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    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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    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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Stacey Young


Agency Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Officer
USAID PPL/LER
usUnited States
  |   Joined 10 years ago
Stacey Young, PhD became USAID’s first Agency Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Officer in November 2019, leading Agency-wide knowledge and learning approaches, architecture, and associated roles and responsibilities. Dr. Young also serves as the Senior Technical Advisor for USAID’s first Agency-wide learning agenda, on the Journey to Self-Reliance; and she co-chairs the Multi-Donor Learning Partnership of nine major donor organizations working to advance organizational learning and knowledge management in international development. From 2011-2019, she served as Senior Learning Advisor for USAID's Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning. Through her vision and leadership, USAID developed a holistic approach to Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) that is integrated across USAID’s country programs. Part of a long-term Agency effort to more firmly anchor USAID programs in strong evidence and local leadership, CLA is acknowledged as leading the field in learning and adaptive management for international development. Dr. Young joined USAID in 2003 as the Senior Knowledge Management Advisor for USAID's Microenterprise Development office, where she led an award-winning knowledge management program to facilitate learning in microfinance, market development and poverty reduction. She also led the development of USAID’s congressionally mandated poverty measurement tools; managed the congressionally mandated Microenterprise Results Reporting activity; and co-led an external affairs portfolio to support USAID’s engagement with Congress and industry groups around microenterprise development and poverty reduction. From 1993-2003, Dr. Young lived and worked in Kenya, Uganda and the US as an independent consultant specializing in research and policy analysis in philanthropy, development policy, HIV/AIDS and family planning, and agriculture and food security. Dr. Young has published several books and articles on development and knowledge management, and has taught political science, women's studies and writing at Skidmore College and at Cornell University, where she earned a PhD in Government.

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Economic Growth and Trade, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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Submissions: 25
Comments: 46

Submitted in Collaborating, Learning and Adapting at USAID: The Critical...
3 years ago inblog
Commented on Thanks and please comment anytime
7 years ago inworking group discussion
Commented on What are some indicators to look for when trying to determin...
7 years ago inworking group discussion
Submitted in How can CLA help mitigate risks of innovative programming?
7 years ago inworking group discussion
Submitted in Please fill out this survey
7 years ago inworking group discussion

Stacey Young


Agency Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Officer
USAID PPL/LER
usUnited States
  |   Joined 10 years ago
Contact Me

Connect


Stacey Young, PhD became USAID’s first Agency Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Officer in November 2019, leading Agency-wide knowledge and learning approaches, architecture, and associated roles and responsibilities. Dr. Young also serves as the Senior Technical Advisor for USAID’s first Agency-wide learning agenda, on the Journey to Self-Reliance; and she co-chairs the Multi-Donor Learning Partnership of nine major donor organizations working to advance organizational learning and knowledge management in international development. From 2011-2019, she served as Senior Learning Advisor for USAID's Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning. Through her vision and leadership, USAID developed a holistic approach to Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) that is integrated across USAID’s country programs. Part of a long-term Agency effort to more firmly anchor USAID programs in strong evidence and local leadership, CLA is acknowledged as leading the field in learning and adaptive management for international development. Dr. Young joined USAID in 2003 as the Senior Knowledge Management Advisor for USAID's Microenterprise Development office, where she led an award-winning knowledge management program to facilitate learning in microfinance, market development and poverty reduction. She also led the development of USAID’s congressionally mandated poverty measurement tools; managed the congressionally mandated Microenterprise Results Reporting activity; and co-led an external affairs portfolio to support USAID’s engagement with Congress and industry groups around microenterprise development and poverty reduction. From 1993-2003, Dr. Young lived and worked in Kenya, Uganda and the US as an independent consultant specializing in research and policy analysis in philanthropy, development policy, HIV/AIDS and family planning, and agriculture and food security. Dr. Young has published several books and articles on development and knowledge management, and has taught political science, women's studies and writing at Skidmore College and at Cornell University, where she earned a PhD in Government.

Technical Expertise

Economic Growth and Trade, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

Regional Expertise

Sub-Saharan Africa

Languages


Recent Activities


Submissions: 25
Comments: 46

Submitted in Collaborating, Learning and Adapting at USAID: The Critical...
3 years ago inblog
Commented on Thanks and please comment anytime
7 years ago inworking group discussion
Commented on What are some indicators to look for when trying to determin...
7 years ago inworking group discussion
Submitted in How can CLA help mitigate risks of innovative programming?
7 years ago inworking group discussion
Submitted in Please fill out this survey
7 years ago inworking group discussion
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  • Program CYCLE
    • Strategic Planning
    • Project Design & implementation
    • Activity Design & Implementation
    • Collaborating Learning & Adapting
    • Monitoring
    • Evaluation
  • Toolkits
    • CLA Toolkit
    • Monitoring Toolkit
    • Evaluation Toolkit
  • What is CLA?
    • Collaborating
    • Learning
    • Adapting
    • Culture
    • Processes
    • Resources
  • CLA In Practice
    • Case Competition
    • Case Map
    • CLA Evidence Dashboard
  • Podcasts and Videos
  • Blog