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KIGARAMA, BURUNDI — In three short years, nurse Benigne Nkunzimana helped engineer a turnaround of the health center here. Nestled in the mountainous, rural Ngozi province, the clinic used to close every day at 3:30 p.m., even when patients were still waiting to be served, because nurses weren’t allowed to work overtime. It constantly had a shortage of medications, including antibiotics, because it took at least a month to receive district authorization for each purchase. Nurses were paid so…

The meeting to establish the Regional Community of Practice on Results of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Africa (COMESA CoP) was held from May 14-17, 2013, in Lusaka, Zambia, bringing together more that one hundred and fifty participants from Eastern and Southern African countries. A…

From 11 to 13 of December 2012, a hundred delegates from across Africa and beyond met in Tunis to set up an African Platform for Results, as well as launch a new framework for action to mainstream Managing for Development Results (MfDR) across the continent and enhance regional integration,…

Since 2005, the African Development Bank Group, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank Group, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the Islamic Development Bank Group, and the World Bank Group have collectively…

1. The African Development Bank (AfDB) granted an amount of UA 9.00 million to support the multinational project for building capacity on managing development results (MfDR) in the regional member countries (RMCs) and the regional economic communities (RECs) (AfCoP Project). This project is…

The attached Sourcebook represents the fruit of work since 2009. It addresses tricky issues such as how to deal with complexity in RBM. Visit http://www.coprbm.eu/?q=node/630 for more info.

sourcebook_tusseninres.pdf

The South African Monitoring and Evaluation (SAMEA) invites you to take part in the call for abstract to join its 4th Biennial Conference to be held at the Hilton Hotel Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, from 16 to 20 September 2013. This event is co-hosted by SAMEA, DPME and PSC under the theme Meaningful…

By Blair Glencorse and Narayan Adhikari. The Right to Information (RTI) or Freedom of Information (FoI) movement has made huge strides since the first FoI law was enacted in Sweden in 1766. Freedom of Information was included (as Article 19) in the …

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Please see below for openings of two director positions at the United Nations Secretariat:

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Please read below an announcement from the ISI for a chance to participate at ISI World Statistics Congress in Hong Kong set for 25 to 30 August 2013::

ISI] Extra Funding Available for Participation at the ISI Hong Kong WSC

Yes, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Jonathan Goodluck in his continuation of efforts to enhance performance, transparency and accountability in the conduct of Federal Government activities signed performance agreements with all his Ministers. The Performance Contract System,  is expected to be reviewed with the President every six months.

This is the first step in the right direction in governance in Nigeria for a long time now. The Nigerian people  expect the…

To guide your country in establishing its own Community of Practice on Managing for Development Results, the AfCoP Core Management Team shares with you the key steps to create an effective organization that will help drive the results agenda. These steps are described in the Guidelines available by clicking…

The University of Bologna annual summer school M&E programme is going to take place again this year on June 10-15, 2013.

New techniques, like Outcome Mapping and Developmental Evaluation, are presented and discussed, together with the consolidated RBM and standard M&E techniques.



This is the exciting annual training venue for practitioners, professionals, experts and public officials with two real" gurus" in the Outcome Mapping and Developmental Evaluation…

The AfCoP project aims to support the African Community of Practice for Managing for Development Results (AfCoP) to mainstream MfDR into the policies and strategies of the RMCs. It will also enhance the capacity of the RECs and their member countries to accelerate the implementation of regional policies and programs…

We - Etienne and Bev Wenger-Trayner - are running our workshop for leaders of communities of practice and networks. 

For four days we roll up our sleeves and take a deep dive into the challenges and opportunities in this growing field. Moving between latest research and shared experiences we create a dynamic context for engaging in practical challenges and new developments. …