Jan Van Ongevalle
research manager
HIVA
Parkstraat 47 - box 5300
3000 Leuven
Belgium
room: 03.10
tel: +32 16 32 31 28 - +32 16 32 04 55
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HIVA
Parkstraat 47 - box 5300
3000 Leuven
Belgium
room: 03.10
tel: +32 16 32 31 28 - +32 16 32 04 55
contact
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About Jan Van Ongevalle
Jan Van Ongevalle leads the research group “Global Development” at HIVA KULeuven since 2009. Besides coordinating the research group, he studies emerging trends in global development as well the actors working in the field of international development cooperation. His research approach is practice and policy oriented and covers the following thematic areas in the field of global development: complexity oriented planning, monitoring and evaluation, actor focused theories of change, global citizenship education, education for sustainable development, informal economy and decent work, redistributive social protection systems, trade unions and civil society.
Between 1994 and 2009, he worked for a Belgian development organisation (VVOB) in Zimbabwe as a programme officer and monitoring and evaluation specialist in various educational programmes. He regularly gives guest lectures and training on complexity-based monitoring and evaluation methods such as Outcome Mapping, 'Outcome Harvesting and Most Significant Change.
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reportVillanueva Ubillus, Alejandra Maria;Van Ongevalle, Jan; 2025. Civic Space and the Leaving No One Behind Principle. Civic Space and the Leaving No One Behind Principle; 2025 Publisher: HIVA keyboard_arrow_downLIRIAS4224418
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Civil society actors (CSAs) are increasingly confronted with changes in civic space, particularly in contexts of high fragility and rising authoritarianism, where they are exposed to multiple risks and restrictive measures that limit their action capacity. This paper explores how CSAs respond to these changing dynamics and what strategies they employ to continue their critical work in fragile contexts. It also examines the unique challenges CSAs face when representing highly marginalized communities – often the first to be hit by risks.
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reportBriones Alonso, Elena; 2024. HOW THE SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY CAN PROMOTE (THE RIGHT TO) SOCIAL PROTECTION. Publisher: HIVA-KU Leuven keyboard_arrow_downLIRIAS4207646
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Drawing from a review of academic and grey literature as well as practice-based knowledge from organisations engaged in or collaborating with the social and solidarity economy (SSE), this report provides an overview of the various roles the SSE can play in promoting social protection, while also highlighting its strengths and challenges. The findings show that the SSE can contribute to different aspects of social protection through diverse mechanisms and over different time horizons. In the short term, the SSE can address gaps in formal systems as a service provider and by facilitating access to existing systems, particularly benefiting informal economy workers. Over the medium term, the SSE can strengthen people’s capacities for participation in (formal) contributory social protection schemes by promoting secure livelihoods, resilience, and mutual support within communities. In the long run, the SSE can promote worker organization, innovation and collective action and as such contribute towards the transformation of social and economic systems. The report underscores the importance of public policies, partnerships, and alliances—particularly with trade unions and (local) governments—for scaling the SSE’s contributions while maintaining its values. However, challenges such as resource constraints, tensions between stakeholders, and risks to SSE autonomy require careful navigation.
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reportBriones Alonso, Elena; 2024. HOW THE SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY CAN PROMOTE (THE RIGHT TO) SOCIAL PROTECTION. keyboard_arrow_downLIRIAS4207645
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Drawing from a review of academic and grey literature as well as practice-based knowledge from organisations engaged in or collaborating with the social and solidarity economy (SSE), this report provides an overview of the various roles the SSE can play in promoting social protection, while also highlighting its strengths and challenges. The findings show that the SSE can contribute to different aspects of social protection through diverse mechanisms and over different time horizons. In the short term, the SSE can address gaps in formal systems as a service provider and by facilitating access to existing systems, particularly benefiting informal economy workers. Over the medium term, the SSE can strengthen people’s capacities for participation in (formal) contributory social protection schemes by promoting secure livelihoods, resilience, and mutual support within communities. In the long run, the SSE can promote worker organization, innovation and collective action and as such contribute towards the transformation of social and economic systems. The report underscores the importance of public policies, partnerships, and alliances—particularly with trade unions and (local) governments—for scaling the SSE’s contributions while maintaining its values. However, challenges such as resource constraints, tensions between stakeholders, and risks to SSE autonomy require careful navigation.
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reportVan Ongevalle, Jan;Huyse, Huib; 2024. FOSTERING INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE FOR RESILIENT SOCIETIES. FOSTERING INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE FOR RESILIENT SOCIETIES; 2024 keyboard_arrow_downLIRIAS4226831
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This policy paper elaborates how We Social Movement (WSM) and its partner organizations in Belgium and in various countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, have been promoting a tripolar governance model across the four pillars of the Decent Work Agenda with the aim of claiming and safeguarding civic space and contributing towards more resilient societies, social justice and sustainable development.
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reportVan Ongevalle, Jan;Storme, Evelien; 2024. Tussentijdse evaluatie vijfjarenprogramma Educatie voor Duurzame Ontwikkeling en Wereldburgerschapseducatie 2022-2026. Publisher: Hoger Instituut voor de Arbeid keyboard_arrow_downLIRIAS4189415
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Dit rapport betreft de tussentijdse evaluatie van Djapo's vijfjarenprogramma, gericht op educatie voor duurzame ontwikkeling (EDO) en wereldburgerschapseducatie (WBE). Deze evaluatie had als doel om na te gaan in welke mate leerlingen vaardigheden, kennis, motivatie en alertheid ontwikkelen om bewuste keuzes te maken voor duurzame ontwikkeling wanneer hun leerkrachten principes van EDO toepassen. Daarnaast onderzocht de evaluatie ook een aantal causale assumpties met betrekking tot de invloed van het programma op de lerarenopleiding. Bovendien werd nagegaan of het monitoring en evaluatie systeem binnen het programma de nodige data oplevert om inzicht te krijgen in de effectiviteit van het programma. Voor de datacollectie en analyse werd gebruik gemaakt van de outcome harvesting methode en omvatte interviews met directies en leerkrachten, focusgroepen met leerlingen, alsook een online vragenlijst.
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reportVan Ongevalle, Jan;Vermeersch, lode; 2024. Studie naar de hefbomen voor een sterkere integratie van wereldburgerschapeducatie in het Vlaamse (onderwijs)beleid. Publisher: Hoger Instituut voor de Arbeid keyboard_arrow_downLIRIAS4189429
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Deze studie werd uitgevoerd in opdracht van Ngo-federatie en uitgevoerd door HIVA-KU Leuven. De algemene doelstelling van deze studie betreft het identificeren van zowel formele als informele hefbomen die ngo-federatie en haar leden die actief zijn rond het onderwijs-luik van WBE kunnen gebruiken in hun ambitie om bij te dragen tot een sterkere integratie van WBE in het Vlaams (onderwijs)beleid en de operationalisering van dit beleid in de concrete onderwijsomgeving. De studie maakte gebruik van het 'krachtenveldanalyse'-model, dat verschillende factoren en actoren in kaart brengt die de integratie van WBE in het onderwijsbeleid kunnen bevorderen of belemmeren. Het onderzoek bestond uit een voorbereidende fase met een literatuurscan en verkennende interviews, gevolgd door diepte-interviews met stakeholders vanuit verschillende organisaties waaronder het Departement Onderwijs en Vorming, onderwijsnetten, ngo’s, kenniscentra en de lerarenopleiding. De inzichten werden verder verfijnd tijdens een workshop met leden van ngo-federatie.
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2024.
Verankering van wereldburgerschapseducatie in Belgische scholen: waar staan we en wat moet er nog gebeuren?.
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This publication summarizes the results of a barometer study in the state of affairs related to global citizenship education (GCE) in Belgian schools. It also explores how GCE can be made better known and mobilised by educators in schools, how teacher training in GCE can be improved and what type of teaching material should be encouraged to help teachers use GCE in the classroom across the board, and how should it be made available to them?
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reportPollet, Ignace;Van Ongevalle, Jan;Mullens, Lynn;Fontaine, Scott;Lecroart, Estelle;Pirotte, Gautier; 2024. Wereldburgerschaps-educatie in het Nederlands- en Franstalig onderwijs in België: peiling bij de scholen. keyboard_arrow_downLIRIAS4187355
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Deze pilootstudie betreft de ontwikkeling en uitvoering van een enquête rond wereldburgerschapseducatie (WBE) in de scholen van het basis en secundair onderwijs in België. Het doel van dit project was tweeledig, namelijk 1) basisdata verzamelen over de huidige stand van zaken rond WBE in de Belgische scholen en 2) een aanzet geven tot de ontwikkeling van een surveyinstrument dat kan gebruikt worden om via periodieke metingen trends en evoluties rond WBE in de Belgische scholen in kaart te brengen.
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reportBriones Alonso, Elena;Van Ongevalle, Jan; 2024. Civil society’s role in the governance of effective, inclusive, and sustainable social protection systems. Policy Brief; 2024 Publisher: HIVA-KU Leuven keyboard_arrow_downLIRIAS4151543
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This policy brief presents key insights on strengthening social protection governance through civil society participation. It summarizes a larger study on the role of civil society in social protection governance1 to inform policy makers, civil society actors, and other actors of Belgium’s international cooperation working on social protection. The brief first discusses how civil society participation can strengthen different dimensions of social protection governance, in different stages of the policy cycle. It then turns to key strategies, opportunities, and challenges for enabling and promoting the contributory roles of civil society towards stronger social protection governance.
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reportBriones Alonso, Elena;Van Ongevalle, Jan; 2024. A human rights based approach to development and the leaving no one behind principle. A human rights based approach to development and the leaving no one behind principle; 2024LIRIAS4151542
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reportBriones Alonso, elena;Van Ongevalle, Jan;De Cuyper, peter; 2023. Het sociaal netwerk en participatietraject. Lessen uit 26 proeftuinen.. keyboard_arrow_downLIRIAS4086058
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Dit rapport beschrijft de bevindingen vanuit de procesbegeleiding alsook de evaluatie van proefprojecten waarbij 26 Vlaamse steden en gemeenten ‘vierde pijler’ trajecten uitwerkten met het oog op het bevorderen van het sociale netwerk van nieuwkomers in het kader van hun inburgeringstraject. This report describes the findings from the evaluation of pilot projects in which 26 Flemish cities and municipalities developed 'fourth pillar' trajectories with a view to promoting the social network of newcomers in the context of their integration programme.
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reportBriones Alonso, Elena;Van Ongevalle, Jan; 2023. Sustainable and inclusive social protection systems: civil society’s role in their design, implementation, and upscaling. Key insights and knowledge gaps.. keyboard_arrow_downLIRIAS4076638
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This policy paper draws upon insights from recent literature regarding social protection and aims to provide support for the development of more effective, inclusive, and sustainable social protection systems. Specifically, the paper focuses on the role of civil society in social protection governance. Drawing from Huyse’s (2021) tripolar governance model, which proposes an institutionalized inclu-sion of civil society, the state, and the private sector in governance processes, we apply this framework to social protection governance and examine how civil society can help to address five critical governance gaps. We then explore the different roles that civil society organizations (CSOs) can play in all stages of the social protection policy cycle. Furthermore, we delve into how to foster a structural inclusion of civil society in social protection governance. We discuss key determinants of the space for civil society to structurally participate in governance processes and strategies that can increase this space or the ability of CSOs to use it effectively. Additionally, the paper identifies five areas with key opportunities and associated chal-lenges for CSOs aiming to contribute to better social protection governance and policies. Finally, the paper recognizes the need for further research in certain areas to fully understand and address the policy questions and challenges that our discussion touches on. Overall, this paper high-lights the crucial role of civil society in social protection governance and provides a framework for enhancing their inclusion and effectiveness in policy-making processes.
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reportDhaene, Corina;Rijneveld, Wouter;Van Ongevalle, Jan; 2023. Evaluatie van het programma Other Talk (2020-2022) In Vlaanderen en Nederland. Evaluatie van het programma Other Talk (2020-2022) in Vlaanderen en Nederland; 2023 keyboard_arrow_downLIRIAS4076634
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This report presents the final evaluation of Other Talk, a programme funded by Porticus and set up in Flanders and in the Netherlands. Other Talk (OT) expects that a different narrative about migration and refugees can influence the broader public’s attitudes towards vulnerable migrants and refugees, so that the well-being and position of the latter group can improve and so that they can participate effectively in society. The programme started in 2018-2019 and ran until the end of November 2022.
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internet-publicationKaplan, Tereza;Van Ongevalle, Jan; 2022. Outcome Mapping: An actor-based planning and monitoring tool for Social Accountability and Advocacy. keyboard_arrow_downLIRIAS3905652
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Outcome mapping is a participatory planning, monitoring, and evaluation method that focuses on behavior change as the most useful result to monitor, providing a set of tools for development initiatives to map the system they are working in and agree on whose behavior needs to change and how—for the system to progress positively even after the initiative ends. In this way, it puts people and their actions, relationships, and interactions, at the center of planning.
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internet-publicationKaplan, Tereza;Van Ongevalle, Jan; 2022. Outcome Harvesting: A monitoring & evaluation method for Social Accountability and Advocacy.LIRIAS3905654
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reportVan Ongevalle, Jan;Vermeersch, Lode; 2022. ONTWIKKELING VAN EEN IMPACTEVALUATIEMODEL VOOR DE PARTICIPATIEORGANISATIE LEVL. keyboard_arrow_downLIRIAS3905679
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Deze nota beschrijft het impactevaluatiemodel dat onder externe ondersteuning en begeleiding vanuit het HIVA-KU LEUVEN en actieve betrokkenheid van het LEVL team (incl. twee monitoring en evaluatie design workshops met het LEVL team) en input vanuit LEVL’s raad van bestuur en het Agentschap Binnenlands Bestuur werd uitgewerkt. Het impactevaluatiemodel vertrekt vanuit een actorgericht en participatief evaluatiedesign dat rekening houdt met de beperkte invloed en onvoorspelbaarheid van de complexe maatschappelijke veranderingen die de participatieorganisatie nastreeft. Het impactevaluatiemodel is er op gericht om inzicht te verwerven in de effecten van LEVL’s activiteiten en om op basis daarvan lessen te trekken over wat werkt en wat niet in een specifieke context en om, waar nodig, de aanpak bij te sturen.
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chapterVan Ongevalle, Jan;Juchtmans, Goedroen; 2022. De l’éducation au développement à l’éducation à la citoyenneté mondiale. Manuel d’éducation à la citoyenneté mondiale - Une perspective belge; 2022; pp. 57 - 70 Publisher: PUL Presses Universitaires de Louvain keyboard_arrow_downLIRIAS3905617
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This chapter explores some important trends in the definition, conceptualisation and interpretation of development education and its ongoing transition towards world citizenship education. More specifically the chapter examines the gradual shift in thinking about development education from placing aid and the actors within the institutional aid system at the centre of attention (traditional aid perspective), over economic development (economic development perspective), to placing rights-based thinking at the core (global justice perspective). The chapter also analyses how these trends are characterized by a growing attention for a more critical approach in the practice of Global Citizenship education.
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reportVan Ongevalle, Jan;Debruyne, Flore; 2022. Eindevaluatie België-programma 11.11.11 (2017-2021) - Beweging en Communicatie. keyboard_arrow_downLIRIAS3804800
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This report describes the results of the external end-evaluation of the mobilisation and communication programme (2017-2021) of the Belgian NGO 11.11.11. The programme is funded by the Belgian ministry of development cooperation DGD. Through this programme 11.11.11 seeks to contribute towards mobilising members of the Belgian public towards tackling the causes of poverty and inequality in the world in a structural way. The evaluation is using both quantitative and qualitative methods and is guided by the principles of developmental and utilisation focused evaluation which is particularly suited for programmes working towards complex (i.e. unpredictable and non-linear) change.
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bookDe Cuyper, Peter;Briones Alonso, Elena;Van Ongevalle, Jan; 2022. Procesevaluatie proeftuinen vierde pijler inburgering. Publisher: HIVA-KULEUVEN; LeuvenLIRIAS3751358
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reportVan Ongevalle, Jan;Briones Alonso, Elena; 2022. Impactevaluatie 'Youth Engagement' programma van KIYO, Solidagro en Viva Salud (2017-2021) - Eindmeting. Impactevaluatie 'Youth Engagement' programma van KIYO, Solidagro en Viva Salud (2017-2021) - Eindmeting; 2022 Publisher: HIVA-KU Leuven keyboard_arrow_downLIRIAS3751066
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Dit rapport beschrijft de methodologische aanpak en de resultaten van de endline impactmeting van het project ‘youth engagement’. Deze meting kadert binnen de impactevaluatie die HIVA-KU Leuven uitvoert over de periode 2017-2021. De baseline en de midterm meting werden respectievelijk uitgevoerd in 2018 en 2019. De endline meting werd grotendeels uitgevoerd in 2021 en spitst zich voornamelijk toe op het werkjaar 2020 en deels op het werkjaar 2021. De endline meting omvattevens een overkoepelende analyse van de data verzameld tijdens de drie metingen (baseline, midterm en endline)
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