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 ⤵️ https://t.co/VvKSuSLkju
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 ⤵️
🔗https://t.co/rlavAOsmgA
#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 ⬇️ https://t.co/HpnU9OhytD
🎥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: https://t.co/dBwXvGuAka
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: https://t.co/bJE59SJJyf
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: https://t.co/TK4Q28j6td @PalladiumImpact
The December #LearningMatters newsletter celebrates everything the #USAIDLearningLab community has shared, learned, and created over the past year! Check it for our Top Community Contributions in 2024, plus the latest news in learning at @USAID💡https://t.co/IcDbT9QAeJ
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!
https://t.co/ueGoWHKCZV
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: https://t.co/gPeS5nCrCg
🎙️ Want to take a closer look at the winners of the #USAIDCLACaseComp? Check out these podcasts sharing stories from past winners on #USAIDLearningLab: https://t.co/rshnwQ0TDx
Congratulations to the #USAIDCLACaseComp Finalists, who submitted excellent examples of #CLA at work! These cases build @USAID’s evidence base w/ examples of the value of collaborating, learning & adapting. Check out all 10 Finalists on #USAIDLearningLab: https://t.co/gGUY9cNnPs
🗺️ Our interactive #USAIDCLACaseComp map now includes our 2024 submissions—meaning this vital evidence base has nearly 850 cases showcasing the value of #CLA in development world-wide! Explore it on #USAIDLearningLab ⬇️
https://t.co/1j1BklxF7M
Congratulations to USAID/ES-CAM and Staff Care, 2024 #USAIDCLACaseComp winners for “Learning for Organizational Resilience to Streamline @USAID Processes in El Salvador”! https://t.co/grEQig5Gq0 @USAIDES
Congratulations to @WWF South Africa, 2024 #USAIDCLACaseComp winner for “Collaborators with Skin in the Game: Learning about the Use of Sport to Foster Resilience against Wildlife Crime in the Greater Kruger, #SouthAfrica.” https://t.co/ruBaugHOLL
@USAID_SAfrica@gkepf
Congratulations to @USAIDSudan, 2024 #USAIDCLACaseComp winner for “Charting Uncertainty: Scenario Planning in a Complex Environment”! Follow the Mission’s scenario planning journey on #USAIDLearningLab: https://t.co/1rQuCzG9mz
📝 #USAIDLearningLab Resource📝
Looking for tips on how to meaningfully integrate Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting practices and principles into your work? Check out these important #CLA tips from @USAID_Diplomacy:
https://t.co/TxRZUaE8ZN
Congratulations to @USAIDParaguay, 2024 #USAIDCLACaseComp winner for “Empowering Entrepreneurs with Disabilities in Paraguay: Adaptive Management to Do No Harm,” highlighting their partnership with @fundacionsaraki! https://t.co/TMRYI5fsHu
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. https://t.co/jVGhHLj3GD
Congratulations to @USAIDMali and @SocImpactInc, 2024 #USAIDCLACaseComp winners for “CLA's Essential Role in Supporting Racial and Ethnic Equity”! Learn more about the Mission’s Racial and Ethnic Equity (REE) self-assessment process on #USAIDLearningLab: https://t.co/lzA4g7oAPS