Capacity Development and Learning in the SFED department

By Angelica Senders

On May 11 a considerable part of the Specialist Meeting (OEPS) was dedicated to report 2008 and planning 2009 on Capacity Development and Learning in the SFED department. (Full report)

To start with we looked into the relation between our learning activities in the SFED department, the internal capacity building to be achieved and its intended effect on our programmes. See the logical framework .

Subsequently we briefly looked at the learning activities implemented in 2008 and the way they are appreciated, see e-survey

Two major lessons were drawn:
• Learning events in general are appreciated, but their application into practice proves to be difficult
• COMPART flower tools are not used very often.

Furthermore we looked into the effect of this internal Capacity Development on our work ‘in the field’, Very important as this is the proof of the pudding. Major lessons with regards to this are:
• Only few programmes have clear capacity development strategies
• The gender sensitivity of our programmes is poor
• The development of coalitions, be it around chains or for programme development is still in a very early state.

Monitoring of programmes is difficult, look here for an attempt to give an overview of programme development progress. With R&D we are in the process of developing a Programme-scan

Finally we brainstormed on plans for 2009. Major issues will be:
1. The training of staff of the RWOs and experts (e.g programme facilitators) in programmes.
2. The development of a (or several) global knowledge networks to continue the process of knowledge development in a decentralised organisation

Please look also at the Powerpoint presentation

Dreo Co En Leren 2008 (Rapport) En 2009 (Plan)

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