Learning Lab is a collaborative space where USAID staff and partners share practical approaches to ground programs in evidence, maximizing development outcomes.
✏️ New blog on #USAIDLearningLab
Robust Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) systems are key to effective development programming. Find resources from USAID Learns in Vietnam to help new MEL Officers to get up to speed ⤵️ usaidlearninglab.org/communi…
ALT Community Contribution. New Blog: New MEL staff on a USAID activity? Try our MELO Orientation materials and approaches for quicker onboarding.
What does Developmental Evaluation (DE) look like in practice? The DE Case Study Series shares 6 examples from around the globe, drawing from lessons learned during @USAID’s Developmental Evaluation Pilot Activity.
Check it out on #USAIDLearningLab ⤵️
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ALT Learning Lab Graphic: Developmental Evaluation Case Study Series.
#MEL resource for evaluators 📝:
“Advancing the Use of Developmental Evaluation Guidance & Lessons Learned” shares findings from nearly a decade of learning through @USAID’s Developmental Evaluation Pilot Activity. Check it out on #USAIDLearningLab ⬇️ usaidlearninglab.org/resourc…
🎥Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning resource:
As we explore our January #USAIDLearningLab theme “Building Blocks of MEL,” these webinars from @USAID's Developmental Evaluation Pilot Activity provide a blueprint for putting adaptive management into action: usaidlearninglab.org/resourc…
Start off the year by sharing your toolkits, resources & lessons learned for building MEL capacity with our January #USAIDLearningLab theme, “Building Blocks of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning”! Stay tuned for all things #MEL, and share your favorite tips in the comments ⤵️
Have you checked out our most-visited new resource from 2024? "Paying for Results: Managing Risk in Fixed Amount Awards with Local Partners" shares lessons learned from @USAID staff and partners. Read it on #USAIDLearningLab: usaidlearninglab.org/resourc…
Revisit the most-read blog posted on #USAIDLearningLab in 2024: “Making Theories of Change as Easy as 🔤”! The Actor-Based Change Framework focuses on better understanding people and their motivations to develop TOCs for complex settings: usaidlearninglab.org/communi…@PalladiumImpact
Did you attend a Bite-Sized Learning session in 2024? The series builds on #USAIDCLACaseComp insights to share tools for #CLA in development. Revisit past sessions on #USAIDLearningLab and stay tuned for more community- and USAID-hosted events in 2025!
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ALT Bite-Sized Learning: Recordings and resources from Sessions 1-4 now available! Thank you!
What’s your pathway to #CLA? @USAID developed “Pathways for Integrating CLA in Your Work,” a job aid for helping staff to think about integrating #CLA at the individual level. Check it out on #USAIDLearningLab: usaidlearninglab.org/communi…
ALT Social Media Graphic. Congratulations to: USAID/Sudan, a 2024 CLA Case Competition Winner! Case Submission: Charting Uncertainty: Scenario Planning in a Complex Environment.
ALT Social media graphic. Congratulations to: USAID/Paraguay. A 2024 CLA Case Competition Winner! Case Submission: Empowering Entrepreneurs with Disabilities in Paraguay: Adaptive Management to Do No Harm.
Congratulations to @USAIDMalawi, 2024 #USAIDCLACaseComp winner! The Mission shared how a culture of openness helped them successfully conduct a multi-faceted, highly participatory CDCS Mid-course Stocktaking exercise. usaidlearninglab.org/resourc…
ALT Graphic. Congratulations to: USAID/Malawi. A 2024 CLA Case Competition Winner! Case Submission: USAID Malawi MCST collaboration.
ALT Congratulations to: USAID/Mali and Social Impact. A 2024 CLA Case Competition Winner! Case Submission: CLA's Essential Role in Supporting Racial and Ethnic Equity.