The 2016 CLA Case Competition Winners Are...
The purpose of the Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) Case Competition is to source examples of CLA in action among USAID missions and implementing partners. The 2016 submission period lasted from June 1—July 15 and resulted in 63 qualifying entries from 11 USAID missions and operating units and 37 implementing partners in 26 countries.
A team of judges from the USAID LEARN contract read all 63 entries and chose 20 finalists to be reviewed by a panel of judges in the USAID Bureau for Policy, Planning, and Learning. After much deliberation, five winners were identified. An additional winner will be chosen via online and in-person Fan Favorite Voting in November. To be notified when Fan Favorite Voting begins, join the Learning Lab mailing list.
Cases were evaluated according to the following criteria:
- CLA in Action - Does the case story clearly demonstrate how a CLA tool or approach was used and what the outcome was?
- Analysis - Does the case story reflect on the relative strengths and weaknesses of the tool/approach used? Is the case transparent and honest in highlighting the good, the bad, and the ugly?
- Holistic Approach to CLA - Does the case story represent a holistic approach to C, L, and A? Does the case demonstrate a systematic, intentional, and resourced approach to CLA? Framework components: collaborating, learning, adapting, culture, processes, and resources.
- Replicability - Does the case story identify key lessons that can be used to improve future practice, either within your team or by others?
The five winners listed below will receive awards and will be featured in a CLA showcase this fall. The other 15 finalists are listed below. All qualifying cases and will be posted on USAID Learning Lab in the coming months.
The Winners Are...
General Category:
- Encouraging a CLA Culture - Engility Corporation
- USAID/DFID ACCELERE! Working Together for Educational Success in the DRC - USAID/DRC
- Adaptive Management in the Context of Job Creation, Tunisian Business Reform & Competitiveness - The Pragma Corporation (not available)
Emerging CLA Category:
- USAID/Zimbabwe's Big Weeks and CLA: A Blueprint for Participatory, Scenario-Based CDCS Development - USAID/Zimbabwe and Social Impact, Inc.
Small/Local Organization Category:
- Long-Term Parallel and Integrated Evaluation Activities Amplify Learning & Results - The Panagora Group
Finalists:
- Applying Lesson Learned to Empower Women of Agri-Retailers in Bangladesh - CNFA, Bangladesh
- Better Bureaus for Business Partnerships: Collaborating Across USAID to Improve Private Sector Partnerships’ Development Impact - USAID Global Development Lab
- Collaborative Learning and Adapting for Better Social Dialogue on Gender in Jordan - IREX, Jordan
- Context Analysis and Flexible Partnership in South and Central Syria - Mercy Corps, Syria
- Gender and Development Dialogues: A CLA Approach for Gender Integration among USAID Implementing Partners in Cambodia - USAID/Cambodia
- Integrating Stakeholder Engagement into the Design Process--Liberia Strategic Analysis Communities of Practice - Social Impact Inc., Liberia
- MERLIN (Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Leaning Innovations) - USAID Global Development Lab
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Training - The QED Group, LLC, Uganda
- Promoting CLA among the USAID/Pakistan Implementing Partners (IPs) – IPs M&E Community of Practice - USAID/Pakistan
- The Refine and Implement Pilot: USAID Food for Peace’s Approach to Adaptable Mechanisms - USAID/Food for Peace
- Science, Silver Bullets and Sanitation: How Operational Research Improved Plan’s Global Programming - Plan International, Ghana
- STOP, in the Name of Learning: Reflecting and Adapting Ethiopia’s Feed the Future and Economic Growth Strategies - USAID/Ethiopia
- Turning a gathering into a party: the DME for Peace community-building conundrum - Search for Common Ground
- Walking the Talk: An Iterative Approach to Developing the Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting Maturity Matrix - USAID/Bureau of Policy, Planning, and Learning
- What’s new? -- High frequency mobile communications drives resilience learning in Somalia - Tulane University, Somalia