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Examples in practice
Facilitating learning processes on Managing for Development
Results
MDF was asked by the OECD/DAC Joint Venture to prepare and facilitate 3 regional workshops in which participants from
different countries were sharing MfDR experiences. Case studies were prepared, presented and discussed; participants
identified learning points and key messages were brought forward to the round table meeting in Hanoi in February 2007.
We facilitated the workshops in which participants from 39 countries shared their results of introducing MfDR and
identified major activities still to undertake in the process towards more effective development results.
Introducing the multi-stakeholder approach to enable thorough reflection on programme
results
It has been widely recognized that development activities should be monitored and evaluated not only on the basis of
outputs, outcomes and efficiency, but also on their contribution to the higher-level purpose: on development results.
In our experience, it helps to keep your eyes on development results if these are well formulated in your management
framework right from the initial stages of planning. In 2006 MDF-ESA carried out a mid-term review of the Improving
Livelihoods in Aweil program in South Sudan. The multi-stakeholder approach followed by MDF enabled the program to
reflect on its results so far, draw important lessons and make improvements to its implementation strategy reinforcing
the link to the development result level.
Maximize Learning from Participatory Evaluation with Peer Review
Quite often, the lessons of external evaluations remain with the management and the learning is not effectively
disseminated to, let alone incorporated by important stakeholders. In 2006, MDF South Asia facilitated a participatory
mid-term review of a post-tsunami recovery programme in Sri Lanka. Twelve NGOs participated in designing and conducting
the review; developing review questions, conducting interviews with each other's stakeholders and analysing the data.
The peer review proved to be successful in finding an appropriate balance between the greater objectivity of an
external assessment and the better understanding and acceptance of the results of a participatory review.
Developing a tool for capacity assessment of organisations and institutional
framework
The Belgium Technical Cooperation (BTC) is in the process of strengthening the assessment of capacities of
organisations and institutions as part of the formulation of new and ongoing interventions, MDF has supported this
process by developing an appropriate tool for assessment, testing it in the field (Morocco), training BTC staff and
providing support with applications.
Exploring the relations between New Aid Architecture and Aid
Effectiveness
General and sectoral budget support are the dominant new aid modalities since the beginning of this century. In May
2006 MDF organised a two day seminar to jointly explore the perceived causal relations between this New Aid
Architecture and Aid Effectiveness. The seminar "Beyond the Washington Consensus" was attended by representatives from
recipient governments, mainly finance ministries, donor representatives, development practitioners and evaluators of
budget support programmes.
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