The McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University values service, student action, and social responsibility. McCourt Policy in Practice (MPiP) leverages rigorous, evidence-based policy tools to maximize partner organizations’ capacity to deliver and evaluate social impact. As a pro-bono student consulting organization, MPiP advances and develops its members into skilled policy practitioners while addressing the needs of its partners. MPiP partners with nonprofit organizations in Latin America.
Mission
McCourt Policy in Practice (MPiP) leverages rigorous, evidence-based policy tools to maximize partner organizations’ capacity to deliver and evaluate social impact. As a pro-bono student consulting organization, MPiP advances and develops its members into skilled policy practitioners while addressing the needs of its partners.
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Our vision is to maximize social impact by bringing evidence-based solutions to the dynamic development problems faced by our partners in Latin America.
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MPiP aims to leverage the unique assets and technical expertise of the McCourt School to provide the residents of communities in Latin America with access to better services and an improved quality of life. The planning and design of MPiP projects engages students and faculty advisors. For the 2022-23 year, MPiP is partnering with two organizations:
PROJECT 1: Belize Network of NGOs in Belmopan, Belize
The Belize Network of NGOs (BNN) is a non-profit organization based in Belmopan, Belize, that seeks to be the unified voice of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Belize advocating for good governance to achieve sustainable human development. BNN aims to create good governance through avenues such as advocacy, position statements, and representation through the NGO Senator and national committees.
Through the robust partnership with MPiP, BNN hopes to be able to run a strategic planning process that integrates the views and ideas of its NGO members into a cohesive 3-to- 5-year plan. The goal of the strategic plan is to strengthen BNN’s efficiency and effectiveness as the unified voice of NGOs in Belize. Part of this process would be a rigorous evaluation of BNN’s previous strategic plan. Although the new strategic plan is the final deliverable of the engagement, the process is just as important. BNN hopes that MPiP will help them run an inclusive and transparent process.
PROJECT 2: Fundación Ventanas in Bogotá, Colombia
Fundación Ventanas (FV) is a non-profit organization based in Bogotá, Colombia. The overall goal of Fundación Ventanas is to offer high potential students with social mobility and the opportunity to become agents of change in the world around them. FV helps students finance their costs of higher education, interest free, be it professional, technological or technical. In addition to financing, FV also offers its students mentorship and additional skill building opportunities. While FV helps them achieve their own educational goals, they also want them to become unified and empowered in order to contribute to the growth of society as a whole.
Through FV’s partnership with MPiP, FV hopes to be able to develop a robust communication strategy that will help them communicate their organization’s impact more effectively.
Developing this communication strategy entails creating a robust Theory of Change for the organization, conducting data-analysis and visualization of the existing data collected by the organization and revisiting their measurement framework to understand what more indicators can be included that will speak to FV’s impact. With the help of these deliverables, FV hopes to be in a position where they can competitively apply for grants and other funding mechanisms in order to double the students they are able to support.
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McCourt Policy in Practice is funded through the generous support of donors from across the country. Members organize several fundraising events that are open to both the university student body and the general public every year in Washington, DC, including an annual charity auction that is typically held in the winter. Please contact us to learn more about how you can attend or support upcoming events.
Please consider supporting our work today! To make a secure online donation through the Georgetown University platform, please visit the giving website. When directing your gift, please select “Other (Please indicate the department, program or other designation).” When the “Other” text box appears, be sure to write “McCourt Policy in Practice” in the box. All contributions are tax-deductible and you will receive a receipt from Georgetown University.
You can also make a donation by check. Checks should be made out to Georgetown University, with McCourt Policy in Practice written in the subject line, and mailed to:
The McCourt School of Public Policy
Georgetown University
Attn: Jaclyn Clevenger, Assistant Director of Student Affairs
105-D Old North
Washington, DC 20057
For more information about McCourt Policy in Practice (MPiP), please contact us at jc2505@georgetown.edu.
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