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<p>Achieving social transformation is a challenging task. It requires the change of behaviour, mindsets, and trusted practices, which are sometimes hard to let go of. While technological innovations and advancements are often implemented top-down without cultural adaptations, social innovations are complex and do not follow market mechanisms to diffuse among a larger population. Let’s say, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>To deliberate on the possible way forward to achieve the ambitious and inclusive 2030 agenda and reflect on opportunities to integrate efforts to meet these aspirations, 4th Wheel undertook a workshop on &#8220;Achieving SDGs in India&#8217;. We believe that each one of us comes with a set of valuable experiences and knowledge of the development [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The third break-out session, which is part of Ambuja Cement Foundation’s event on World Water Day 2017, puts building capacities for water conservation at the centre of discussion. Considering that India sustains nearly 17 percent of the world’s population but is endowed with just four percent of global water resources, emphasizes the urgent call for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>India’s water stress is a recurrent thread to urban and rural areas across the country. Increased water demand, climate change vulnerability, and pollution of water quality from both the agricultural as well as the domestic and industrial sectors put pressure on the scarce resources the country can rely on. On top of that, water availability [&hellip;]</p>

<p>To deliberate on the possible way forward to achieve the ambitious and inclusive 2030 Agenda and reflect on opportunities to integrate efforts to meet these aspirations, 4th Wheel has launched a workshop series on ‘Achieving the SDGs in India’.   Kicking off the event series on 26th November 2016, 4th Wheel, with support from the Swedish [&hellip;]</p>

<p>To commemorate World Water Day 2017, Ambuja Cement Foundation joins hands with 4th Wheel Social Impact (4WSI) to host a participatory dialogue on “Co-creating water-positive communities”. As part of the event, we are facilitating three break-out sessions on water-related topics and making use of innovative tools and techniques. The objective of these workshop sessions is to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Water is highly essential to all three dimensions of sustainability, i.e. social, economic, and environmental. It is interlinked to crucial aspects of society, such as food, health, and renewable energies. However, it is often overlooked or taken for granted and not explored to a satisfying extent. The UN Secretary General has stressed the importance of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Quasi-experimental studies have proven to be very insightful and useful to evidence the impact of social programs. However, resource-intensive field research and high methodological complexity impede many organisations to undertake this type of evaluation. 4th Wheel has been commissioned to undertake a scientifically rigorous evaluation to assess the impact of a life skills programme by [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We just got back from this year’s Development Dialogues, one of India’s most influential and popular social entrepreneurship conferences, hosted by the Deshpande Foundation in Hubli. ‘Scaling effectively’ was the theme of the conference and more than 500 delegates from across the development sector- global and national, attended the conference. The day and a half proceedings [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is being used to bring new voices and broader participation into programme diagnosis and enable a wider range of input at a reduced cost. They are enabling evaluators to better manage and pull possible trends out of large data sets. ICTs are being used to help achieve greater inclusion in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Emerged from a tiny basement office in one of our grandmother’s houses, this month 4th Wheel is celebrating 6 years of promoting more effective social development programmes. Let’s take this moment to reflect on what we have achieved so far – this is our story: In 2010, we started our journey with the vision of [&hellip;]</p>