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How-To Note: Activity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan
Each activity is required to have an Activity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Plan to support management of the activity and to inform USAID and the implementing partner…
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How-To Note: Strategy-Level Portfolio Review
Portfolio reviews are opportunities for Missions to periodically examine designated aspects of the Mission’s strategy, projects, or activities. Per ADS 201.3.2.18, Missions must…
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Discussion Note: Adaptive Management
This Discussion Note complements ADS 201.3.1.2 Program Cycle Principles by elaborating on Principle 2: Manage Adaptively through Continuous Learning. This Discussion Note is…
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Facilitating Pause & Reflect
Pausing and reflecting on a regular basis helps us to identify what’s working and what needs adapting and it allows us to consider the impact of changes in the operating environment…
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Incorporating CLA in Activity Management
This document provides insight into how to incorporate Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) into activity management. As you manage your activity, you have a chance to…
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Incorporating CLA in the Procurement Process
This document provides insight into how to incorporate Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) into the procurement process. Considering and planning for collaborating, learning,…
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Incorporating CLA in Solicitations
This document provides insight into how to incorporate Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) throughout solicitations. One of the most important things we can do is infuse CLA…
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What is the Research-Implementation Gap and Why is it Relevant to USAID Programming?
Natalie Dubois, Andres Gomez, and Sara Carlson currently support Measuring Impact II, which offers assistance for best practices in adaptive management and the use of evidence and…
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Reflecting on Five Years of the CLA Case Competition
This fall, USAID’s Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning and the LEARN contract announced the winners of our annual CLA case competition. This was the fifth year of collecting…
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Supporting Self-Reliance Through Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting
How can Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) contribute to fostering a country’s Journey to Self-Reliance (J2SR)? The latest Self-Reliance Learning Agenda (SRLA) product—the…