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The Power of Facilitation

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The representatives from the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), Government of Vietnam, illustrated the struggle to generate concensus on a Project Design presented during the Training of Facilitators workshop, held in Manila, Philippines (27 June – 6 July 2011).

Quality of Development Assistance: How Donors Stack Up?

Which is better: Bilateral or Multilateral Aid? Who among the donors deliver “good” aid? Who are the worst performers? These and many other related questions were the reasons for the Center for Global Development and the Brookings Institution’s Global Economy and Development program to do the Quality of Official Development Assistance (QuODA) assessment. QuODA is a new tool that tracks and compares donor programs against four dimensions of aid quality. Aid quality is assessed using 30 indicators grouped in four dimensions that reflect the international consensus of what constitutes high-quality aid. The four dimensions are: maximizing efficiency, fostering institutions, reducing burden, and transparency and learning. More on Quality of Development Assistance: How Donors Stack Up?

Developing capacities for country Monitoring & Evaluation system

conversation-during-seminar_~k1157219UNICEF, IOCE and DevInfo, in partnership with UNDP, WFP, UNIFEM and ILO are pleased to announce a series of live webinars on “Developing capacities for country M&E systems”. Authors of the newly published book on this subject (available at http://www.mymande.org/?q=virtual ) will present their contributions and will be available to respond to your questions.  More on Developing capacities for country Monitoring & Evaluation system

Visualizing Stakeholders’ Stakes

Picture1One of the important factors that can make or break projects is the stakeholders’ involvement. So are they really important as most planning exercises claim? As an observer, trainer and evaluator of development projects, I believe that the stakeholders’ participation has always been an enigma. They are visible in the beginning and at the end of a project…but nowhere to be seen in the middle! This should never be allowed to happen. Even for small projects. As a group, stakeholders is the nexus between projects and policies. More on Visualizing Stakeholders’ Stakes

Vietnamese Results-focused Project Design and Management Workshop Wraps up With 27 New Graduates

A training workshop in Results-focused Project Design and Management has been delivered for 27 Vietnamese participants DSC07938from various provinces and various government oversight and executing agencies. The training was fronted by a 3-man team of facilitators, namely Do Minh Hoai, Hong Anh Chu, and Hong Anh Nguyen, all graduates of the PPMS Training of Facilitators in various occasions: Do Minh Hoai (TOF Hue 2009), Hong Anh Chu (TOF Hua Hin 2007), Hong Anh Nguyen (TOF Luang Prabang, 2009).

The participants were trained in different tools used in the conduct of participatory planning and management, including stakeholders analysis, problem and objectives tree analysis, and the results chain. The active participation by the trainees showed their keen interest to truly learn and practically apply the processes in their respective projects.

The workshop successfully closes today with 25 Vietnamese public servants earning not just certificates but more importantly, valuable knowledge and skills they can use to ensure good project design and ultimately project success.