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An Introduction to Collaborating, Learning and Adapting in the Program Cycle: A New Online Module on USAID Learning Lab
01-30-2019 | By USAID Learning Lab
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Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting: When does it become too much?
10-09-2018 | By Monalisa Salib
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That was then, this is now.
Nov 04,2020
By: Multi-Donor Learning Partnership for Development Impact
A collective look-back at the first 2 years of the Multi-Donor Learning Partnership for Development ImpactThis blog was cross-posted from the Multi-Donor Learning Partnership (MDLP) website. A little more than two years ago, a small group of knowledge management (KM) and organizational learning (OL) leaders and practitioners in some ...
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The Global Learning for Adaptive Management initiative (GLAM)
Oct 28,2020
By: Learning Lab
The Global Learning for Adaptive Management (GLAM) is an initiative funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department for International Development (DFID). GLAM is envisioned as a globally networked learning alliance that aimed to actively identify, operationalise and promote rigorous evidence-bas...
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CLA in the Time of COVID-19: Adapting, Pivoting and Partnering to Maintain Nutrition Progress
Oct 23,2020
By: Abigail Conrad
USAID Advancing Nutrition is the agency’s flagship multi-sectoral nutrition project. Led by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) and a diverse group of experienced partners, we strengthen the enabling environment and support country-led scaling of effective, integrated, and sustainable multi-sectoral nutrition programs, int...
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PIVOT-SRLA Learning Review Final Report, March 2020
Oct 09,2020
By: Learning Lab
The PIVOT -SRLA Learning Review Final Report captured promising practices, lessons learned, and evidence of change from the yearlong PIVOT: Practical, InnoVative, On-the-Job Training Cohort Program on how to advance PSE as a pathway toward self-reliance. The inaugural PIVOT: Practical, InnoVative, On-the-Job Training cohort incl...
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PIVOT Cohort Competencies, Practice Statements and Sub-Practices
Oct 09,2020
By: Learning Lab
The PIVOT: Practical, InnoVative, On-the-Job Training theory of change posits that staff must exhibit skills in three areas of capacity — PSE, CLA, and leadership for change management — to successfully foster a PSE orientation within their Missions to address development challenges.The PIVOT program focuses on building staff competen...
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PIVOT: Practical, Innovative, On-the-Job Training information packet
Oct 09,2020
By: Learning Lab
This information packet offers an overview of PIVOT: Practical, InnoVative, On-the-Job Training. PIVOT is the Africa Bureau’s organizational change management program that advances private-sector engagement (PSE) through technical and leadership skills-building for greater development impact.
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PIVOT: Practical, Innovative, On-the-Job Training slide deck
Oct 09,2020
By: Learning Lab
This slide presentation offers a snapshot of PIVOT: Practical, InnoVative, On-the-Job Training, highlighting its purpose, unique model, and programming. PIVOT is the Africa Bureau’s organizational change management program that advances private-sector engagement (PSE) through technical and leadership skills-building ...
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So, you want to start a podcast?
Sep 08,2020
By: Amy Leo
Amy Leo was previously the human behind USAID Learning Lab. Now, she’s a Senior Adaptive Management Specialist with Acute Incite’s International Development Practice. This blog post was originally published on the Incites blog on August 26, 2020. In the USAID Learning Lab podcast studio. Credit: Amy Leo.If you work in c...
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HICD Desk Review: Recommendations from HICD Program Evaluations and Reports
Aug 26,2020
By: Cydney_Gumann
These exploratory analyses draw from two loosely interconnected efforts:USAID’s Paper Series on Capacity and Capacity Strengthening, andA synthesis of recommendations from nine evaluations and final reports for Human and Institutional Capacity Development (HICD) activities posted on USAID’s Development Experience Clearinghouse.The fir...
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