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Project Managers: Old and New

It is difficult to get rid of the “old” and traditional styles of the project manager. The ghosts of these styles still lingers and lives among us, mere mortals. Sometimes, it is almost impossible to know when you are managing using the archaic models or the new ones that have been proven much more effective. [...]

PIA and Decision Making for Development Results

How can donors and partner countries assess the intended and unintended consequences of donor interventions? The Poverty-Network of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) proposes ex-ante Poverty Impact Assessment (PIA), which can assist in modifying the design of interventions to improve pro-poor impacts and identifying key areas for monitoring and evaluation (M&E). It [...]

PPMS Survey Launched

The ADB COSO has launched a series of surveys to track the outcomes and results of its courses, notably: Business Opportunities Seminar, Development of National Consultants Seminar, Project Implementation and Administration Seminar and the Results-focused Project Design and Management Training, and Training of Facilitators in RFPDM. The survey aims to capture as much impressions [...]

Bali TOF Completed Successfully

The first Training of Facilitators in Results-focused Project Design and Management for 2009 was held in Ubud, Bali from 3-11 March 2009. It was attended by 22 participants from in and out of the southeast asian region who were all enthusiastic in learning and practicing the tools and skills in results-focused participatory project planning and [...]