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Using the CLA Maturity Tool, Virtually
Nearly five years ago, the CLA and the LEARN contract developed the Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) Maturity Tool to help USAID missions and offices think more…
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Adaptive Management in the Context of Job Creation, Tunisian Business Reform & Competitiveness
Watch an interview with this activity's Contracting Officer's Representative William Baldridge:Tunisia faces a youth bulge and youth unemployment is more than 30% (and nearly 50%…
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Knowledge Management in the Era of COVID-19
On May 12, 2021, the Agency Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning (KMOL) Team at USAID hosted a conversation to discuss how development organizations are using KMOL to…
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What is Adaptive Management?
Curious about how USAID defines and thinks about adaptive management? Well, USAID recently released a Discussion Note which complements ADS 201.3.1.2 Program Cycle Principles by…
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Adaptive Management: If Not Now, When?
This blog is the sixth and final in an ongoing series exploring the components of USAID's Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting Framework. Here is the first blog on organizational…
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USAID Civil Society + Pro Bono Activity: A Case Study in Locally Led Development
Between August 2020 and December 2023, USAID/Mexico funded the Civil Society + Pro Bono (CSPro) Activity, implemented by Appleseed Mexico. The activity’s main objective was to…
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CLA Framework, Maturity Tool and Spectrum Handouts
The CLA Maturity Tool helps USAID Missions think more deliberately about how to plan for and implement CLA approaches that fit the Mission’s context and needs. It offers examples of…
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An Analysis of what CLA Looks Like in Development Programming (2015)
This analysis is part of a broader area of work known as the Evidence Base for Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (EB4CLA) effort…
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Three Ways Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting Make a Difference: What We've Learned from our Analysis of 2015 CLA Case Competition Submissions
I’m right there with you. You’ve hung the Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) Framework inside your cubicle. You’ve read the…
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2018 CLA Case Competition Analysis
This analysis is part of a broader area of work known as the Evidence Base for Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting EB4CLA, spearheaded by USAID’s Bureau for Policy, Planning and…