The CEF Hosted the learn4dev Core Group Meeting
As members of the learn4dev Core Group, we on March 27-28, 2014 hosted our colleagues from the Agence Française de Développement (French Agency for Development - AFD), the European Commission, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). Participants agreed that the meeting was very constructive and it resulted in important progress regarding open questions about the network.
Members of the core group discussed further development of the network from the point of view of organizations involved in the network; they also discussed learn4dev Communication Strategy and Action Plan and reached a decision on membership policy for Capacity4dev – the tool of the internal communication of the network. Joint learning event proposal on Becoming a Reflective Practitioner in International Development Cooperation prepared by the CEF and International Training Centre (ITC ILO)was presented and discussed at the meeting. Members were also updated about the current activities of the Expert Groups and got insight into the work of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Expert Group. Some sessions were also attended by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia (International Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance) staff.
This was the last face-to-face meeting of the Core Group before the learn4dev Annual Meeting that the CEF will organize together with the SDC. It will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia on June 16-18, 2014. With the help of experienced facilitator Beverly Wenger-Trayner we achieved important progress in the development of the annual meeting agenda that will be ready for distribution in two weeks’ time.
The CEF has been in the year active in the learn4dev PFM Expert Group. Since June 2013, we have been co-chairing this Expert Group together with the UK Department for International Development and the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada. The group promotes training courses and publications in the field of PFM, offered by learn4dev’s member organizations. We have also recently become active members of the Knowledge Sharing/Knowledge Management Expert Group.
Photo gallery of the meeting is available here.
About learn4dev:
learn4dev is a joint donors’ competence development network and an open forum for donor agencies and multilateral organizations. Its objective is to promote improved aid effectiveness for poverty reduction by enhancing donor cooperation in the field of competence development and training.
It works with three different components to develop members` competences. Expert Groups concentrate knowledge in specific areas to teach other members. A Core Group promotes better co-operation by organizing learn4dev's Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting helps the network achieve better communication and development.
