We recently published a blog post about the importance of capacity-strengthening when working with public-sector institutions. Several of Khulisa’s long-term projects, including the the Measures for Countering Trafficking in Persons (MCTIP) in South Africa study and the Scaling Up Nutrition Learning and Evaluation (SUN LE) project in Zambia, include a significant focus on capacity-strengthening, and several Khulisa evaluators shared their thoughts and experiences on the topic.
Last week’s #EvalTuesdayTip was about using capacity-strengthening to create sustainability in public-sector institutions. This week’s tip is about translating data into action.
When conducting capacity-strengthening for a monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) project, one of Khulisa’s main priorities is to ensure the relevant public-sector institutions can understand and use the data collected during the project. As part of the SUN LE project, the Khulisa team conducts annual training sessions with district- and provincial-level managers on how to use data for decision-making.
“It’s all about translating the information, data, and evidence into programmatic action,” said Mary Pat Selvaggio, Director of Khulisa’s Health Division. “What can be done differently, what can be improved, what can be tweaked so that the government program is more effective in reaching its objectives? …There is an element of change management that has to be incorporated into the capacity-strengthening approach.”
To learn more about capacity-strengthening and how Khlulisa has implemented it in our long-term projects, read the full blog post.
