PRACTICE AND POLICY IN VOLATILE ENVIRONMENTS
INDIVIDUAL, TEAM & ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ENABLING COLLABORATIVE ACTION
To be effective your engagement needs to
Be strategic and have a ‘best fit’ with the particular context
Be informed by a deep insight in that context while keeping an eye on the wider landscape
Be well designed, often as a multi-stakeholder process, and build on local capacities
Be pursued with dynamic steering, making adaptations when needed
Operate with a reflective mind-set, practising rapid learning, periodic strategic reviews and regular evaluation
Be carried by staff and teams that have multiple skills, take active responsibility, and are highly motivated because they are inspired by a positive purpose, strong values and an enabling work atmosphere
Be undertaken in collaboration or coalition, perhaps even partnership, with other actors, as most challenges are too big to be tackled by one agency alone;
Feed into comparative learning and realistic policy, which in turn translate back into better practice
Demonstrate global citizenship and social and environmental responsibility.
HELPING YOU TO THE NEXT LEVEL
PRACTICE: Analysis, design, proposal assessment, review and evaluation, research coordination
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT: Training and learning events, mentoring, coaching, organisational development support
COLLABORATIVE ACTION: Facilitation of participatory processes & multi-stakeholder events, team coaching, partnership brokering
STRATEGY: Strategic analysis and forecasting; planning & review; policy analysis & policy review
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