Capacity Development

<p>Documentation is often seen as a difficult task by most development organisations. The documentation challenge generally links back to a lack of knowledge on and usage of ideal tools and techniques for documentation. Another critical challenge is from the point of view of motivation for and realisation of the need for documentation. Photo source: Process [&hellip;]</p>

<p>“Collaboration should be about evolution and not revolution” &#8212; Raj Gilda, Co-founder, Lend-A-Hand A noble quote that justly defines the collaboration between J.P Morgan, UnLtd India &amp; 4th Wheel Social Impact for the Learning Journey series – Skilling Matters. A mere 2% of the Indian population has received any form of skilling which is lower than [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. – Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa Evaluation without cultural context often becomes an empty effort that hinders positive change. That&#8217;s why understanding the cultural [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In a world where nothing is static and the face of research keeps evolving, it can be difficult to conduct an accurate, reliable evaluation. Diving deep into myriad theories and spearheading complex implementation calls for a vigilant evaluation at every major turn. It’s through this implementation that evaluation dictates the successes and failures of the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Effective Evaluation makes or breaks a program or project undertaken by an organisation. The straightforward process of interpreting a program’s results while keeping in mind factors like its goals, resources, and present-day relevance to gauge the value or merit of the program is one of the key determinants in deciding the impact of your initiatives [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Since the past few weeks I have been reading a lot on disabilities and how Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) form the world’s largest unheard minority. Being seen as the cursed ones, or outcomes of their evil past, PwDs have come a long way from there to be looked at as complete human beings. But is [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For over 24 years, Ambuja Cement Foundation (ACF) has been working to build prosperous communities by co-creating sustainable solutions to rural India. With the mission to energise, involve and enable communities to realize their potential, ACF has achieved a pan India presence built on long-term, robust partnerships. Water Resource Management &#8211; ACF&#8217;s flagship program, aims [&hellip;]</p>

<p>With the objective of building the already existing capacities of personnel in the development sector, specifically in the domain of bringing communities voices into program evaluation, 4th Wheel hosted a workshop on &#8216;Storytelling for Evaluation&#8217;. The aim of the workshop was: Provide a practical introduction to community based, participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Present methods, tools [&hellip;]</p>

<p>“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them” –  Albert Einstein </p>

<p>Recently, I attended a conference on Impact Evaluation hosted by the Community of Evaluators (COE)/ South Asia in Thimphu, Bhutan. The conference was all sorts of GREAT! Four days were divided into two days of pre-conference workshops, while the two-day conference saw several interesting panel discussions. This being one of my first international conferences on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In every culture, stories are used to understand, entertain, transmit values, and mobilize action. Storytelling is an ancient human activity. Humans are natural storytellers and story-listeners. Storytelling has emerged as a popular and important strategy for capturing and communicating the results of a programme or organisation to various audiences. Traditional approaches to programme evaluations which [&hellip;]</p>