June 2009 Blog Posts (7)

Joined work on "Quality standards and good practice in support to country-owned CD processes"?

Dear colleagues,

As we are settling back in after the Washington meetings I want to get back on an idea of a work stream of joined work that we could undertake together. I had a chance to discuss this idea with some of you bilaterally and it seems there would be support for a more concerted effort for this. This is an invitation to join forces. Ideas and engagement are welcome. I have set up a working group on this site where those interested could converge and… Continue

Added by Thomas Theisohn on June 23, 2009 at 2:49pm — 2 Comments

DAC Reference Documents on Capacity Development

Dear capacity development bloggers,

Please find enclosed the link to the 2006 DAC Guidance note on capacity development, titled The Challenge of Capacity Development – Working Towards Good Practice. It can be found here:

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/29/42389282.pdf

Furthermore, the Inventory of Donors Approaches to Capacity Development presented at the Forum can be found at http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/50/12/42699287.pdf

Our website is… Continue

Added by Silvia Guizzardi on June 22, 2009 at 10:21pm — 1 Comment

Sharing 'Best Practises'

It would be useful if, before we meet again in December, we could identify some best practises in the problem areas that have been identified during this June meeting (needs assessments, ways to measure whether capacity has been developed, etc) either that we or institutions that we work with apply. At the December meeting, we could then showcase these.

However, to sort out what is best practise, it would be good to know what is common practise among us - this would also be a step towards… Continue

Added by Darlene Tymo on June 19, 2009 at 1:27pm — No Comments

Opportunities for Improving the Results of Learning

This morning we had a great start to the WBI / InWEnt Forum, "Improving the Results of Learning for Capacity Building", which I am moderating here in Washington DC. During the "World Café", participants had table conversations around questions such as: What challenges, if overcome, could make the biggest difference to this subject? How can we improve how we define and measure the results of learning for capacity development? How can we support each other in taking the next steps?

At… Continue

Added by Zahid Torres-Rahman on June 17, 2009 at 9:00pm — 3 Comments

Results management - Role of DTIs

An important aspect for achieving results is to bring DTI into development policy space. DTIs have to graduate from training providers to catalysts, change agents, integrators, knowledge hubs. This change is challenging and requires major shift in the role of DTIs. WBI and other allied institutions can play a strategic role in bringing this shift.

Chary

Added by Vedala Srinivas Chary on June 17, 2009 at 3:00am — 1 Comment

Welcome to the Community

This week, the World Bank Institute, along with our partners at InWEnt, are hosting a Forum on “Improving the Results of Learning for Capacity Building”

One objective of the Forum is to help build a community around the results management of learning and capacity development.

In support of this, we have set up an online… Continue

Added by Samuel Otoo on June 16, 2009 at 9:47pm — 3 Comments

Capacity Development Results Framework

WBI has developed an innovative Capacity Development Results Framework to guide, measure, and communicate capacity development efforts. The framework… Continue

Added by WBICapacityDevelopment&Results on June 15, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments