Outcome Mapping for Programme and Project Planning
February 15-17, 2011, Hotel Jaipur Palace, Jaipur, India

ODI and CUTS are hosting a 3-day workshop to introduce the basic principles of Outcome Mapping, with particular emphasis on their application to the planning phase of development projects and programmes.

The workshop includes three days OM training plus an opportunity for informal peer support and expert advice on tackling your own OM challenges.

Designed for programme managers, desk officers and field staff from NGOs, funding agencies and national and international development organisations looking for effective ways to address the dynamics of change in the complex environments in which they work. More...

Invitation for a Public Event on ‘Outcome Mapping’ (OM)
February 18, 2011, Hotel Jaipur Palace, Jaipur, India

As you are aware that development is about people and it is about how they relate to one another and their environment, and how they learn in doing so. You also know that development agencies must show that their activities make significant and lasting contributions to the welfare of intended beneficiaries. But they may well be trying to measure results that are beyond their reach: the impacts they cite as evidence are often the result of a confluence of events for which they cannot realistically get full credit. Outcome mapping exposes myths about measuring impacts and helps to answer the above cited concerns. More...

FEATS Second Geneva International Conference
February 21, 2011, Room B Conference Centre Varembè (CCV), 9-11 Rue de Varembé, Geneva, Switzerland

CUTS will organise the Second FEATS International Conference on 21 February 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland. This high level international conference will discuss the key outcomes of FEATS second phase research on trade and agriculture issues in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia; further revision and use of the Inclusive Trade Policy Making Index (ITPMI) that was developed during the first phase of the project; and future work on these issues by CUTS and its partners. More...