NTPC has invested significant amounts of time and resources in training over the years and have made progress in developing Lao talent for leadership, financial and technical roles. However there was a concern that the results of training related to leadership had not fully met the hopes for changed behaviour in the work place and were difficult to measure.
How to support local partners to become more independent? MDF expert Jan Kuyper advised a Dutch NGO changing its strategy from a traditional perspective into a sustainable development organisation. In this blog he explains a four-step approach that made this process effective and efficient.
With funding from GIZ (German cooperation organization), MDF Indonesia is providing consultancy support for organizational development of the ASEAN Energy Center. This one-year project started at the end of 2017 and is jointly implemented with MDF Sri Lanka.
MDF consultant Rudolf van der Helm went to South Sudan for a mid-term evaluation of a project that aims to improve the livelihoods of small-holder farmers. However, the results are mixed and politics interfere. In this blog, Rudolf describes how he found a way to make sense of all the information he received and ensure that his evaluation contributes to the programme.