publié le 1 oct. 2009 13:59 par Coordinator LenCD
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Please note:
Dear colleagues, this is to alert you to a collaboration of LenCD with the DAC, INCAF and the CD Alliance related to the “International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding”. The dialogue was established as an outcome of the High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra in September 2008. It is chaired by a partner and donor country (currently the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the UK) includes a series of country level consultations and will hold its first formal global meeting in late March 2010. The International Dialogue will involve multiple international and national stakeholders and provide a forum to discuss issues that are under-addressed, or cannot be resolved at the country-level, including capacity development issues. The overall objective of this consultancy is three fold (1) Support the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding from an informed capacity development perspective, including the methodological approach, the country level consultations and the first global meeting, currently planned for April 2010. (2) Contribute to developing the LenCD resource corner on capacity development in fragile states in particular through compiling short features on relevant existing case experiences. (see www.LenCD.org) (3) Propose priority actions to advance thinking, evidence and practice around the area of CD in fragile contexts You will find the terms of reference on the LenCD website ar www.LenCD.org. If you are interested in the assignment or if you would like to engage in a reference group on the subject, please send a message to me at lencd.contact@gmail.com. Best regards Thomas Theisohn, Coordinator LenCD - Learning Network on Capacity Development www.LenCD.org Contact@LenCD.org thomas.theisohn@gmail.com tel: +33(0)442660477 skype: thomas_theisohn LenCD facilitates learning and promotes good practice in capacity development. To subscribe to the LenCD mail list please go to: http://groups.google.com/group/lencd-members
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publié le 4 sept. 2009 08:17 par Coordinator LenCD
Dear all,
with this message I am drawing your attention to content work that we are embarking on in collaboration with the OECD/DAC on the above subject. You may recall my recent message on the draft resource corners that are available at www.LenCD.org for review. This work is related and goes into more depth. The message below from our lead consultant provides more detail. This is an invitation to join this effort and a dedicated work space is set up for it where you also can download the inception note. We hope you may want to join in on the topic.
Kind regards
Thomas Theisohn, Coordinator LenCD - Learning Network on Capacity Development tel: +33(0)442660477 skype: thomas_theisohn
INVITATION
Dear Colleagues,
The OECD/DAC and LenCD are initiating an inquiry on what constitutes good practice for training and alternative approaches to learning for capacity development. I am Jenny Pearson, based in Cambodia, where for 11 years I headed a local Development Learning Institute. I will be facilitating the inquiry process, which is expected to lead to good practice guidance by January 2010.
This is an invitation to you to join the discussion and inquiry.
The work builds on the momentum of the June 2009 professional meetings of Train4Dev (Oslo) and the ‘Forum on Improving the Results of Learning for Capacity Building’ (Washington) and will also be developed in conjunction with the ‘Learning Link 2009’, a one week learning exchange to take place in Turin 7-11 December.
Attached to this message you will find an INCEPTION NOTE that frames the issues. It is based on a review of the most current documentation and debate on CD practice and poses a number of questions pertinent to the formulation of good practice guidelines. This note and further documentation are also available at http://capacitydevelopment.ning.com/ where you can sign up to join the group that will engage throughout the process.
The guidelines will be an important step towards operationalising the AAA commitments for CD to become country owned, relevant to culture and context, and more appropriately oriented towards creating sustainable development results. There is a lot of consensus on the weaknesses of past practice, and there are some good examples of alternative approaches that have resulted in sustainable development of capacity. However, there is not, as yet, a consolidated body of evidence-based knowledge about what good practice looks like and which approaches apply best to different needs and circumstances.
I am looking forward to a lively and interesting exchange that can capture our collective wisdom, building on evidence around this aspect of CD. Please do not hesitate to contact me on any question you might have at jennycpearson@gmail.com or on Skype (jenny-pearson).
If you have any comments, ideas, information, perspectives or documentation to share I would appreciate hearing from you in the first instance by Friday, 11th September.
Best regards
Jenny Pearson
e-mail: jennycpearson@gmail.com
skype: jenny-pearson
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publié le 4 sept. 2009 08:16 par Coordinator LenCD
Dear colleagues,
As part of its wider mandate to support the implementation of the
capacity development commitments contained in the Accra Agenda for
Action, LenCD is developing a set of seven web-based resource corners.
An initial compilation of resource corners can now be accessed athttp://sites.google.com/site/lencdorg/cd-resource-corners
represent work in progress. Each resource corner is currently being
peer reviewed with the intention of becoming fully functional by end
of September.
>>> YOU ARE ALSO INVITED TO REVIEW the current resource corners.
Should you have any comments or suggestions on how to improve these,
please send an email to cont...@lenCD.org
A resource corner is a virtual meeting place for exchanging knowledge
and experience around a particular theme or topic. At the core of the
resource corner is a virtual library containing up-to-date web-based
information. Additionally, resources can provide opportunities for
users to upload information, to engage in open or closed discussion/
working groups as well as other forms of engagement and exchange.
Initial resource corners are available around the following issues:
- Civil society and private sector engagement - ownership &
accountability,
- Technical Cooperation: alternatives, quality standards for CD
support, South-South cooperation, genuine demand and supply,
- Capacity Development in National, Sector, and Thematic strategies,
- Enabling Environment - Incentive Systems, Drivers of Change,
Political Context,
- Capacity Development in Fragile Situations,
- Country Systems Capacity - Aid Management, PFM, Procurement, and
RBM
- Conceptual and methodological issues - Measuring Capacity Development,
What you find for each of the above issue areas is a first mock-up of
an eventual web-based and interactive resource corner and includes a
preliminary selection of documents and resources, arranged around six
sections: i) a narrative orientation text ii) top ten web-based
publications/ editors choice iii) good practice/ case materials iii)
list of useful web-sites and partners, iv) opinion pieces/ viewpoints
v) list of additional knowledge resources.
Thank you in advance for observations, inputs and indications for
getting involved in developing the knowledge base around these windows.
Kind regards
Thomas Theisohn, Coordinator
LenCD - Learning Network on Capacity Development |
publié le 4 sept. 2009 08:14 par Coordinator LenCD
Dear colleagues, this is a brief update with an overview on where we stand in implementing the LenCD strategy 2009-11 that was agreed in Washington, 16 December 2008. On the strategy you may want to refer to the recent WBI CD Brief on LenCD http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTCDRC/Resources/CDBrief33.pdf or you find more at the website www.LenCD.org. The first months focused much on developing the operational underpinnings that will eventually allow LenCD to manage its own funds and recruit core staff. I am please to report that the UNDP project that will facilitate this just went through formal appraisal where it was approved. We can now expect that the project will be functional in September and recruitment can start shortly after. The position of the project manager will be open likely in Johannesburg or Dakar. There will also be a range of knowledge management related assignments that we can hopefully also advertise soon. In the meantime however momentum has been building up and much has happened to advance on the workplan. Here some highlights under each pillar of the strategy: > PRACTICE: AFRICAN CD LEARNING PLATFORM: In August we can expect the results form the Africa consultations with concrete recommendations for strengthening CD learning in Africa. I am on my way to Accra for consultations on the platform, and for meetings with NEPAD on the implementation of their strategic framework on CD and how we might cooperate. Your views on how to conceive a learning platform are still welcome. Please join the debate at http://groups.google.com.gh/group/cdplatformafrica or contact Lawrencia Adams at lawrencia.adams@gmail.com CD LEARNING INITIATIVES (CDLI): The first joined country level learning events to take place between October 2009 and February 2010 with a view to subsequent up-scaling. For three sector-focused events we have a partnership with Train4Dev. In addition we are exploring CDLIs focused on Civil Society/ Government interface capacities and on fragile contexts. These initiatives really are supposed to support local stakeholders to move their CD agendas forward. Your ideas and indications of demand for such initiatives is welcome. For more information please see: https://sites.google.com:443/site/lencdorg/cd-learning-initiative > EVIDENCE: RESOURCE CORNERS: LenCD is close to establishing resource corners with a basic orientation an materials around all seven issue areas. In a basic way we hope that they can be operational in the next couple of months. The set of issue areas that emerged from Accra is as follows: (1) Civil society and private sector engagement, ownership & accountability , (2) TC, quality standards, South-South cooperation, genuine demand and supply , (3) National, sector, and thematic strategy , (4) Enabling environment incl. incentive systems , (5) Country systems capacity”, incl; aid management, PFM, procurement, RBM, , (6) CD in fragile situations” , (7) Conceptual and methodological issues, incl. measurement of capacity development More in depth work around at least some of these topics will start in fall 2009. If you are aware of ongoing work or if you are interested to engage on one of these topics, please do let us know. CD KNOWLEDGE FAIR: The Global Forum “Capacity is Development” will take place 9-11 November in November. LenCD is partnering with UNDP around the knowledge fair of this event. It is a major opportunity to articulate and disseminate good practice examples from national and local capacity investments that have actually generated results. For LenCD it is also an opportunity to pilot a methodology that will generally help to build evidence, support sharing of experience, learning and policy advocacy. This process will start in August and more information will be forthcoming. We are developing a close partnership with the Impact Alliance for the knowledge fair, the resource corners and the web-based knowledge management functions. > POLICY: DONOR CD LEARNING: As in the past LenCD is continuing close collaboration with the DAC. For LenCD, Tony Land facilitated a 2 day CD learning workshop took place in Paris 30 June and 1 July. Several bilateral agencies have asked for LenCD support in their staff learning programmes. At this stage we are trying to connect to suitable resource persons. Eventually we may be able to facilitate more such learning events, in particular through joined country level initiatives with domestic stakeholders (see above). AID EFFECTIVENESS AGENDA: The DAC has approved its capacity development initiative for 2009-2010 and following an initial meeting in Berlin, the CD Alliance is currently finalizing its work programme. We expect that the collaboration will provide constructive support to advance the CD related commitments of the Accra Action Agenda. The working party on Aid Effectiveness approved its work programme 2 weeks ago and there are multiple opportunities to collaborate closely with most of the clusters. Specific areas will be defined with the ownership and accountability cluster, the cluster on country systems and the one Managing for Development results. > MAKING IT HAPPEN WORKING IN PARTNERSHIPS: Many elements of the work plan have moved forward even though the operational framework is not yet in place. This was possible because of the ad hoc support of LenCD partners who where able fund and organize some joined work. Thanks in particular to those who have been able to contribute, in particular the DAC around the Africa learning platform (see above) and content work around “Effective support to learning for CD”; the UNDP for the knowledge fair, WBI on the resource corners, the Impact Alliance on the knowledge management functions, and GTZ that has maintained the support for a part-time interim coordination function until the project is functional. LenCD/UNDP PROJECT: As indicated, above the UNDP project has been approved and we expect that is will be fully functional in September. It will be the operational mechanism that allow LenCD to receive and manage funds and that will ensure coordination and core knowledge management functions as well as management of specific initiatives. Expectations for LenCD contributions are rising rapidly. We hope that posts and assignments can be advertised soonest to ensure LenCD has adequate capacities to support CD learning. A CLOSING THOUGHT. Capacity Development has moved up on the political agenda. Still there is a gap between the CD community and many other established communities of practice. It is about time to move out of our own space and establishing learning links with the many existing communities of practice that are close to the core of capacity development, including change management, public sector reform, governance, civic engagement, transparency and many others. A promising way forward is to connect learning across these communities and capacity development offers are helpful framework to do this. With best wishes for the exciting months ahead. Kind regards Thomas Theisohn |
publié le 4 sept. 2009 08:08 par Coordinator LenCD
Dear colleagues,
Here two announcements. An update on latest developments will follow
shortly.
"Capacity is Development" Call for research papers
In 2009, UNDP Capacity Development Group has launched a global
campaign on capacity development with the aim of gathering more
evidence on what works in capacity development. This is also a call to
partners for engagement and a convening of the global community of
experts and practitioners. Please see below a call for several
research papers that may be of interest to you. Please note the
application deadline 14 July. In case of questions, please contact
Jayne Musumba jayne.musu...@undp.org, Throughout the year, UNDP will
host a series of events to foster research and dialogue among the key
players on critical issues of capacity development. LenCD is closely
cooperating on a knowledge fair that will start this month. You will
receive more information shortly. In November 2009, there will a
final global event. You find more information at www.undp.org/capacity.
WBI Capacity Development Brief 33: Putting Evidence to work: Linking
Policy to Practice in Capacity Development
One of the major challenges facing the international development
community is creating a capacity , development (CD) architecture
built on solid evidence. In this CD Brief, the authors argue that,
although , a significant body of evidence on CD is being produced,
the knowledge is poorly captured and managed. , As a result, CD
practice and policies fail to take full advantage of lessons and
experiences that could , lead to better results. Addressing these
challenges is the basis of the three-year strategy of the Learning ,
Network on Capacity Development (LenCD), a broad partnership of
practitioners and donors dedicated , to improving the outcomes of
capacity development initiatives. The strategy has three key
pillars: , evidence, practice, and policy. The aim is to create
a more professionalized CD practice and transfer CD , learning into
the mainstream of development. , By Thomas Theisohn, Mark Nelson,
and Janet Awimbohttp://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTCDRC/Resources/CDBrief33.pdf
Kind regards Thomas Theisohn
Announcements
Consultant: Writer/Editor Roster
[02/07/09] Organisation: UNDP; Location: home or office based;
Application Deadline: 17 July, 2009; Type of Contract: SSA; Languages
Required: English. more...
Consultant: Capacity Development Experts and Practitioners: Sub-
National Level
[02/07/09] Organisation: UNDP; Location: home-based; Application
Deadline: 14 July, 2009; Type of Contract: SSA; Languages Required:
English; Starting Date: 20 July, 2009; Duration of Initial Contract:
2.5 months. more...
Consultant: CD Experts and Practitioners: Countries in Transition
[02/07/09] Organisation: UNDP; Location: home-based; Application
Deadline: 14 July, 2009; Type of Contract: SSA; Languages Required:
English; Starting Date: 20 July, 2009; Duration of Initial Contract:
2.5 months. more...
Consultant: CD Experts and Practitioners: Middle-Income Countries
[02/07/09] Organisation: UNDP; Location: home-based; Application
Deadline: 14 July, 2009; Type of Contract: SSA; Languages Required:
English; Starting Date: 20 July, 2009; Duration of Initial Contract:
2.5 months. more...
Consultant: Capacity Development Experts and Practitioners: Reform
Policies
[02/07/09] Organisation: UNDP; Location: home-based; Application
Deadline: 14 July, 2009; Type of Contract: SSA; Languages Required:
English; Starting Date: 20 July, 2009; Duration of Initial Contract:
2.5 months. more...
Thomas Theisohn, Coordinator
LenCD - Learning Network on Capacity Development
www.LenCD.org
lencd.cont...@gmail.com
thomas.theis...@wanadoo.fr
tel: +33(0)442660477
skype: thomas_theisohn |
publié le 4 sept. 2009 07:55 par Coordinator LenCD
Dear all,
please find below an invitation for an exchange on promoting learning
on capacity development in Africa. The discussion is moderated by
Lawrencia Adams. Please see background and instructions in her message
below.
Feel free to pass this invitation on to others who may be interested.
Kind regards
Thomas Theisohn, Coordinator
LenCD - Learning Network on Capacity Development > Dear All, > This message is an invitation to join a e-exchange over the coming
> weeks on promoting learning on capacity development in Africa.
> My name is Lawrencia Adams (Ms), a development consultant based in
> Accra, Ghana. With this message I am inviting you to join a
> reflection on how usefully to promote learning on and practice
> change in capacity development in the Africa region. This
> consultation is supported by the OECD/Development Assistance
> Committee (DAC) and the Learning Network on Capacity Development
> (LenCD). The objective is to explore how CD learning can usefully be
> promoted building on African institutions, processes, experiences
> and knowledge resources. By July we hope to have a better idea of
> how to strengthen a CD learning platform in the region that would
> also help to promote the implementation of the commitments made in
> the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA)
> The invitation for this discussion is cast widely. If you want to
> join, please sign up for this discussion at the Google mail list
> created for this purpose:
> Group name: cdplatformafrica
> Group home page: http://groups.google.com.gh/group/cdplatformafrica
> Group email address cdplatformafrica@googlegroups.com
> The key questions to be addressed include:
> · What are the ongoing initiatives in Africa that already
> promote learning on capacity development?
> · Which institution, networks, etc. are well placed to play
> a role on promoting CD learning?
> · What knowledge resources are available and used in the
> region to address the priority areas relating to capacity
> development as reflected in the AAA.
> · How best to conceive a CD learning platform that would
> respond to genuine demand and be of wide use in Africa.
> · Who should we consult with?
> · What interface capacity is needed in Africa to engage
> similar initiatives in other regions and across the globe.
> We are proposing to use the first couple of weeks for an initial
> round of contributions and for establishing the mail group, that
> will remain open for new arrivals.
> We are then proposing to go into more depth by focusing each
> subsequent week on another thematic area that has emerged as
> critical. The discussion itself may yield further areas or suggest
> to drill deeper in some. We are envisaging the following sequence:
> Week of 1 June 2009
> General reactions to the approach and objective of promoting CD
> learning in Africa.
> Week of 8 June 2009
> 1. Civil society and private sector engagement, ownership &
> accountability
> Week of 15 June 2009
> 2. Technical Cooperation, quality standards, South-South
> cooperation, genuine demand and supply of TC. Management of
> development assistance (roles and responsibilities of Government:
> Policy engagement with State
> Week of 22 June 2009
> 4. Strategies for service delivery at national, sub-national,
> sectoral and thematic levels
> Week of 29 June 2009
> 5. Enabling environment including incentive systems
> Week of 6 July 2009
> 6. Country systems capacity, including aid management,
> performance monitoring, procurement, results based management,
> Week of 13 July 2009
> 7. Capacity development in fragile situations
> You will receive a framing note for each week’s discussion and the
> consultations will be summarized on a weekly basis. In parallel to
> the e-discussion a targeted consultation processes are taking place
> with key actors in the Africa region.
> By mid July we will share the emerging recommendations for further
> vetting before the report is finalized by the end of July. It will
> contain concrete proposals on how to promote CD learning in Africa
> well attuned with needs and existing initiatives.
> We hope you will find it worthwhile to join this exchange and look
> forward to welcoming you on the Google list. You can also send me a
> message in case of questions, ideas or if I should add you to this
> list.
> With kind regards
> Lawrencia Adams
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publié le 4 sept. 2009 07:54 par Coordinator LenCD
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Dear colleagues
With this message I would like to draw your attention to upcoming
initiatives:
(1) Consultations for a capacity development learning platform in Africa
(2) Call for proposals: Capacity Development Learning Initiatives
(3) Envisaged work on evidence in key CD issues in follow up the Accra
HLF
(4) Ways to engage
(1) CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM IN AFRICA
Starting May 2009 you will be invited to participate in a consultation
process that LenCD is facilitating in collaboration with the DAC and
the CD Alliance. The objective is to identify opportunities for a
learning platform on capacity development in Africa building on
existing arrangements to identify useful ways to strengthen learning
on capacity development and impact on practice. The consultation will
establish links with existing African institutions and networks, take
stock of ongoing efforts and opportunities to strengthen these. It is
expected to conclude with priorities and recommendations to carry
forward over the year and beyond. The consultations will use a process
of e-discussion, video conferencing and others as useful.
Steps will include:
- Undertake an initial scan of existing opportunities, relevant
processes and actors.,
- Consult with NEPAD on their CD initiative, the African Union, the
sub-regional organizations ECOWAS, SADC, EAC, with the ACBF, the
UNDP/Dakar, ADB and other regional initiatives,
- Moderate an electronic exchange incl. outreach through other networks.
- Form a a reference group focused on CD learning in Africa
- Synthesis report, including priorities, strategy and
recommendations (late July),
You will receive more details in early May. If you are interested to
engage in other sub/regions please let us know and we will try to
connect you with like minded practitioners.
(2) CALL FOR PROPOSALS: CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT LEARNING INITIATIVE
Capacity development is a critical. Yet making it one that is
systematically addressed in development practice is a challenge. It
has become clear that it requires leadership to mainstream it into
sector or thematic development programmes, beyond the typical adding
of training and TC experts. The CD Learning Initiative aims at
supporting local or regional stakeholders moving their capacity
development agenda forward in a specific sector or thematic context.
Facilitators with CD experience will help connect local action and
global knowledge, enabling participants to move CD processes further
ahead. The learning initiative responds to demand coming from both
countries and their development partners. You will find more details
about this initiative at www.LenCD.org/cd-learning-initiative,
including a 2 page brief on the initiative can be down loaded. A first
experience in the Ethiopia transport sector has been quite useful.
Several other events are under preparation. Local costs are covered by
a local stakeholder group taking the lead, while LenCD mobilizes
support to cover the external facilitators as useful.
If you think this could be useful for your own efforts to promote a
change in CD practice, please send your proposal to cont...@LenCD.org
with an explanation on how you would see the process, participation,
expected results and added value of LenCD support. For selecting
pilots, the following criteria apply:
o Explicit demand from the respective developing country government or
non-governmental partner
o Potential for resulting in concrete and meaningful follow up action
o Commitment to invest in preparation and as necessary funding of
local costs associated with the learning process
(3) CONTENT WORKING GROUPS AHEAD
A range of key CD issues have emerged through the Bonn workshop last
year and the Accra High-Level forum on Aid Effectiveness that LenCD
will focus on. For these areas we envisage to form working groups,
facilitate learning exchange, develop resource corners, learning
modules and policy briefs.
o Civil society and private sector engagement, ownership &
accountability
o TC, quality standards, South-South cooperation, genuine demand and
supply
o National, sector, and thematic strategy
o Enabling environment incl. incentive systems
o Country systems capacity”, incl. aid management, PFM, procurement,
RBM,
o CD in fragile situations”
o Conceptual and methodological issues, incl. measurement of
capacity development
(4) HOW TO ENGAGE ?
Initiatives be they regionally or thematically focused will unfold
with opportunities and engagement by network members. You may want
to ...
- be a reference group member to define direction, scope and process
- alert to ongoing or planned work, upcoming events, contacts, related
efforts/ initiatives, or suggest opportunities on how the network
could make a difference
- manage a resource corner on a substantive issue or contribute to one
in a team, help scan and synthesize what is out there already
- moderate network exchange, volunteer for synthesizing network
discussion once in a while, or simply participate with your experience
- manage a resource corner or blog on one of the topics or related/
sub-topic
- offer your CD support services, for instance as "CD advocate/
advisor with relevant processes events or as CD facilitator in
country level learning workshops
- suggest other innovative ideas
- or simply stay on the loop.
Thanks in advance for indicating your interests.
Looking forward to hear from you. Kind regards
Thomas Theisohn
Coordinator
LenCD - Learning Network on Capacity Development
www.LenCD.org
lencd.cont...@gmail.com
thomas.theis...@wanadoo.fr
tel: +33(0)442660477
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publié le 4 sept. 2009 07:51 par Coordinator LenCD
PLEASE NOTE: This is a test message. You have been manually subscribed
to this LenCD mail list. You should have received the message below
before in a direct mailing (if it did not get lost in a spam filter).
Thank you for your indulgence with potential double sendings. The
transfer of the mail list will take some time. Kind regards Thomas
Dear LenCD colleagues,
since December 2008 the Learning Network on Capacity Development has
made some important steps. In the Washington strategy meeting on 15/16
December 2008 an interim steering group was formed that represents the
broad constituency base of the network as it has grown over more than
4 years. The LenCD strategy 2009-2011 was endorsed. It is to promote
concrete practice change on the ground, to distill and disseminate
lessons, and to bring relevant knowledge back to inform policy
decisions. LenCD’s work programme will start modestly giving emphasis
to regional initiative, content work around priority issues, policy
advocacy and a function platform to facilitate such. (You find more
details below and in the attached)
Further the decision taken to endow the network with a coordination
function and an operational framework through which LenCD can receive
and manage funding to be set up as a UNDP project. I will continue as
coordinator for the coming months and we are currently putting in
place the operational mechanisms. Working groups will be formed
gradually to advance collaborative initiatives in (sub)regions and
around thematic priority issues. LenCD will continue to have a close
interface with the Aid Effectiveness agenda and the follow up to the
Accra Action Agenda and at the same remain open to go with demand and
energies in the network. As you may have seen, the report of the
Washington meetings is available at www.LenCD.org.
In this message, I would like to draw your attention to 2 particular
initiatives:
(1) Capacity Development Learning Initiative: The initiative launched
with the 1 day workshop in the Washington meetings received much
support. In a nutshell it aims at supporting local or regional
stakeholders moving their respective capacity development agendas
forward. Facilitators with CD experience will help connect local
action and global knowledge, enabling participants to move CD
processes further ahead. A sector experience exists from the transport
sector in Ethiopia and other sector initiatives are being identified.
An event focused on interface capacities between civil society and
government is under preparation for Ghana as well and an initiative in
a fragile context is foreseen soon. Modest funding is already
available that will allow to start modestly but concretely. Please see
the brief attached to the this message and more documentation the
website www.LenCD.org. Thanks in advance for helping identify specific
demand as well indicate your potential support to such initiatives.
(2) LenCD Mail Group: As indicated above, to facilitate network
communication we have set up a LenCD mail server. You will receive a
separate mail inviting you to join this group. You will need to click
on the given link to validate this function. This will also ensure
that messages get to you rather than getting lost in the spam filter.
The mail group set up on Google Groups offers a range of advantages.
By sending a message to the group name it is distributed to the
network. E-discussions around specific topics can be traced. Specific
pages can be set up and documents shared within the network. You can
establish your own profile and consult those of members. You can
invite new members to join and all messages are archived and can
easily be consulted. Please confirm your invitation.
More on the above and other aspects of LenCD's work will follow. Below
(and attached to this message) you find a brief overview on what lies
ahead. A network is what its members make it to be. Now as we have a
sound basis I am looking forward to vibrant exchanges and concentrated
net-work. Comments, suggestions, indications of interests in certain
topics and your active engagement are most welcome.
Kind regards
Thomas Theisohn, Coordinator
LenCD - Learning Network on Capacity Development
www.LenCD.org
cont...@LenCD.org
thomas.theis...@wanadoo.fr
tel: +33(0)442660477
skype: thomas_theisohn
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LenCD Strategy 2009-2011 – An Overview
The Learning Network on Capacity Development (LenCD) is an informal
network aimed at supporting the emerging global community of practice
around capacity development. The strategy 2009-2011 is to promote
concrete practice change on the ground, to distill and disseminate
lessons, and to bring relevant knowledge back to inform policy
decisions.
LenCD’s work programme will start modestly and grow around 4 strategic
pillars: (1) Practice, (2) Evidence, (3) Policy, and (4) underpinnings
to make it happen.
(1) PRACTICE - Support regional and local initiatives to help change
in CD practice on the ground : Under this pillar LenCD will support
country level efforts to change CD practice. The Capacity Development
Learning Initiative offers a promising programme to be started in 4-6
places the first year to explore the potential for upscaling. Equally
there will be scope for regional knowledge exchange (virtual or face
to face) in response to genuine demand and linked to regional
mainstream agendas. Regional working groups will take the lead in
identifying opportunities.
(2) EVIDENCE -Strengthen evidence and facilitate dissemination of good
practice knowledge: Synthesize existing and tacit knowledge in the
network will be clustered around the 6 priority areas that have
emerged in the Accra Agenda for Action. Existing and emerging evidence
will be made accessible in resource corners and synthesized into
learning modules.
(3) POLICY - Promote integration of CD into mainstream agendas, incl.
aid effectiveness: Particular attention will be paid that LenCD helps
the CD debate to move out of its own space into the mainstream of
other development agendas. Efforts under this pillar will tailor
products to support policy decisions and guidance in particular in
further shaping the aid effectiveness agenda. LenCD will organize an
annual global forum in conjunction and relevant to other mainstream
events. In particular, a close collaboration with the aid
effectiveness agenda will be sought and specific inputs for “Good
Practice Papers” and synthesis in preparation for the 2011 HLF.
(4) To "MAKE IT HAPPEN” - Provide the required underpinning support
for the community of practice. The above pillars will require adequate
support for ensuring legitimate governance, coordination and
facilitation, web-based working tools and a supportive operational
framework adequate resources and monitoring of progress. The
coordinator will have a critical role for “closing the learning loops”
and for orchestrating multiple initiatives.
Closing the learning loops: All four pillars are linked through a
deliberate effort to facilitate that evidence is widely disseminated
to have a bearing on practice change, that lessons from experience on
the ground are brought back into the broader knowledge base and that
it informs policy formulation. Key instruments for this purpose will
be agreements and formats that help with the distillation of lessons
in way that facilitates meta-analysis. An evolving CD Learning Package
will be a catalyst for drawing lessons and shaping them in a
didactically useful way for broad dissemination. Further the
“Perspective on CD” will continue to be a tool for sharpening
actionable recommendations under all the CD priority areas.
Partnerships, modular support, and orchestration: LenCD by its very
nature is a partnership effort. The network promotes collective
action, complementarity and synergies with other initiatives. To
ensure orchestration and matching of supply and demand, LenCD will
require a minimum core support and is flexible to a wide range of
support modalities, through general or earmarked cost-sharing, through
parallel financing or in-kind support. |
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