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Issue 39 : Behaviour and facilitating change
The discourse on the practice of facilitating capacity development (CD) is mainly about knowledge, skills, methods and tools. Yet, the outcomes of interventions depend to a large extent on the way the people involved relate to each other. Especially for CD practitioners as facilitators of change, the ability to relate to clients in an appropriate way is crucial for successful outcomes.
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The unfolding practitioner
Some practitioners demonstrate a high level of personal mastery. What do they have that the rest of us long for, and where does it come from? Is such behaviour a technique that can be acquired through training?
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- analytical frameworks
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The unfolding practitioner
29 October 2010
Some practitioners demonstrate a high level of personal mastery. What do they have that the rest of us long for, and where does it come from? Is such behaviour a technique that can be acquired through training?
More- Search Terms:
- analytical frameworks
Effective behaviour through genuine interactions
29 October 2010
By ‘de-tooling’ interactions, focusing on intentions and reflecting on their behaviour and its outcomes, facilitators can strengthen their own capacities to help communities address the many challenges they face.
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- casestudies
- asia
Building trust, changing behaviour
29 October 2010
Building trust between facilitators and learners is essential in capacity development. Leng Chhay, a CD practitioner with many years of experience in Cambodia, looks at how this trust can be established.
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- casestudies
- asia
- toolkits
Behaviour of the boundary spanners
29 October 2010
The success of relationships between donors and recipients depends partly on the behaviour and the skills of those who work and negotiate with both sides – the ‘boundary spanners’.
MoreThe Moshi dialogue
29 October 2010
In November 2009, the East African Support Unit for NGOs (EASUN) and PSO, an association of Dutch NGOs, organised a conference in Moshi, Tanzania, that brought together 36 NGOs from the North and the South.
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- casestudies
- africa
- civil society
Mutual transparency: the antidote to many don’ts
29 October 2010
Values and ideas about appropriate behaviour have become part of the organisational culture at the Community Development Resource Association. But living up to these standards is a constant challenge.
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- casestudies
- africa
Making a difference to relationships and behaviour
29 October 2010
Effective relationships are key to capacity building. AusAID’s ‘Making a Difference’ training programme is helping advisers and counterparts to improve their working relationships by reflecting on their behaviour and attitudes.
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- case studies
- training
Do no harm
29 October 2010
‘Do no harm’ is a guiding principle in many professional disciplines. Yet although development practitioners routinely intervene in other people’s lives, this principle has not become one of the lodestars of development. Much of what is done in the name of development is predicated on some unexamined core assumptions, one of which is that good intentions automatically lead to beneficial results.
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Behaviour and facilitating change
29 June 2010
The discourse on the practice of facilitating capacity development (CD) is mainly about knowledge, skills, methods and tools. Yet, the outcomes of interventions depend to a large extent on the way the people involved relate to each other. Especially for CD practitioners as facilitators of change, the ability to relate to clients in an appropriate way is crucial for successful outcomes.
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