Our Brussels office was asked by CARIFORUM and CARICOM secretariat to develop a training plan for regional institutions in the Caribbean to strengthen capacities on Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation of development efforts and on Financial and Contractual Procedures. What did the participants like about these topics?
On 11 November, we organised an open event to play the first 2030 SDG game in the Netherlands! With a group of 48 people, we enjoyed this inspiring and a fun game and became more aware of our personal behaviour and the effect on the economic, environmental and social (global) environment.
Is your communication in work tasks effective? Are you giving instructions effectively? In this third blog post on “managing multi-cultural teams effectively,” MDF’s Jacinta and Michelle, delve deeper into the influence of cultural contexts in the interpretation of messages. They also share tips on how to improve your internal communication.
When you collaborate with partners, it might not always seem to be efficient. It can take a lot of time to really team up, there are always discussions about money, and it is difficult to manage staff from other organisations. Herman Snelder and Barbara Cruz recently facilitated a masterclass on forming and successfully managing partnerships and share 4 lesson learned on effective collaboration.
If you are working in the development or humanitarian field, you know that the way changes happen is not linear. In most cases, we try to influence human behaviours. That is not something that is amenable to predictable patterns of change.