 management database of product offerers for the subsidies administered by SEDEM, as well as the regulations for the direct contracting of products for subsidies (RA SEDEM / GG / No. 137/2023) was analyzed, finally, a theoretical framework was developed regarding price setting in different scenarios according to economic theory; In this sense, the study concluded that the formula for calculating fixed prices for the acquisition of products from the different subsidies is adequate, but two adjustments were suggested, related to the homogenization of the initial data series (bidder prices) and the final calibration of the reference price, averaging it with the observable market price.

Alliance for Solidarity Foundation 2023

Evaluation of the project "Guaranteeing the exercise of the right to a life free of violence for women"

Final evaluation of the project "Guaranteeing the exercise of the right to a life free of violence for women through personal, social, economic and political empowerment in La Paz and Chuquisaca (Bolivia)" implemented by the Alianza por la Solidaridad foundation in consortium with the Gregoria Apaza Women's Promotion Centre, the Juana Azurduy Centre and ACOBOL, with funding from the Generalitat Valenciana. To this end, the methodology suggested by the OECD-DAC was implemented (based on the criteria of relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact) by applying quantitative tools (survey of 314 target women) and qualitative tools (semi-structured individual and collective interviews, and document review).

ActionAid Solidarity Alliance Foundation 2023

Evaluation of the project "Youth in Action"

The Project, implemented by the Foundation and by CIES sexual health and reproductive health, with funding from the European Union, was evaluated based on the criteria recommended by the OECD-DAC (relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact). For this, individual and collective semi-structured interviews were applied, a survey was applied to the target population (576 adolescents and young people who are users of AIDAJ services and who participated in the project) and a documentary review of the evidence provided by the executors was carried out.

UNICEF 2022 - 2023

Evaluation of the Urban Decentralized Sanitation Model Program (PSSDU) implemented by UNICEF Bolivia 2018-2022

An evaluation was carried out of the Decentralized Sustainable Urban Sanitation Program (PSSDU), which consisted of a demonstration project carried out in the Guadalupe II COFADENA neighborhood of the municipality of Montero and in the La Amistad neighborhood of the municipality of Cobija, between 2018 and 2023 by UNICEF with financing from the Swedish embassy in Bolivia, reaching a total of 126 families benefited with Family Sanitary Modules (MOSAFA) and a much larger population with actions for Hygiene Promotion, Menstrual Hygiene Management, protection and prevention of violence, and adaptation to climate change, at the neighborhood and educational unit level. To this end, the methodology suggested by the OECD-DAC was applied (based on the criteria of relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, sustainability, as well as scalability, replicability and gender and equity approaches), applying a survey to 47 families targeted by MOSAFA, individual and collective semi-structured interviews, field visits and documentary review.

UNFPA 2022

Evaluating the quality of the programmatic response

The evaluation was carried out on two programs implemented by UNFPA with funds from Sweden and Koica, respectively: i) "Bridge Initiative to Support the UNFPA Bolivia Country Program 2018-2022: "Sexual Rights and Reproductive Rights in Bolivia, leaving no one behind" and ii) Project "Promoting gender equality for the exercise of sexual and reproductive rights of adolescents in Bolivia 2021 - 2025". This evaluation applied the OECD criteria: Relevance, Timeliness, Utility, Limiting factors and Success Factors, Scalability, Replicability, Lessons learned and good practices. Tools such as semi-structured interviews and surveys were applied (to: (i) 23 health service providers; (ii) 29 AJ users of AIDA services; (iii) 32 MAC-VVS-ILE health service providers; (iv) 45 female users of MAC-VVS-ILE services; (v) 135 female users of SLIM services; (vi) 32 mothers/fathers of children and adolescents users of DNA services; (vii) 101 brigade members who received training in gender; (viii) 48 adolescents who received training in positive masculinities; (ix) 106 teachers who received training in EIS) in urban, peri-urban and rural municipalities (La Paz, Cochabamba, El Alto, Sucre, Cobija, Sacaba, Llallagua, Camargo, San Lucas), on the topics of human rights sexual, reproductive rights, sexual health and reproductive health, sexual violence and gender-based violence.

Inter-American Development Bank IDB - GAMLP 2015 - 2016

Consulting for the Study of Rates of the Public Service of Collective Passenger Transportation in the Municipality of La Paz

Study of Public Transportation Costs to determine Technical Rates or what is known as Maximum Reference Rates, a georeferenced survey of 228 public transportation routes was carried out, in addition, to determine the Passenger Index per Kilometer IPK, 269 were carried out. ascent-descent sheets from Monday to Friday during 3 daily routes and 114 sheets on the weekend during 2 daily routes. 12 different scenarios of VOC Vehicular Operating Costs were analyzed taking into account transportation modality and age segments, a survey was carried out with 1,634 transporters and 2,948 public transport users, focus groups were held with transporters. The consultancy had a multidisciplinary team of experts in: transportation, mechanics, statistics, economics, georeferencing, in addition to having 50 people for field work. The conclusions of the study also presented several tariff scenarios with the appropriate recommendations on the application of these

HIVOS people unlimited 2022

Impact diagnosis of COVID-19 on the population affected and vulnerable to HIV

To develop this diagnosis, we will develop a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach, with a qualitative-quantitative approach, this means that we will use both quantitative data sources (survey of people with HIV, statistical data from secondary sources), as well as to qualitative information sources (semi-structured interviews with key informants, in-depth interviews to obtain life stories, review of previous studies and news on the problem); The diagnostic approach will foresee different coordination mechanisms with institutions involved in the subject to reach the target population and pertinent documentation, as well as safeguard mechanisms to ensure the confidentiality of the information and the privacy of the informants. We also propose a multidisciplinary team, led by (i) an expert in research, monitoring and evaluation in the health sector, with extensive experience in HIV, sexual rights, reproductive rights and populations in situations of vulnerability, with the support of (ii ) a quantitative research specialist; (iii) a qualitative research specialist; and two expert advisors (Backstopping) on specific issues, (iv) one on a gender approach; and (v) an expert in working with populations in situations of extreme vulnerability (street population, in a situation or survivors of commercial sexual violence).

United Nations Development Program UNDP 2022

Development of a representative survey of women mothers of children under 5 years of age in the areas intervened by Project BOL/117759 in the cities of La Paz, Tarija and Sucre

Survey of 828 mothers of children 5 years of age or younger, on the conditions in which they work/study, according to age, educational level, work characteristics and time dedicated to work, in order to know the demand for health services. care and training needs of women to design training programs or improve existing ones and thus promote gender equality.