Social learning and transformative change: building the evidence together
Potential partners are being invited to take part in a co-constructed research programme to build evidence for the role that social learning methodologies play in transformative change. This is particularly important for complex, or wicked problems such as climate change adaptation.
We believe that this is a really exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and growing community of researchers and communicators who are actively learning together. It will provide a chance to share ideas, raise the profile of your research and the partners you work with and to connect with those who will be interested in promoting the work that you do.
The Climate Change and Social Learning initiative (CCSL) has two years of engagement under its belt and a number of publications and dialogues that have contributed to a wealth of information and thinking on social learning (1). We want to turn this knowledge into more robust evidence so that institutions who are delivering on ambitious development targets will feel able to use and fund social learning methodologies with confidence. We are engaging with potential partners to join us to help monitor, track and document where social learning works best.
This is not a funding call. The CCSL initiative does not have any funding to support projects who wish to be engaged - what partners can expect from CCSL is the support and interest of a growing community of practice, the expertise and contacts to gather the evidence we collect and produce papers, frameworks, tools and other documentation that can help share the experience, an annual workshop to discuss findings and an engagement with donors to raise the profile of social learning. CCSL will also be communicating regularly on what we learn and profiling projects and partners on through our various online and print publications.
What we need from potential partners is:
the ability to commit time and resources for attending the annual workshop and the necessary pre-preparation
that they are happy to co-construct the indicators and M&E framework for gathering the evidence and impact of our collective social learning activities
that they would be happy to join in and engage with discussions in our community of practive
What next?
There will be a CCSL M&E Workshop on Evidence Gathering on 16-17 June 2014 – to which potential partners below are being invited. If you would like to partner with CCSL please contact the CCSL Case Study Research Programme lead:
Liz Carlile
Teresa Corcoran
Natalie Brighty
Ben Garside
Wiebke Foerch
Philip Thornton
Cecilia Schubert
Pete Cranston
Ewen Le Borgne
Marissa Van Epp
Christine Jost
Carl Jackson (tbc)
*Peter Ballantyne not able to attend
(1) Social learning approaches help facilitate knowledge sharing, joint learning and co-creation experiences between particular stakeholders around a shared purpose taking learning and behaviour change beyond the individual to networks and systems. Through a facilitated iterative process of working together, in interactive dialogue, exchange, learning, action and reflection and on-going partnership new shared ways of knowing emerge that lead to changes in practice.
Social learning and transformative change: building the evidence together
Potential partners are being invited to take part in a co-constructed research programme to build evidence for the role that social learning methodologies play in transformative change. This is particularly important for complex, or wicked problems such as climate change adaptation.
We believe that this is a really exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and growing community of researchers and communicators who are actively learning together. It will provide a chance to share ideas, raise the profile of your research and the partners you work with and to connect with those who will be interested in promoting the work that you do.
The Climate Change and Social Learning initiative (CCSL) has two years of engagement under its belt and a number of publications and dialogues that have contributed to a wealth of information and thinking on social learning (1). We want to turn this knowledge into more robust evidence so that institutions who are delivering on ambitious development targets will feel able to use and fund social learning methodologies with confidence. We are engaging with potential partners to join us to help monitor, track and document where social learning works best.
This is not a funding call. The CCSL initiative does not have any funding to support projects who wish to be engaged - what partners can expect from CCSL is the support and interest of a growing community of practice, the expertise and contacts to gather the evidence we collect and produce papers, frameworks, tools and other documentation that can help share the experience, an annual workshop to discuss findings and an engagement with donors to raise the profile of social learning. CCSL will also be communicating regularly on what we learn and profiling projects and partners on through our various online and print publications.
What we need from potential partners is:
Additional Information
Background resources used for the CCSL M&E Workshop on Evidence Gathering in June (see 'What next?' below)What next?
There will be a CCSL M&E Workshop on Evidence Gathering on 16-17 June 2014 – to which potential partners below are being invited. If you would like to partner with CCSL please contact the CCSL Case Study Research Programme lead:
NO LONGER ATTENDING
NO LONGER ATTENDING
M&E Specialists
Confirmed
Georgina Cundill (georgina.cundill@gmail.com) 16th+17th
Claire Hutchings (ASSAR/Oxfam) - head of M+E group (CHutchings@oxfam.org.uk) - 16th only
Barbara van Mierlo - recommended by Marc Schut http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/Persons/dr.-BC-Barbara-van-Mierlo.htm 16th + 17th
Richard Taylor (in place of Monica Coll Besa, SEI) (richard.taylor@sei-international.org) - 17th only
tbc
Sophie Alvarez - Liz emailed 1.5, Wiebke chased 14.5 - waiting for response. Chased again 27/5 (s.alvarez@cgiar.com)
Sukaina Bharwani (SEI) - invited, waiting for response. Chased 27/5 (sukaina.bharwani@sei-international.org)
Invited, unable to attend
Rumina Rodela - liaising with Marissa on papers (romina.rodela@wur.nl)
Valerie Brown - liaising with Marissa on papers (valeriebrown@ozemail.com.au)
Simon Heck - (S.Heck@cgiar.org)
Jon Ensor (jon.ensor@york.ac.uk)
Rick Davies (rick@mande.co.uk)
Isobel Vogel (info@isabelvogel.co.uk)
Boru Douthwaite (b.douthwaite@cgiar.com)
Ben Ramalingam (b.ramalingam@odi.org.uk)
Petra Tschakert (petra@psu.edu)
CCSL participants attending:
Liz Carlile
Teresa Corcoran
Natalie Brighty
Ben Garside
Wiebke Foerch
Philip Thornton
Cecilia Schubert
Pete Cranston
Ewen Le Borgne
Marissa Van Epp
Christine Jost
Carl Jackson (tbc)
*Peter Ballantyne not able to attend
(1) Social learning approaches help facilitate knowledge sharing, joint learning and co-creation experiences between particular stakeholders around a shared purpose taking learning and behaviour change beyond the individual to networks and systems. Through a facilitated iterative process of working together, in interactive dialogue, exchange, learning, action and reflection and on-going partnership new shared ways of knowing emerge that lead to changes in practice.
Workshop page for organisers