Shedding light on the black-box of learning from training
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Abstract:
This study set out to understand how PSO’s member organizations (MOs) and their partner organizations (Pos) feel about training and how they use it as a strategy for capacity building. It relied both on PSO’s capacity building (CB) framework and the notion of training as a process in order to investigate how each step of the process takes place. A Quick Scan of the documents for a sample of projects and programmes available in PSO’s database and interviews with a selection of MO representatives helped shed some light on the ‘blackbox’ of the learning process associated with training. Training is generally not treated as a process by MOs. It is usually constrained to the implementation phase; in other words, the events or series of events. There is a severe lack of follow-up in almost all cases, which raises questions about the sustainability. PSO is seen to be useful as a ‘knowledge broker’. There is a clear need for a platform of knowledge sharing and learning. In that sense, a demand-driven programmatic approach to training, like workshops on general themes or context factors, could be an important role for PSO to play.
Authors:
Argueta, N.
,
Papageorgiou, M.
,
Voorend, K.
Category:
General
Keywords:
capacity building
,
development policy
Language:
eng
Organization:
PSO - Capacity Building in Developing Countries
PAGE:
28
Publisher:
PSO Capaciteitsopbouw in Ontwikkelingslanden
Year:
2006
Right:
© 2006 PSO
Subject:
Development Cooperation General
Title:
Shedding light on the black-box of learning from training