catalystas' podcast

Episode 20: Gender Mainstreaming - A Transformative Process, Not Just a Buzzword

Apr 22, 2024

Catalystas Co-Founders Aviva and Beatrice sit down to discuss Gender Mainstreaming and how organizations can put their money where their mouths are to realize truly transformative change towards gender equality, instead of just ticking a box and maintaining the status quo.

Episode 19: (Crossover) Conversations on Locally Led Innovation with the CLIP - Indonesia & The Philippines

Sep 19, 2023

On behalf of our client Start Network, we sat down with Jessica Novia of Yakkum Emergency Unit (YEU) in Indonesia, Mayfourth Luneta of the Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP) in the Philippines, and Takeshi Komino of the Asia Disaster Reduction and Response Network in Japan, three members of the...

Episode 18: How to Prepare for an Evaluation as an Organization?

Aug 1, 2023

If the thought of having to go through an external evaluation fills your organization with dread, this is the podcast episode for you! Listen in as our founders pull back the curtain on the external evaluation process as senior lead evaluators themselves. We discuss how to prepare your teams and your...

Episode 17: The Transformation of Evaluation: A process of engagement and inclusion, IDEAS 2022

Feb 14, 2023

In this episode, Catalystas founders Beatrice Maneshi and Aviva Stein share the audio of their presentation on Breaking the Cycle: Donor Involvement, Evaluation, Accountability at the Online IDEAS Conference 2022 on the Power Of Evaluation: Influencing Decision Making for a Better and More Equal World. As expert...

Episode 16: Green, Blue and ESG Bonds with Dr. Aneil Tripathy

May 25, 2022

In this Episode we sit down with Dr. Aneil Tripathy, PhD, to talk green, blue, and other social sustainable bonds and their potential impacts on development and climate financing - especially in the global south. Dr. Tripathy is a cultural anthropologist working in the field of climate bonds. Listen with us as he...