This post is about a mentoring approach to capacity development in the field of evaluation, more specifically using Utilization-focused...

A month ago Vanesa asked me to write a couple of reflections on capacity building in response to her excellent and inspirational report....

[Editor’s Note: Hans Gutbrod is a consultant and think tank researcher with a special interest in capacity building. Hans has worked with...

Capacity building of think tanks is about advancing  knowledge, gaining skills, and acquiring competencies. As such, it sounds very...

This reflection is part of the 20 lessons included in the paper Lessons learned on promoting better links between research and policy in...

Lesson #3: Traditional research formats and your own communications channels allow you to build and strengthen your reputation on the...

This reflection is part of the 20 lessons included in the paper Lessons learned on promoting better links between research and policy in...

Based on the ‘Lessons learned on promoting better links between research and policy in Latin America‘ paper, co-produced by P&I, CIPPEC...

Courtesy of Thanamat at www.freedigitalphotos.net Spaces for engagement started with a deep conviction on the need to encourage local...

Here it is! Our announced paper, conducted jointly with CIPPEC and GDNet, is ready to be read (and hopefully and even better, used)!  In...

How often do we stop to reflect on how we are doing what we are doing well we are doing what we do? Not frequently, certainly not in...

Governmental funding can be either a planned policy or it can be an occasional, unprogrammed affair. The latter can have serious effects...

There are two recurrent questions that are frequently posed when devising capacity development initiatives and activities:  1) “How...

I have been working on the design and delivery of capacity building workshops targeted at southern researchers over the past three years....

This post was written by Ravi Murugesan, INASP  Associate,  as a response to Vanesa Weyrauch’s post titled “Is online training THE...

Courtesy of cooldesign at www.freedigitalphotos.net Establishing objectives for capacity building initatives can become as challenging as...

Under the “Spaces for engagement: using knowledge to improve public decisions” programme from GDNet and CIPPEC I recently co-facilitated...

Courtesy of artur84 at freedigitalphotos.net Even though opportunities to develop new capacities to better link research and policy are...

Capacity building In this section: Approaches to developing research capacity & evidence literacy/use of evidence in policymaking...

Can you imagine the faces of your local policymakers if exposed to a Prezi presentation with images like the ones below representing the...