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Program Cycle

The Program Cycle is USAID’s operational model for planning, implementing, assessing, and adapting development programming in a given region or country. The Program Cycle is how policy gets translated into action and how USAID supports countries on their Journey to Self-Reliance.

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Strategic Planning

Project Design & Implementation

Activity Design & Implementation

Collaborating Learning & Adapting

Monitoring

Evaluation
Toolkits
Toolkits

USAID Learning Lab hosts three toolkits to provide USAID staff and implementing partners with a curated set of resources to plan, implement and integrate monitoring, evaluating and CLA practices into their programs.

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Monitoring Toolkit

Evaluation Toolkit

CLA Toolkit
What is CLA?
About CLA

Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) is a framework and a set of practices for strengthening organizational learning and the conditions that enable it throughout the Program Cycle to improve our development effectiveness, and support countries on their Journey to Self-Reliance.

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Collaborating

Learning

Adapting

Culture

Processes

Resources
CLA In Practice
CLA in Practice

USAID Learning Lab hosts a number of resources and examples that showcase how CLA has been used in practice.
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Case Competition

Case Map

CLA Evidence Dashboard
Podcasts and Videos
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Resources

Explore a growing collection of resources for guidance on specific learning approaches

Featured Resources

CivicSpace.tech: Citizen Engagement in a Digital Age

USAID/DRG Center

How-To Note: Prepare and Maintain a Performance Management Plan (PMP)

IEG Knowledge Series - Data-Sensing & Data Mapping Tools

Featured Collections & Toolkits

Browse Resources

Local Philanthropy and Self-Reliance Guide

A guide on local philanthropy as an element of societal self-reliance.

Community Contribution

Position Description for RDMA Learning, Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor

This is the solicitation that RDMA issued for a Learning, Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor. Missions seeking to hire Learning Advisors may find the position description useful.

USAID Contribution

Innovative Financing in Early Recovery: The Liberia Health Sector Pool Fund

This report discusses the impact of the National Health Plan in post-conflict Liberia.

Community Contribution

| By Amanda Glassman, Walter Gwenigale, Jacob Hughes

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