We are pleased to report that the LenCD Partners Meeting (10-12 February 2011 in Kigali, Rwanda) was a great success.  The new LenCD charter was adopted, the steering group was expanded to include broader representation from a greater diversity of organisations, and significant progress was made on several important initiatives in the LenCD work plan including sharpening our messages for the Busan high-level forum on aid effectiveness, developing a workplan for improving knowledge management across LenCD, developing a learning package on capacity development, and strengthening connections with and among regional networks. 

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Thursday 10 February

Overview on Agenda  - Thomas Theisohn, Alessandra Casazza

Q & A & Views (inputs also with cards all day) 

FACILITATORS: 
Tony Land (tland@info.bw) 
James Hradsky (james.hradsky@oecd.org)

An  opportunity  to take  stock  of LenCD’s  contribution  to  date  in advancing the CD agenda in the context of global discussions on aid effectiveness and to help set the agenda for future work over the coming two years.

Workshop outline: ws1outline.pdf

Key documents: 

• Messages for Busan: summary of key messages from the Perspective Notes

Additional background documents:

• Sector capacity development (updated 12 Jan)
• Capacity development in fragile situations (updated January - uploaded 7 Feb)
• The enabling environment for capacity development (updated 12 Jan)
• Technical co-operation and capacity development
• Capacity development and civil society organisations (updated January - uploaded 7 Feb)
• Getting results from capacity development without getting caught in a straitjacket

FACILITATORS: 
Brian Lucas (brian@lencd.org)
Jeffrey Kwaterski (jkwaterski@impactalliance.org)
Alessandra Casazza (alessandra.casazza@undp.org)

This workshop will look at how organisations and individuals share information and knowledge about capacity development, and the role that LenCD can play in supporting these efforts. How can we efficiently monitor, collect, store, retrieve, and use this diverse and growing range of information and knowledge?  How can we reduce fragmentation and increase inter­connectedness?

Workshop outline: ws2outlinev5.pdf

Key documents:

• Strategic planning survey report summary (1 page)
• Knowledge management ideas summary (1 page)

Additional background documents:

• Strategic planning survey report, January 2011
• Opportunities for Rationalizing the Capacity Development Knowledge Architecture: Scoping Study, Jeff Kwaterski, June 2010
• Knowledge management ideas 1-pagers: KM overview, CD Insights, Consultancy Plus, Learning Event, Learning Module, Resource Corner, Ways to Contribute

Preview next day (Facilitator)

 Friday 11 February

Orientation for the workshops in the morning
    Chair: Tony Tujan
    Workshop 3:  Jenny Pearson & Mark Nelson  
    Workshop 4:  Janet Awimbo & Apollinaire Ndorukwigira
 

FACILITATORS:
Jenny Pearson (jennycpearson@gmail.com)
Mark Nelson (MNELSON1@worldbank.org)

The workshop will bring together the recently established working group of LenCD and Train4Dev partners to define the strategic direction, scope and approach for developing a learning package and how to organize the work of the group. The workshop will also try to identify opportunities and means of organising field testing the package at country or regional levels.

Workshop outline: ws3outline.pdf

Key documents:

• From Learning to Change: A Package on Capacity Development Skills for Practitioners and Facilitators: Concept Note

Additional background documents:

• A Learning Package for Capacity Development: ‘Learning to Change Capacity Development Practice’, Jenny Pearson, June 2010
• LenCD Report on experiences: Ethiopia, Nepal, Vietnam - Country Level Learning Events on CD, Train4Dev/LenCD working group May 2010
• Learning package working group
• Training and beyond: Seeking better practices for capacity development
• Human Capacity Building (Kerstin Kude-Osman)

FACILITATORS: 
Janet Awimbo (janet.awimbo@ngorc.or.tz) 
Apollinaire Ndorukwigira (a.ndorukwigira@acbf-pact.org)

This workshop will enable participants from Africa, Asia and Latin America identify opportunities to strengthen learning on CD in and between these regions.  The workshop will explore how to usefully connect, and build upon, both direct and virtual exchange on CD practice and learning. 

Workshop outline: ws4outline.pdf

Background documents:

• AU/NEPAD Capacity Development Strategic Framework
• African Platform on Development Effectiveness
• Report from consultations of African Learning Platform (2009)

Saturday 12 February