Capacity Development for Community-Led Development
Project Name
Period
Type of & Client Name
Description
Hands-on Monitoring and Evaluation Training with Mulungushi University
2013–Ongoing
Training / Capacity Building – Mulungushi University
Conducting “Hands-on Monitoring and Evaluation Training” in partnership with Mulungushi University. The course content includes: (i) What should M&E focus on?; (ii) Introduction to the Logical Framework; (iii) Operationalization of an M&E System/Basic Elements of an M&E System; (iv) Evaluations and their types; (v) Data collection methods; (vi) Designing quantitative and qualitative data collection instruments; (vii) Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis; (viii) Mobile and paper-based data collection field practical work and (ix) Report writing. To date, several courses have been conducted. Participants have been drawn from various backgrounds and institutions including: Bank of Zambia (BoZ); Standard Chartered Bank; Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA); Road Development Authority (RDA); Irish Aid; Ministry of Education; Zambia Police (Victim Support Unit); Society for Family Health and other NGOs, Consulting firms, Government institutions and the Private sector.
AfCoP Domestication of Managing for Development Results (MfDR)
2014–2017
Capacity Development – African Development Bank
Africa Development Bank Domestication of Managing for Development Results (MfDR) in Zambia. The AfCoP project aims to support the African Community of Practice for Managing for Development Results (AfCoP-MfDR) to mainstream MfDR into country policies and strategies. It also enhances the capacity of the Regional Economic Communities and their member states to accelerate the implementation of regional policies and programs by using the MfDR approach, in order to promote regional integration. RuralNet Associates Ltd is responsible for the project’s implementation in Zambia.
LEGO Foundation Playful Parenting Implementation Research
2022–2024
Implementation Research & Training
– LEGO Foundation / UNICEF
The LEGO Foundation Playful Parenting Implementation Research aims to generate evidence on scaling up approaches to integrate play in parenting for children ages 0-3. It’s objectives are: (a) Complement and build upon the program MEL efforts of UNICEF/Zambia by carrying out data collection in parallel on workforce, caregivers, and system actors ; (b) Support in country coordination as it pertains to data collection with UNICEF/Zambia, the local country investigator, and other key stakeholders as needed; (c) Mobilize and support training of enumerators for in country data collection efforts, and; (d) Manage overall quality assurance and safeguarding of data collected in the field.
Community Justice Climate (CJC) Programme
2023–2026
Community-Led Development
– Scottish Government
Community Justice Climate – The Scottish Government Climate Just Communities (CJC) programme is a flagship programme under the new round of the Climate Justice Fund and will implement community-led projects in Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia. The purpose of CJC is to develop and deliver, through a participatory approach, a series of interventions that build inclusive and climate change resilient communities. CJC will achieve this by enabling local communities in Malawi, Zambia and Rwanda to identify local priorities linked to the material and social impacts of climate change.
Integrated Rural Development Strategy (IRDS)
2017
Strategy Development
– Ministry of National Development & Planning
Ministry of National Development & Planning Design of the Integrated Rural Development Strategy (IRDS) for Zambia: The objective of the assignment was to prepare an IRDS to provide a holistic approach to rural development that would bring to an end the lopsided development pattern between urban and rural areas that has characterised past development planning efforts.
Zambia Research Programme for Sustainable Growth
2015–Ongoing
Research Quality Assurance
– International Growth Centre (IGC) / DFID
Overseeing the Zambia Research Programme for Sustainable Growth. This was done in collaboration with the International Growth Centre… The main responsibilities of RuralNet Associates were to ensure that research projects had a demand from the government and other stakeholders and to review the quality of the research; including meeting deadlines and adherence to good practice.
ZEAP Technical Research Assurance Team
2013–Ongoing
Quality Assurance
– DFID
Member of the Technical Research Assurance Team for Zambia Economic Advocacy Team (ZEAP). This DFID funded programme was launched in September 2013 with the aim of strengthening the research capacity of Zambia’s economic think tanks. The main task of TRT is to review studies carried out by selected think tanks and score them according to a pre-agreed scoring system.
ZAMSIF Participatory M&E Frameworks
2003–2004
M&E System Design
– World Bank
Zambia Social Investment Programme (ZAMSIF). RuralNet Associates Limited was part of an 11-man team (with international representation) involved in the design of Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks at Community, District and ZAMSIF Programme implementation levels.
EU Capacity Building for Private Sector Development – M&E Training
2008–2009
Training in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) for the European Union funded Capacity Building for Private Sector Development: RuralNet conducted Training in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) for the programme…
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