Sectors We Work In
NOVA brings specialized knowledge and field experience across the full range of humanitarian and development sectors active in Palestine.
Humanitarian Response, Cash Assistance & Basic Needs
NOVA supports evaluations, monitoring and assessments of humanitarian response programs including food assistance, cash and voucher assistance, non-food items and emergency relief. We have extensive experience verifying distributions, assessing beneficiary needs and monitoring implementation quality in complex, access-constrained environments.
Education, Youth & Early Childhood Development
NOVA conducts research and evaluations across formal and non-formal education, youth programming, early childhood development and social cohesion initiatives. We assess program reach, quality and outcomes for learners across diverse settings.
Protection, SGBV, Gender Equality & Women's Rights
NOVA applies gender-sensitive and protection-aware methodologies to evaluations, assessments and monitoring of protection programs, SGBV response, gender equality initiatives and women's rights programming. We ensure safe, ethical and inclusive data collection with affected populations.
Health, Sexual & Reproductive Health, and MHPSS
NOVA supports research, evaluation and monitoring of health programs including primary healthcare, sexual and reproductive health services, mental health and psychosocial support. We apply ethical, culturally sensitive approaches to data collection and analysis.
Food Security, Livelihoods, Markets & Economic Recovery
NOVA conducts food security assessments, market analyses, livelihoods evaluations and economic recovery studies. We support partners in understanding household vulnerability, market functionality and the effectiveness of economic programming.
WASH, Shelter & Non-Food Items
NOVA monitors and evaluates WASH programs, shelter interventions and NFI distributions. We verify implementation quality, assess beneficiary satisfaction and document outcomes across emergency and recovery contexts.
Governance, Civil Society, Social Cohesion & Policy
NOVA supports evaluations and research on governance strengthening, civil society development, social cohesion programming and public policy. We apply participatory and mixed-methods approaches to understand complex institutional and social dynamics.
Accountability to Affected Populations, Safeguarding & PSEA
NOVA integrates accountability to affected populations, safeguarding and PSEA principles across all assignments. We support partners in designing feedback mechanisms, conducting safeguarding assessments and strengthening accountability systems.
Cross-Cutting Commitments
Across all sectors, NOVA applies gender equality, inclusion, protection sensitivity, accountability to affected populations and do-no-harm principles. We design for meaningful participation of marginalized groups and ensure findings are disaggregated to reveal equity gaps and inform targeted responses.
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