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We Challenge YOU to a CLA Sprint!
In 2018, we’re taking our Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) Resolutions to the next level by inviting the USAID Learning Lab…
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What Does the Literature Say about Collaborating, Learning and Adapting? (Fall 2017 Update)
Did you know that purposeful reflection on one’s accumulated experience leads to greater learning than the accumulation of additional…
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Behind the Wizard’s Curtain: True Stories from a USAID Program Office
Formerly a member of the CLA Team in USAID/PPL/LER, David Ratliff is now Program Officer in the USAID/Azerbaijan mission. He submitted this blog to share the mission's CLA Challenge…
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To CLA or not to CLA: That is Actually NOT the Question
Monalisa Salib is a Manager of Organizational Learning & Research on the USAID/LEARN contract.
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Shifting to Market System Facilitation Approaches
This piece originally appeared on CGAP on October 1, 2015. USAID's shift to a market systems facilitation approach has been a slow evolution. More than a decade ago, we adopted the…
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How To Foster Local Ownership for Improved Development Results: Collaborate, Learn, Adapt
Imagine you’re tasked with designing a program that improves public service delivery to local communities in Uganda. You know that you need to engage local stakeholders for this…
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How do I integrate CLA into my activity? Approaches from start to finish
I’ve had the privilege to lead the USAID LEARN contract from start to finish. I was employee number one as Deputy and I’ll be the last one to leave as Chief of Party (COP). As you…
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How Three Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting Approaches Help USAID Support Countries on their Journey to Self-Reliance
At USAID’s recent Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) event, Moving the Needle (MTN) 2019, we not only chanted refrains about CLA to the beat of DC go-go, we also learned,…
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First CLA Case Competition Sparks Larger Conversation About Learning
In front of over 100 development practitioners from USAID and partner organizations, representatives from six initiatives and activities were recently honored for their outstanding…
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The Results of CLA Challenge Week
Amy Leo is a Communications Specialist and Kat Haugh is a Monitoring Evaluation, Research and Learning Specialist on the USAID LEARN…