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Participatory Planning, OK….What About Participatory M & E?

Much has been said about participatory project design and planning and its importance in achieving project results. However, Results-based Management is also about monitoring targets in the midterm. And if we want an accurate picture of how our project is really performing, we should get the involvement of key project stakeholders during the exercise. This [...]

Training of Facilitators in Hue, Vietnam Completed

Another Training of Facilitators in Results-focused Project Design and Management has been conducted at the Pilgrimage Village Hotel in Hue, Vietnam.

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Your Facial Expression Is a Dead Give-Away

Careful: We Can All Read Facial Expressions

By David Stevensi

Your face may not be your fortune, but your facial expression is as much a part of communication with others as is speaking. We all know and easily recognize the common expressions like fear, interest, sadness, shame, disgust, surprise, happiness, and [...]

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 [...]

Unconferencing Anyone?

Can you imagine a workshop with no structure, pre-set agenda, no keynote speakers, no tables and talks that require only 20 slides (or less) delivered in 20 seconds (or less)? Well, Prepare to be surprised. Welcome to unconferencing!

This phenomenon has its roots from the organization development community and is starting to hit prime [...]