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Preparing for a series of restorative trainings I'm running next week in Norfolk - I forgot how much time it takes to design a new training!

Status posted by Katherine Stoessel Jan 20

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Working in The Hague on implementation tools for Oxfam Novib's KM and innovation strategy.

Status posted by Bruce Britton Jan 17

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Indian Apples on the Development Catwalk

I am posting this on behalf of community member Udan Fernando. He wrote to me recently whilst in Rishikesh (Uttarkhand, India) to accompany a social business.Udan wrote: "I am sharing with you an essay I wrote which appeared in the recently published book [Fernando, U (2011) ‘Indian…See More

Blog post by Bruce Britton Jan 13

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Jan 12

Peter Wood left a comment for Catherine Squire

Hi Catherine, I would be interested to know what came out of the INTRAC conference? It is probably on their web site, but what did you pick up from it? In SC Norway we have been involved in a number of evaluations or semi-evauations related to civil…

Jan 12

Catherine Squire left a comment for Peter Wood

Hi Peter, Sorry I didn't get back to you for a while. It was very interesting to read about the process you are going through. In fact I was at an INTRAC conference on the 'New Horizons for Civil Society' in December, and thought of…

Jan 4

In the final stages of writing a training manual on 'Learning in Partnerships' for the Asian Development Bank.

Status posted by Bruce Britton Dec 14, 2011

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Working on the last of 30 scripts for short animated cartoons about knowledge management tools for the Asian Development Bank.

Status posted by Bruce Britton Dec 7, 2011

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Just back from Armenia, where I have been facilitating a very enjoyable four-day workshop on consultancy skills.

Status posted by Bruce Britton Dec 7, 2011

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Peter Wood left a comment for Catherine Squire

Now I can take your question here and try to answer it: Your question;"I'm wondering how SCI will work - where will it be based? why not share out different countries to different members e.g Norway works with Pakistan/Afgh/Nepal, UK works…

Nov 29, 2011

Peter Wood left a comment for Catherine Squire

Hi Catherine I have not really got the hang of this system yet - when I sit here commenting your comment I cannot see your comment in order to know what your questions were! But I think you ased where SCI would be based. SCI has a head office in…

Nov 29, 2011

What is 'Value' in Public Policy?

This was the question posed in a talk recently in Cambridge by Helen Kersley, who is head of the New Economics Foundation's "Valuing What Matters" Programme (see NEF website).The issue was about how to broaden policy-makers' approach to value away from purely short-term economic benefits, to a broader approach which captures longer term social and environmental value as well as economic.An example of this that sticks in my mind is the…See More

Blog post by Catherine Squire Nov 28, 2011

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INTRAC's 20th Anniversary Conference on Civil Society at St Anne'

December 5, 2011 to December 6, 2011

This is a public conference open to anyone (booking details are on INTRAC's website: Civil Society at a New Frontier. A good opportunity to catch up with others in the field and hear about different challenges and approaches. I'll be there - anyone else going?Catherine See More

Event posted by Catherine Squire Nov 28, 2011

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Catherine Squire left a comment for Peter Wood

Hi Peter, Wow on two counts - your region must be really interesting (if challenging), and secondly what a huge change project for SC to be going through. I did a some work with SCF UK's Pakistan programme a few years ago - some…

Nov 28, 2011

Peter Wood left a comment for Catherine Squire

Hello Catherine At the moment I am SC Norway Coordinator for South Asia - or specificaly Afghanistan, Nepal and Pakistan. However, Save the Children is reorganising so who knows by early next year? At present I coordinate the connections between SC…

Nov 26, 2011

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Indian Apples on the Development Catwalk

I am posting this on behalf of community member Udan Fernando. He wrote to me recently whilst in Rishikesh (Uttarkhand, India) to accompany a social business.

Udan wrote: "I am sharing with you an essay I wrote which appeared in the recently published book [Fernando, U (2011) ‘…

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Posted by Bruce Britton on January 13, 2012 at 10:53pm

What is 'Value' in Public Policy?

This was the question posed in a talk recently in Cambridge by Helen Kersley, who is head of the New Economics Foundation's "Valuing What Matters" Programme (see NEF website).

The issue was about how to broaden policy-makers' approach to value away from purely short-term economic benefits, to a broader approach which captures longer term social and environmental value as well as economic.

An example of this that sticks…

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Posted by Catherine Squire on November 28, 2011 at 10:30pm

Consultancy Skills Development in Armenia

Framework will be facilitating a Consultancy Skills Development Programme for participants in Armenia from November 2011 to February 2012. The programme involves nine participants - six from Armenia Round Table (ART) and three from other NGOs - and comprises a preparation phase (involving a self-assessment and background reading), a four day workshop and a mentoring phase. Brenda, Gopal and I will each provide individual mentoring for three participants using Skype. One mentoring session…

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Posted by Bruce Britton on October 17, 2011 at 6:30pm

What jazz can teach us about learning

Last Sunday we hosted a fantastic jazz concert at our house with the musicians Phil Bancroft and Mario Caribe.

Phil won a House of Commons award for his education work and is very interested in what jazz has to teach us in other aspects of our lives. We plan to meet soon to discuss collaborating on an…

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Posted by Bruce Britton on June 17, 2011 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

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Values In Practice 1 Reply

I'd like to start a discussion thread on this topic. To 'kick start' us, I am going to attach a short piece I recently wrote for a european-wide network of CSO leaders. It is very sketchy and I hope…Continue

Started by Brenda Lipson. Last reply by Sara J Wolcott Apr 21, 2011.

Entrepreneurship and Civil Society

During our recent 25th anniversary seminar, Greg Barton of Venture Trust stimulated a number of interesting small-group discussions on the place of entrepreneurship in civil society. The time for…Continue

Tags: social, change, loans, small, Framework

Started by Bruce Britton Dec 14, 2010.

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