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Tracking Progress and Impacts via Participatory Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (PMEL)

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Country: Philippines
Organization: International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
Start date: 15 Nov 2023
End date: 27 Nov 2023
Registration deadline: 8 Nov 2023

November 15-16 (Virtual Sessions)
November 20-27 (Face-to-Face Sessions)

This 10-day course, consisting of a blended 2 days virtual/webinars and 8 days face-to-face or onsite sessions, examines participatory monitoring, evaluation and learning (PMEL) to support program/project management and sustainability. PMEL is a strategy that strengthens participation, enhances local capacity, and increases local people’s confidence and control over development decisions and processes. This course also highlights key elements that enrich the PMEL process and system drawn from a range of significant experiences. Participants will be equipped with tested participatory methods, tools, and techniques.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participants would have:

  1. A thorough understanding of the basic concepts, principles, and approaches to sustaining natural resource-based livelihoods and household food security and nutrition;
  2. Described strategic and effective ways of engaging communities and co-designing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework with them;
  3. Reflected on the application of participatory monitoring, evaluation and learning (PMEL) within the context of the participant's organization, program, or project, and Identified ways to improve current PMEL practices; and
  4. Formulated an action plan reflecting application of lessons learned and insights gained from the course in line with their national or community’s monitoring and evaluation system.

Methodology

Module 1. Overview of PMEL and Organizational Learning
This module presents the concepts and principles of PMEL and the theoretical underpinnings of participatory approaches. It includes discussion of elements that support the establishment and maintenance of PMEL in the context of development
organizations.

Module 2. Participatory Approaches, Tools and Methods

Program/project sustainability is linked to participation and ownership of stakeholders. This module focuses on different participatory approaches, methods, and tools that can be employed to effectively engage communities to be active actors and learners during the project period and beyond.

Module 3. Designing and Facilitating PMEL
This module will look into strategies in designing measurement frameworks with communities. Local actors must have a good understanding of the value of the PMEL process and the requirements in implementing it. The participant's facilitative role in the entire process and the necessary attitudes and skills to make PMEL possible are emphasized.

Module 4. Action Planning
Participants will analyze their own organization/program/ project situation and needs and apply key lessons learned from the course. They are expected to implement this when they return to their respective organizations/programs/projects.

The practical application of the participants’ knowledge and skills acquired from the PMEL course will be in communities in Cavite and Laguna.

How to register

Send your requests for application to: education.training@iirr.org


Enhancing Capacities on Nutrition-Sensitive Programming

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Country: Philippines
Organization: International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
Start date: 16 Aug 2023
End date: 26 Aug 2023
Registration deadline: 11 Aug 2023

Date

August 16-17 (Virtual sessions) / August 22-26 (Face-to-face sessions)

Course Description

This one-week blended course on Enhancing Capacities on Nutrition-Sensitive Programming is designed and will be implemented by the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), in partnership with Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network (SUN CSN). SUN is a global movement that envisions a world free from malnutrition in all its forms. Led by governments, civil society, the United Nations, donors, businesses, and researchers, this collective action aims to ensure that every child, adolescent, mother, and families to realize their right to food and nutrition, reach their full potential, and shape sustainable and prosperous societies.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participants shall have:

  • A thorough understanding of the State of the Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) recognizing the key issues or challenges and its impact to families and communities given the changing environment;
  • Described the concepts of nutrition-sensitive approach (NSA) and nutrition-sensitive programming (NSP), its importance, conceptual framework for action, principles and key strategies;
  • Identified strategic and effective ways in developing and managing nutrition-sensitive programs and interventions;
  • Described the participatory approaches in engaging communities to participate in community-based nutrition-sensitive programmes and projects; and
  • Formulated an action plan reflecting the application of lessons learned and insights gained from the course in line with their national or community’s food security and nutrition context.

Course Contents

Module 1. Understanding the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World

The participants will have an overview of the State of the World on Food Security and Nutrition. Focus will be in examining key issues or challenges causing food insecurity, under nutrition and the environment along with various interventions, programmes or projects initiated at global, national or at local levels in meeting food security and the nutritional needs of families and communities.

Session 1: Participants’ Sharing on Organizations’ Interventions, Programmes and Projects

Session 2: State of the Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI)

Module 2. Concepts and Framework of Nutrition-sensitive Approach (NSA) and Nutrition-sensitive Programming (NSP)

Nutrition and Food Security experts and practitioners will be invited to lead an interactive discussion to have a common understanding of basic concepts on NSA/NSP and have an overview of the importance, conceptual framework for action, principles and key strategies in nutrition-sensitive programming.

Session 1: Concepts and Framework for Action on Nutrition-Sensitive Programming

Session 2: An IIRR Experience: Strengthening Capacities on Nutrition-Sensitive Programming

Module 3. Developing and Managing Nutrition-Sensitive Programming

Through roving workshops, the participants will identify ways in developing and managing nutrition-sensitive programmes and projects. They will have an opportunity to learn from other participants on the participatory approaches they were engaged with in designing and enhancing food security and nutrition innovations and programmes or projects in consideration of climate change challenges. They will visit relevant nutrition sensitive program/project/ initiatives implemented by government institutions civil society organizations, and learn from their experiences.

Session 1: Developing and Managing Nutrition-Sensitive Programmes/Projects through Visits to Nutrition-sensitive Programmes/Projects/Initiatives

Module 4. Action Planning

The participants will prepare an action plan identifying programmes or activities taking into account their national or community’s food security and nutrition context to strengthen people’s resilience in coping with threats to food security. Should it be necessary, climate change adaptation and mitigation measures can be integrated in the action plan.

How to register

Send your requests for application to: education.training@iirr.org.

Climate-Smart Villages as Platforms for Community-Level Anticipatory Climate Adaptation to Improve Food Security and Resiliency: A Roving Workshop

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Country: Philippines
Organization: International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
Start date: 19 Sep 2023
End date: 30 Sep 2023
Registration deadline: 11 Aug 2023
  • 19–20 September 2023: Virtual via Zoom
  • 25–30 September 2023: Face-to-face at SEARCA in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, and at the Yen Center of IIRR in Silang, Cavite, Philippines. The roving workshops will be in Bailen, General Emilio Aguinaldo in Cavite; Laguna province; and Pagbilao and Guinayangan in Quezon province.

Course Description

This 8-day blended course on Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) as Platforms for Community-Level Anticipatory Climate Adaptation to Improve Food Security and Resiliency is designed and will be implemented by the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) in partnership with the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA). SEARCA has advocated for climate change adaptation and mitigation, food security, and nutrition security. In addition, it provides a venue for high-level discussions that may support policy advocacy and encourage organizations to learn from the best practices of their counterparts from the Southeast Asian region.

This course is designed for participants from the ASEAN Climate Resilience Network (ASEAN-CRN), providing participants from the ASEAN region to visit communities to witness first-hand how food systems-sensitive climate change adaptation (CCA) platforms are established, sustained, and scaled at community levels. This collaborative effort aims to enhance the capabilities of participants in the promotion, dissemination, and advocating for local platforms, climate-smart adaptations, and other related measures.

Course Objectives

  • Improve knowledge and understanding of the CSV approach as an adaptation platform for building community level capacities to cope with climate change, address livelihood and food security priorities;
  • Identify practical strategies and approaches relying on diversification and intensification as ways to reduce the risks of smallholder farmers to extreme weather, rising temperatures, and variable weather;
  • Understand the challenges and opportunities in adopting CSA that are unique to different agroecosystems (coastal, lowland and uplands);
  • Identify and understand the social, institutional, technical, and policy considerations in programming for climate change adaptation in CSVs; and
  • Formulate an action plan reflecting application of lessons learned and insights gained from the course in line with their national or community’s food and livelihood security and in addressing inclusiveness.

Methodology

Module 1: Understanding the Climate-Smart Village (CSV) Approach for Building Capacities to Cope with Climate Change and the Practice of Establishing CSVs

The participants will have an overview of the CSV approach as an adaptation platform for building community-level capacities to cope with climate change, address livelihood and food security priorities. Participants will have an opportunity to share and learn at the same time, about their organizations’ interventions related to CCA and draw up lessons learned from the experience. They will learn about CCA approaches or options, efforts undertaken on community adaptation planning, in exploring partnerships with other organizations, the processes involved in setting up CSVs, the role of CSV support systems, and the importance of learning groups and participatory action researches.

Module 2. Strategies and Approaches to Reduce Risks to Climate Change and Understanding Challenges and Opportunities to Different Agroecosystems

Program/project sustainability is linked to participation and ownership of stakeholders. This module focuses on different participatory approaches, methods, and tools that can be employed to effectively engage communities to be active actors and learners during the project period and beyond.

Module 3. Reflection and Synthesis Workshop (Agroecosystem Specific Lessons)

From the field visit to the different clusters of agroecosystems in Guinayangan, Quezon Province and Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite, the participants will engage in a reflection and synthesis workshop to draw up lessons in relation to principles, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of interventions undertaken. These interventions, such as diversified agroforestry and mangrove restoration, link to enhancing biodiversity and de-risking ecosystems as a form of anticipatory adaptation to climate change. Relevant to the discussions in the community with small farmer holders and local partners, the participants will also look at scaling and sustainability approaches of interventions with considerations on communications, advocacy support and financing that all aim to help increase farm resilience while addressing social, institutional, technical and policy issues.

Module 4. Action Planning

The participants will prepare an action plan identifying programmes or activities along with the practical strategies and approaches that they will undertake upon their return to their country or community. They will include in their action plans, activities that are appropriate to their national or community’s food security priorities that can be generated from their reflection and synthesis workshop. Each participant will then later be asked to share their action plans in plenary to a panel of reactors that will take the lead in providing feedback or comments to the plans presented.

Location
SEARCA in Los Baños, Laguna and at the Yen Center of IIRR in Silang, Cavite. The places to be visited for the roving workshops will be in Bailen, General Emilio Aguinaldo in Cavite, San Pablo City in Laguna, and Tiaong and Guinayangan in Quezon province.

How to register

Fill out the online application form through bit.ly/CSVCCA2023 and attach the following supporting documents:

The deadline for applications is on 11 August 2023.

If you have any questions, please send an email to training@searca.org or education.training@iirr.org





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