Learning communities

This new section aims to provide an overview of active practitioner networks in the broad area of organizational and institutional learning, and social change. If you would like to have your community of practice featured on this page, please click here to send a message to our web editor.

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CapacityDevelopmentNing Capacity Development is a professional community of practice on Ning (a social networking platform). Hosted by the World Bank Institute, the community currently has close to 700 members. Capacity Development aims to unite a community of practitioners and experts to encourage discussion on capacity development practice and results and the sharing of related resources and experiences. The community is open to new members and includes practitioners engaged or interested in capacity development in several contexts, such strategy, planning, diagnostics, programme design, monitoring and evaluation, and systematic learning about what works. 

  

Screen shot 2011-08-24 at 9.52.51 AMThe Learning Network on Capacity Development (LenCD) is an informal network of analysts and practitioners aimed at creating a global community of practice around capacity development. Its objectives are to facilitate the sharing of lessons and distill quality criteria for good practice; promote research, share experiences, monitor outcomes and carry out other empirical work; foster country-level, regional and international dialogue and collaboration; promote the mainstreaming of capacity development issues into agency operations; and act as a key partner to advance the OECD/DAC’s capacity development agenda. 

News

Capacity.org reader survey 2013: Please give us your feedback

23/05/13

reader-surveySNV Netherlands Development Organisation, co-publisher of Capacity.org journal and the associated web portal, is carrying out an independent external evaluation. The aim is to assess the role of the capacity development platform and how it can contribute to SNV's role as a knowledge broker and facilitator of change in different development contexts. Please give us your feedback by Friday 31 May. It will only take 10-15 minutes of your time. 

LenCD General Assembly: learning about institutional reform

18/05/13

The Learning Network on Capacity Development (LenCD) will hold its General Assembly in Brussels on 20 and 21 June 2013. The first day will be an open learning day on the theme of institutional reform. All members of the LenCD network and others interested in capacity development and institutional reform are invited to participate.

Upcoming INTRAC blended learning courses 2013

23/04/13

Dates: June and July 2013
Type of event: Distance traininig course (please note that these are paid courses, with early bird discount before 7 June 2013)
Location: Online/worldwide
Organization: INTRAC
More information: http://www.intrac.org/pages/en/blended-learning.html

In addition to its regular residential training courses in Oxford, UK, INTRAC is offering two new "blended learning courses" through distance learning in 2013. The courses will be on the topics: Learning, Advocacy and Policy Influencing, and Monitoring and Evaluation and will take place in June and July. The blended learning courses are delivered remotely through webinar (web conferencing) technology, skype and INTRAC's learning platform (moodle). The course combines trainer-led presentations, discussions and exercises; peer learning with other participants based worldwide; self-directed work; and one-to-one coaching with the trainer. These courses focus heavily on applying learning to the workplace throughout the course. The courses are delivered over an eight week period.

Introduction to Sensemaker decision-making tool

08/04/13

Dates: Flexible (Registration deadline 26 April)
Type of event: Online training course (3 months)
Location: Global/Online
Organization: Cognitive Edge
More information: http://cognitive-edge.com/education/events/680/introduction-to-sensemaker-environment/

SMEnvironmentMobile_1 This is a self-paced introduction to SenseMaker® - a technique for dealing with uncertainty and complexity - as applied to team, organizational, marketplace or environment issues and opportunities. While it is not facilitator-led, participants will have opportunities to learn from and collaborate online with others. The course materials consist of a series of specially made videos, podcasts and documents that take learners through the process of working with SenseMaker®, introduce the important terms and key concepts, and illustrate typical results.

Monitoring and Evaluating When Facing Complexity: Perspectives From a Practitioner-Led Initiative

05/04/13

Date: 25 April 2013
Type of event: Webinar
Location: Global/Online
Organization: USAID/Microlinks
More information: http://bit.ly/14IDzDm

Changes in markets are not predictable and often surprising, even after thorough market analysis and strategic planning. This creates specific challenges for monitoring and evaluation of development interventions. The webinar session will feature insights from the SEEP Network’s Systemic M&E Initiative, a practitioner-led initiative supported by USAID and fhi360 that has been exploring innovative ways to monitor and evaluate interventions in market and financial systems.

Change management for effective institutions (Online discussions)

12/02/13

The Learning Network on Capacity Development (LenCD) is facilitating a month of discussion about effective institutions, leading up to the Effective Institutions Building Block meeting at the end of February. All month we will launch parallel online discussions addressing three aspects of capacity building for effective institutions: change management, coalition building, and measuring results. The first topic is change management for effective institutions.

 

Monitoring, learning and evaluation officer (Benin)

30/01/13

Contracting organization: Access Agriculture
Location: Cotonou, Benin
Application deadline: 7 February 2013
Type/duration of assignment: Full time staff position
More information: http://www.accessagriculture.org/node/509

Access Agriculture is an international NGO with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and a regional office for West and Central Africa being established in Cotonou, Benin. Access Agriculture facilitates the production, translation, distribution and use of agricultural training videos in developing countries. To support its ‘Videos for farmers’ project, Access Agriculture is recruiting a Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Officer to help the organization to enhance learning in agricultural innovation systems across Africa.

The candidate must have a MSc in agricultural or social sciences. She/he will be fluent in English and French, and have good writing and interpersonal communication skills. The candidate will have a solid experience in monitoring R&D projects and in using statistical software.

Capacity.org issue 46 on inter-organisational learning published

29/01/13

Issue46_dilemmas of interorganisational learning_COVER From picking up a good idea from a competitor to engaging in strategic alliances, there is a wide spectrum of ways in which inter-organisational learning occurs. However, unlike the private sector inter-organisational learning in the development sector is hardly studied or evaluated. There seems to be an uncritical assumption that working and learning together is unproblematic and usually beneficial for all parties. Drawing on practical experiences from India, South Sudan and South Africa, among others, this issue of Capacity.org journal discusses a number of challenges faced by learning partnerships and offers lessons for avoiding some of the commonly experienced pitfalls.

Learning and knowledge management officer, Ethiopia

16/01/13

Contracting organization: Mercy Corps/USAID
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Application deadline: Not specified
Type/duration of assignment: Staff position
More information: http://bit.ly/10x8zVZ

The Learning and Knowledge Management Officer will be a key position in the $48 million, 5-year USAID-funded Pastoralists Areas Resilience Improvement and market Expansion (PRIME) program. He/she will lead enhanced innovation learning and knowledge management activities. In addition he/she will work closely with USAID/FTF’s Knowledge Learning, Documentation and Policy (KLDP) project and the Capacity to Improve Agriculture and Food Security (CIAFS) program.

Evidence and knowledge in humanitarian action

08/01/13

Dates: 5-7 March 2013
Type of event: Conference
Location: Washington D.C.
Organization: ALNAP
More information: http://www.alnap.org/events/28th.aspx

Accurate information is a vital tool for humanitarians. It can provide evidence of current or anticipated needs; demonstrate those elements of a response that are working, and those which urgently need to be changed; and support the development and improvement of life-saving practices. But there are many challenges to the collection of information and the use of evidence in humanitarian response, arising from the context of operations and from the culture of the humanitarian system. This upcoming ALNAP Meeting will look at these challenges and – building on the experience of Network members and invited experts - try to find ways to address them.

Capacity building officer: Cash learning initiative

04/01/13

Contracting organization: Oxfam GB
Location: Oxford, UK or Home Based
Application deadline: 11 January 2013
Type/duration of assignment: Staff position
More information: http://reliefweb.int/job/546008/cash-learning-partnership-capacity-building-officer

The Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) is an interagency partnership founded in 2006 with a steering committee of five member agencies: Save the Children, Action against Hunger, Norwegian Refugee Council, The British Red Cross and Oxfam GB. The Partnership promotes the appropriate use of cash transfers in emergencies through capacity building, evidence based research and advocating for and engaging in developing policy around cash based programming. The Capacity Building Officer will be responsible for technical quality and roll out of the CaLP trainings and training modules under the CaLP strategy 2012 - 2015 and will be hosted by the Humanitarian Department in Oxfam GB.

Consultant: Review of the Learning Network on Capacity Development (LenCD)

26/12/12

Contracting organization: UNDP
Location: Home based
Application deadline: 11 January 2013
Type/duration of assignment: 15-day consultancy
More information: http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=34692

LenCD is an informal network established in 2004 to raise the contour of capacity development on the international policy agenda. This review will explore the extent to which LenCD has been able to facilitate learning on capacity development (CD), promote change in CD practice on the ground, broaden evidence on CD, and promote the integration of CD into mainstream development policy.

International short course on local governance and rural decentralisation

12/11/12

Dates: 21 January to 1 February 2013 (Application deadline 7th January 2013)
Type of event: Training (please note that this is a paid course)
Location: Wageningen, The Netherlands
Organization: Centre for Development Innovation (Wageningen UR) and the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), The Netherlands
More information: http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/show/CDIcourse_Local_governance.htm

Local governance for rural development is increasingly approached as a multi-stakeholder process with interactions taking place amongst actors with different ambitions or perceptions. This course aims to build participants' capacity to analyse and deal with the complexity of governance processes and engage with multiple actors. The course is relevant for mid-career professionals working in rural service delivery, decentralisation, local economic development and natural resource management.

E-learning course on national evaluation capacity development

07/11/12

Dates: 14 January to 24 March 2013
Type of event: E-learning programme
Location: Online/Global
Organization: EvalPartners network
More information: http://mymande.org/elearning/course-details/2

Applications are invited for the second course of the e-learning programme on development evaluation, focusing on National Evaluation Capacity Development for Country-led Monitoring and Evaluation Systems.This follows the well attended e-learning course on Equity-focused evaluations that attracted almost 4,500 participants from 163 countries.

Applications invited for new round of South-South learning alliances

06/11/12

Practical Action has launched the second round of south-south learning alliances, starting January 2013. The four-month online learning programme fosters networking between policymakers and practitioners in Latin American, African and South Asia as part of the Evidence and Lessons from Latin America (ELLA) knowledge platform. The programme will include a visit to Latin America for selected active members from Africa and South Asia.

The learning programme will focus on the following topics:

  • Small-scale farming: prmoting small-scale sustainable farming and rural development (application deadline: 7 December 2012)
  • Human rights: promoting, protecting, defending and guaranteeing human rights (application deadline: 30 November 2012)
  • Climate resilient cities: making cities more resilient to climate change (application deadline: 7 December 2012)

Participation is free of charge and members are expected to devote about one to two hours per week to the learning programme. For more information please visit: ella.practicalaction.org

Virtual course on effective networks

16/09/12

Dates: 01 October - 14 December 2012
Type of event: Training course (please note that this is a paid course)
Location: Online/worldwide
Organization: The Network University and NetworkingAction
More information: http://networks.netuni.nl/page.php?id=1

"Effective networks" is the topic of three sets of three-week virtual training modules organized in partnership between The Network University and NetworkingAction. The course will cover a variety of networking forms, including networks that comprise as their main “unit” individuals or organizations; single-sector (business-government-civil society) or cross-sector; local, national, regional or global. Participants will learn core concepts and tools to support development of networks’ effectiveness. To register for the course, please click here or send an email to: networks@netuni.nl

Call for trainers: E-learning course on capacity development

09/08/12

LenCD seeks a highly qualified team to design, develop, and deliver a tutored e-learning course on capacity development based on the LenCD Learning Package on Capacity Development. The assigned organization/institution will be expected to undertake the design and development work required to translate the CD Learning Package into an easily accessible and widely applied tutored e-learning course. The assigned organization will also be expected to manage the tutored e-learning course.Complete details on this request for proposals are available from the UNDP procurement website.

3ie call for replication evaluations

29/06/12

3ie has released a Request for Applications for replication research along with an initial Candidate Studies List.  The submission deadline is 11.59 pm GMT, July 31, 2012.  5-10 grants of up to $ 15,000 each will be awarded. The aim of the Replication Programme is to improve the quality of impact evaluation evidence used for policy making by funding and publicizing replication studies of "influential, innovative, and controversial impact evaluations of development programmes."

Event: Shaping the future of capacity-building programmes

21/05/12

Dates: 2-3 July 2012
Type of event: International conference
Location: The Hague, The Netherlands
Organization: Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC)
More information: www.nuffic.nl/shapingthefuture

The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked Nuffic to organise an international conference aimed at generating specific ideas for the design of new capacity building programmes. The two-day conference, entitled "Shaping the future: new perspectives on Dutch cooperation in post-secondary education and training for sustainable development," will bring together experts, practitioners and stakeholders from the Netherlands and partner countries, as well as representatives of international agencies.

Event: Towards country-led knowledge hubs

21/05/12

Dates: 10-12 July 2012
Type of event: High Level Meeting
Location: Bali, Indonesia
Organization: Government of Indonesia, the World Bank, JICA and UNDP
More information: http://www.southsouth.info/page/bali-high-level-meeting

This meeting will provide a forum for 200 policymakers and practitioners from 40 countries engaged in South-South Knowledge Exchange (SSKE) to learn about Knowledge Hubs and how to strengthen their institutional capacity for SSKE. Participation is by invitation only. Representatives of countries or institutions seeking to develop knowledge hub functions, or who have already implemented such functions, are invited to send an expression of interest no later than 30 May.
 

European Commission re-thinks its capacity development approach, post-Busan

18/04/12

Screen shot 2012-04-18 at 10.49.31 AM The European Commission is exploring ways to reorient its technical cooperation approach in line with the outcome of the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, which underscored the links between capacity development and development effectiveness. Building on the principles of the Technical Cooperation Reform (backbone strategy) and the lessons which have been learnt after two years of implementation, the Commission is currently updating its guidance on capacity development to integrate it into its overall Project and Programme Cycle Management guidance (PPCM).

 

Global Program Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Advisor, Oxfam America

12/04/12

Contracting organization: Oxfam America
Location: Boston, MA, United States
Application Deadline: Open,but applications submitted by 23 March will be given priority
Type/duration of assignment: Staff position
More information: http://www.oxfamamerica.org/whoweare/jobs/pages/open-positions

Oxfam America is currently seeking a skilled and inspired MEL practitioner to join their Learning, Evaluation and Accountability Department (LEAD). The organization has a small, home office team (based in Boston) which guides our MEL practice globally. This position would be focused on collaborating with senior MEL colleagues in our regional offices to build robust MEL systems at the field level, and ensuring that we maintain our overall quality standards for Program-level, as well as project-level MEL.

This is a great opportunity to join a very dedicated team of MEL practitioners committed to evidenced-based learning.

Consultancy: Plan UK Independent Progress Review

05/04/12

Contracting organization: Plan UK
Location: Unspecified
Application Deadline: 23 April 2012
Type/duration of assignment: Short-term consultancy
More information: http://www.plan-uk.org/jobs-and-volunteers/consultancy-plan-uk-dfid-ppa-independent-progress-review/

Plan UK is looking for an experienced evaluator/s to conduct an Independent Progress Review of the DFID PPA funded programme: Building Skills for Life: Empowering Adolescent Girls through Education. The programme is focused around 4 thematic areas of programming: Education; Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights; Economic Empowerment; Protection from Violence. PPA projects are being implemented in 9 Plan countries offices: Pakistan, Cambodia, El Salvador, Mali, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Kenya.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Accountability Co-ordinator

05/04/12

Contracting organization: Oxfam GB - UK
Location: Juba, South Sudan
Application Deadline: 18 April 2012
Type/duration of assignment: Fixed Term 1 year, Unaccompanied
More information: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs (ref: INT5330)

Reporting to the Country Director, and working very closely with Programme Managers, Programme teams and with other Oxfam Affiliates,  the MEAL Coordinator will lead the development of monitoring and evaluation framework across the programme.

Learning for sustainable development at Rio+20 (vote for your favourite courses!)

28/03/12

sdlearning3 At the June 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) - commonly referred to as the Rio+20 conference - there will be a parallel Sustainable Development (SD) Learning event taking place, consisting of multiple training courses on crucial aspects of sustainable development. 70 courses grouped under 12 broad SD themes will be offered. The courses aim at providing participants with practical knowledge and hands-on training from experts around the world.

In preparation for the event, the UNCSD Secretariat invites interested parties around the world to review the proposed courses and vote on their favourites! The voting deadline is 13 April 2012.

More jobs and consultancy opportunities on the LenCD website

25/03/12

The Learning Network on Capacity Development (LenCD) provides regular updates of job opportunities in the capacity development sector. For more information, please visit http://www.lencd.org/jobs

From awareness-raising to community capacity development: Learning from participatory radio campaigns

21/03/12

Screen shot 2012-03-21 at 1.13.06 PM Farm Radio International has released three reports - available in English and French - of practical experience so far in applying a participatory radio campaigns (PRCs) methodology developed by the African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI). The first report provides an overview of the PRC methodology. The second report examines the effectiveness of radio-based market information services (MIS) for smallholder agriculture. The last report presents results from integrating newer information and communication technologies with radio to create more effective farm radio programmes.

Best Practices, Lessons Learned, and Effective Tools in Knowledge Sharing for Food Security and Agriculture Programmes

16/03/12

Date: 20-22 April 2012
Type of event: Online discussion
Location: Online, global
Organization: USAID Bureau for Food Security
More information: http://agrilinks.kdid.org/groups/agexchange-knowledge-sharing

Capturing, sharing, and applying knowledge is inherent in everything we do. From recognizing an approach that worked well in the field to sharing that approach with a colleague, effective knowledge management enables practitioners to learn from one another to implement more efficient and sustainable programs. This online discussion will bring together a diverse group of donors, food security technical experts, and knowledge management professionals for a three-day online discussion. Good practice, learning, and areas for future collaboration raised during the discussion will be synthesized into a resource document available to the Agrilinks community.

Sustaining multi-stakeholder processes in Africa: Understanding and promoting systemic social change

09/03/12

Date: 24-25 April 2012
Type of event: Networking event
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Organization: Change Alliance and the Southern Africa Trust
More information (pdf): FlyerSouthAfricaMSPEventApril2012

The aim of this event is to create a space for Africans working with multi-stakeholder process (MSP) change strategies to learn from each other by sharing methods and experiences; and to continue the development a Network of Practice in Africa for sustainable MSPs.

The promises and perils of supporting network formation and development

07/02/12

Date: 15 February 2012 (12-1pm PST / 7-8pm GMT )
Type of event: Webinar (free registration)
Location: Online
Organization: Leadership Learning Community

Drawing on the experiences and examples of three leadership and network evaluators, this session will explore a number of questions, including: What are the promises and perils of investing in network formation? What evaluation questions are important to ask? What are critical practices for supporting and nurturing the emergence and development of networks over time? What are promising practices for evaluating network behavior and network effects in the early stages of network formation?

This session will provide useful advice about how to fund, support, and evaluate network potential and sustainability in the earliest phases of network formation.

 

Theory of change training workshop

30/01/12

Dates: 5 - 7 March 2010
Type of event: Training workshop (Please note that this is a paid course)
Location: Oxford, UK
Organization: International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC)

This new course provides an opportunity to understand and explore what Theories of Change are; how they complement other planning processes; how they can be applied to organisations and to programmes. The course enables participants to consider the steps they need to take in developing a ToC for their own organisation/programme; and offers an opportunity to experiment with developing elements of a ToC on the course.

How to design, manage and conduct impact evaluations

23/01/12

Dates: 6 -16 March 2012
Type of event: Training course (NB: Full and partial scholarships are available to participants from East Asia)
Location: Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Centre, Shanghai, China
Organization:  CLEAR

This course will cover commonly used econometric and statistical methods to evaluate the impacts of social and other programmes in developing countries. The focus is on learning how to perform ex-post evaluations, that is, evaluations of programmes that have been implemented, where some group of individuals (the treatment group) has been exposed to the programme and some other group (the comparison or control group) has not. The course will cover both randomized and non-randomized methods.

Planet under pressure: new knowledge

19/01/12

Dates: 26-29 March 2012
Type of event: International conference
Location: London, UK
Organization: International Council for Science (ICSU) and diverse partners

The research community has a responsibility to provide the knowledge needed to move society towards effective stewardship of the planet and to communicate the urgency of this challenge to society. But science alone is not enough. This conference is intended to be a major opportunity to link global-change science in a two-way engagement with the wide range of other stakeholders working towards global sustainability. It is organised as part of the lead up to the forthcoming UN Conference on Sustainable Development taking place in Brazil in June, commonly known as Rio+20.

Using case studies in development evaluation: Validity, Generalisation and Learning

28/12/11

Dates: 21-23 May, 2012
Type of event: International workshop
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Organization: Centre for Social Science Development Research University of Copenhagen and the Evaluation Department of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Abstracts are invited for this international workshop, which will focus on methodological and practical considerations when using case studies in evaluations of development. The workshop will be organised in collaboration with the journal Evaluation:the international journal of theory, research and practice. The deadline for submitting abstracts is 15 December 2011 .

6th international conference on community-based adaptation

09/12/11

Dates: 16-22 April 2012
Type of event: International conference
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Organization: Disaster Management Centre (DMC), Vietnam and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

This conference will  discuss knowledge of community-based adaptation (CBA) planning and practices from different parts of the developing world and capture the latest learning and good practices in CBA from developing countries. The conference includes three days of field visits to projects to see how communities living in different ecosystems have adapted to climate change.

Coaching as a leadership development strategy

25/11/11

Dates: 14 December 2011
Type of event: Webinar
Location: Online, global
Organization: Leadership Learning Center/CompassPoint

Leadership development is on the forefront of grantmaker and capacity builders' minds, particularly as organizations navigate the current realities they face. This webinar is for experienced capacity builders who are interested in exploring coaching as a leadership development strategy.

Panel discussion on "Capacity Development: Lessons Learned and Ways Forward" at the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness

14/11/11

Dates: 29 November to 1 December 2011
Type of event: High Level Forum and Side Events
Location: Busan, Korea
Organization: Learning Network on Capacity Development (LenCD)

This session will identify key actions to strengthen the practice of and knowledge on country-led capacity development, building on lessons learned. It will examine two areas that are critical to the forward-looking agenda on capacity development: putting country-driven, results-focused capacity development into practice; and creating and exchanging knowledge on what works.

ECB interactive learning series

13/10/11

Dates: Various, November 2011 to February 2012
Type of event: Online conference series
Location: Global
Organization: Emergency Capacity Building Project (ECB)

ECB inter-active is a series of five regional events in Africa, Asia and South America that will share ECB Project learning for the first time across the humanitarian sector. The aim is to share experiences of capacity building and understand more about the ECB Project's innovative approaches for successful collaboration and joint action. Participants will be drawn from government, UN, humanitarian networks, NGOs, donors, and inter-governmental agencies. Each event will include a series of inter-active learning opportunities focused on the core themes of National Staff Capacity Building, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Accountability to beneficiaries.

Free webinars on equity-focused evaluations

06/10/11

Dates: Various, October to December 2011
Type of event: Webinar
Location: Online
Organization: My M&E portal

My M&E, an open learning portal that supports knowledge-sharing on country-led M&E systems worldwide, is convening a series of free webinars on equity-focused evaluations by respected experts in this field.

Upcoming sessions in October and November will cover, respectively: case study and equity in evaluation (Saville Kushner); programme theories and logframes to evaluate pro-poor and equity programmes (Patricia Rogers and Richard Hummelbrunner); and systems thinking for equity-focused evaluations (Bob Williams and Martin Reynolds).

Training course in health systems research

26/08/11

Dates: 16th January to 1st February 2012
Type of event: Training course
Location:  KIT Training Centre, Amsterdam
Organization: Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)

Health care programme managers need to be able to use a range of research approaches and methods to solve the problems they face while working in the health system. This course looks at the strengths and weaknesses of different research approaches and methods and discusses which research methods should be used to answer certain health system research questions. The course specifically focuses on qualitative and participatory research methods.

INTRAC 20th anniversary conference: Civil Society at a New Frontier

24/08/11

Dates: 5-6 December 2011
Type of event: Conference
Location: St Anne's College, Oxford, UK
Organization: International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC)

This two day international development conference will focus on civil society, economic growth and the post-aid environment.

Learning from South-South and triangular cooperation

17/08/11

Dates: 26-28 September, 2011
Type of event: Network event
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
Organization: Learning Network on Capacity Development (LenCD)
 

The main purpose of this meeting, organized by the Learning Network on Capacity Development (LenCD) is to promote discussion on Capacity Development and South-South Cooperation in Latin America, with a particular focus on rural poverty reduction and food security.

Impact Evaluation Conference 2011: Follow live conference updates

08/06/11

Dates: 15-17 June 2011
Type of event: Conference
Location: Cuernavaca, Mexico
Organization: 3iE

The 2011 impact evaluation conference 'Mind the gap: From evidence to policy impact'  will bring together over 400 policymakers, practitioners and researchers from Latin America, Africa and Asia, to take stock of what we have learned from evaluations and the way forward for adopting new approaches.The conference will highlight cases from across the world where impact evaluations have provided evidence to scale up or modify existing development programmes. The conference offers a unique learning space to share ideas and be part of current debates on impact evaluations. All are welcome to participate by following live updates and commenting on the live blogs.
 

Invitation to participate in country and regional CD dialogue

06/06/11

Dates: Open-ended
Type of event: Dialogue
Organizer: LenCD/UNDP

The Learning Network on Capacity Development (LenCD) has issued a call for a series of one-day events to engage country stakeholders and development partners in a dialogue on their capacity-development priorities. Supported by UNDP, the dialogues will build on the Cairo Consensus on Capacity Development that was adopted in March 2011 as a contribution towards an agenda for action for the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness.

CDRA spring immersion course

27/05/11

Dates: 12-23 September, 2011
Type of event: Training (Please note that this is a paid course)
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Organization: Community Development Resource Association (CDRA)

This unique new 3 week immersion course provides an exploratory and experiential space for learning and sharing that will take participants "on a journey to reignite and infuse passion, inspire and generate creativity, bringing renewed energy to thinking, feeling and doing". The course will provide an “off the map experience” which will encourage you to find and chart your own paths. Participants will draw energy, inspiration and a new impetus to respond appropriately and proactively to the challenges of our times.

Open courses on relational approaches to change and learning

29/04/11

Dates: Various

Type of event: Training (Please note that these are paid courses although limited EU funding is available)

Location: Copenhagen (Denmark) and Gouda (Netherlands) 

Organization: In Dialogue

In Dialogue offers four different open international courses in 2011. All of them are based on positive relational approaches to change and learning. These courses are open to anyone who has an interest in the subjects and are open to some funding options (to cover board, lodging, course fees and travel) of the European Commission; Comenius programme for secondary education staff and the Grundtvig programme for adult education staff.

The Pelican Initiative: 'Learning for development: we can do better'!

Launched in March 2005, the Platform for Evidence-based Learning and Communications for Social Change (Pelican Initiative) is an active learning network bringing together more than 400 evaluation and learning specialists, development practitioners, policymakers and researchers. The network is an initiative of  several international organizations including the European Centre for Development policy Management (ECDPM); International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada; Exchange; Bellanet;and the Unicef East Africa Regional Office. Membership is open to all development practitioners, specialists and policy makers interested in the issue of learning for development.

 

Pfcd-logo P4cd offers an online platform (www.partners4cd.net) to facilitate networking between rural communities in Africa -- a common meeting space for the rural development professionals who serve them. The set of web 2.0 tools available to members enables knowledge-sharing between individuals and groups in areas of Agriculture & Environment, Public Health & Sanitation, SMEs & Cooperatives, Development Management and Technology for Development. P4cd partners with training institutions , international organizations, government agencies and NGOs active in the wholesale creation of development knowledge. It acts as a non-profit, online retailer of peer-based and self-paced learning products to further extend the reach and audience of its partners, and thereby serve the needs of a broad ranging and fast growing rural audience in Africa.