Summary Recording Johannes Linn introduced the session and the new co-chairs of the Climate Change Working Group, Matt Eldridge and Karin Kemper. Matt highlighted the purpose of the session: bringing together practitioners in the fields of climate and nature investing to highlight practical approaches to scaling private investments in these areas. Emilie Mazzacurati began the discussion by speaking about private [...]
Summary Recording Resources Isabel Guerrero introduced her new book, Scaling Up Development Impact, which offers an analytical framework, a set of practical tools, and adaptive evaluation techniques to accompany the scaling process. She found inspiration for her work in the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), whose movement to organize millions of informal women workers started her journey to understand scaling. Another motivation was [...]
Summary Recording Resources Larry Cooley welcomed participants and introduced the SCoP and its 2023-2024 action-research project, the Initiative on Mainstreaming Scaling in Funder Organizations (Mainstreaming Initiative). Poonam Muttreja, moderator of the session, noted from her experience in India that external funders are often a hindrance to scaling. It is critical for funders to align with national priorities and support national [...]
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Speakers Larry Cooley, Founder and President Emeritus, Management Systems International Johannes Linn, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Co-Founder and Executive Chair, Sahel Consulting Agriculture & Nutrition Ltd. Session Materials Summary: Scaling Community of Practice Annual Workshop – Ndidi Nwuneli Scaling Community of Practice: Past and Future – Larry Cooley & Johannes Linn
Moderator Lester Coutinho, Director of Innovation and Learning, DKT Speakers Dr. Charles Holmes, Director, Georgetown Center for Innovation in Global Health Dr. Corine Karema, Interim CEO, RBM Partnership to End Malaria Dr. Jim Ricca, Director of Adaptive Management, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, Jhpiego
Moderator Isabel Guerrero, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Imago Global Grassroots Speakers Alvaro Henzler, Co-Founder and President, Mosaico Lab Ernenek Duran, Senior Director of Programs, Latin America, One Drop Foundation Maria Elena Nawar, Advisor, Scaling, Knowledge and Impact Unit at IDB Lab Habiba Ali, Managing Director and CEO, Sosai Renewable Energies Company Nikola Okero, Policy Officer, Food4Education Session Materials The Role […]
Moderator Heather Simpson, Chief Program Officer, Room to Read Speakers Sergio Ramírez-Mena, Chief of Party, All Children Reading Grand Challenge, World Vision Paul Frank, Senior Advisor, SIL LEAD, Inc. Creesen Naicker, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Curious Learning Session Materials Bloom’s Growth Over Time – Paul Frank Curious Learning, Feed the Monster App – Creesen Naicker
Chair George Zedgenidze, Knowledge & Change Management Head, Green Climate Fund Moderator Amar Bhattacharya, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution Speakers Vera Songwe, Former Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Yannick Glemarec, Executive Director, Green Climate Fund Andrew Steer, President and CEO, Bezos Earth Fund Ian Mitchell, Co-Director, Center for Global Development Cooperation in Europe Session Materials Finance for Climate Action: Scaling Up Investment for […]
Moderator John Floretta, Global Deputy Executive Director, J-PAL Speakers Larry Cooley, Founder and President Emeritus, Management Systems International Jasmine Shah, Vice Chairperson of the Dialogue and Development Commission, Government of NCT of Delhi Rachna Chowdhuri, Managing Director for Grants and Impact, Global Innovation Fund Session Materials Measuring Institutionalization of Effective Programs with Governments
Moderator Larry Cooley, Founder and President Emeritus, Management Systems International Speakers Verna Lalbeharie, Executive Director, EdTech Hub Parmesh Shah, Global Lead, The World Bank Dr. Sanjeev Arora, Director, Project ECHO Session Materials Information Technology to Improve Healthcare – Dr. Sanjeev Arora Information Technology to Improve Education – Verna Lalbeharie Information Technology to Improve Agriculture – Parmesh Shah
Moderator Dr. Julie Howard, Senior Adviser, Center for Strategic and International Studies Speakers Eric Gatera, Chief Technical Advisor, Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda Dr. Stella Mukokha, Principal Research Scientist, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization Tendai Saidi, Head of Programmes and Policy, Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) Dr. Amos Rutherford Azinu, Founder and CEO, Legacy Crop Improvement Center, Ghana Dr. […]
Moderator Jonathan Papoulidis, Global Director, Food for the Hungry Speakers Alexandra Scott, President, Global Environment and Technology Foundation Jose Neves, Country Lead, Mozambique, Project Last Mile Rushika Shekar, Director, Program Delivery and Operations, Project Last Mile Session Materials Project Last Mile: Public-Private Partnership Applying Coca-Cola Expertise for Health Systems Strengthening Presentation by Alexandra Scott, Jose Neves, and Rushika Shekhar Project […]
Moderator Jessica Ngo, Deputy Chief of Party, Management Systems International Speakers Rebeca De La Vega, Regional Manager, Cisco Hisham Jabi, Founder and CEO, PalTechUS Session Materials The Digital Economy: A Big Opportunity for the Young – Rebecca de la Vega Youth Employment in the Mena Region – Hisham Jabi
Moderator Larry Cooley, President Emeritus, Management Systems International Speakers Verna Lalbeharie, Executive Director, EdTech Hub Parmesh Shah, Global Lead, The World Bank Dr. Sanjeev Arora, Director, Project ECHO
Moderators Larry Cooley, Founder and President Emeritus, Management Systems International Johannes Linn, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution Speakers Richard Kohl, Founder, Center for Large Scale Social Change LLC Bridget Bucardo Rivera, Senior Technical Advisor, Catholic Relief Services Julie Howard, Senior Adviser, Center for Strategic and International Studies Session Materials Mainstreaming Scaling in Donors – Johannes Linn Mainstreaming Scaling in Donors – Richard Kohl HPI Fact Sheet […]
Speakers: Richard Kohl, Strategy and Scale Consultant Johannes Linn, Nonresident Fellow at Brookings, Co-Chair of the Scaling CoP Respondents: Santiago Levy, Former Vice President at IADB, former Deputy Minister of Finance, Mexico Ruth Simmons, Professor Emerita at University of Michigan, Member of the CoP’s Executive Committee Charles Kabiswa, Programs Director at Ecological Christian Organization, Uganda Jenny Perlman Robinson, Senior Fellow […]
Speaker: Galen Welsch, Co-Founder at Jibu Sabrina Habib, CEO and Co-founder Kidogo Moderators: Elaine Tinsley, Private Sector Specialist at World Bank, Co-Chair of the CoP’s Social Enterprise Working Group
Speakers: Lord Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics Yannick Glemarec, Executive Director, Green Climate Fund Amal Lee Amin, Director, Climate Change at CDC Moderators: Amar Bhattacharya, Senior Fellow at Brookings Institute, Co-Chair of the CoP’s Climate Change Working Group George Zedginidze, Head of Knowledge and Change Management at GCF, Co-Chair of […]
Speakers: Larry Cooley, President Emeritus at MSI, Co-Chair of the Scaling CoP and Co-Chair of the CoP Monitoring & Evaluation Working Group John Floretta, Global Deputy Executive Director at J-PAL, Co-Chair of CoP Monitoring & Evaluation Working Group Respondents: Jenny Perlman Robinson, Senior Fellow for Global Economic and Development in the Center for Universal Education at Brookings Institution, Co-Chair of […]
Speakers: Larry Cooley, Co-Founder, Scaling Community of Practice, and Founder/President Emeritus, MSI Susan Chomba, Director of Vital Landscapes, World Resources Institute/Africa and former lead, Regreening Africa Initiative, CIFOR-ICRAF) Ndidi Nwuneli, Co-Founder Sahel Consulting: Agriculture and Nutrition, Ltd. and AACE Foods Moderators: Julie Howard, Non-resident Senior Advisor at Center for Strategic and International Studies, Co-Chair of the Agriculture and Rural Development […]
Speakers: Hebah Foda, Scaling and Learning Manager, Ahlan Simsim Early childhood development program Jordan Masooda Bano, Principal Investigator for the Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) and Professor of Development Studies at the University of Oxford Department of International Development Jonathan Stern, Ph.D., Senior Research and Evaluation Specialist, International Education, RTI International Molly Curtiss Wyss, Project Manager and Senior […]
Speakers: David Leege, Senior Director, Impact, Learning, Knowledge and Accountability at CARE Callie Simon, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Team Lead and Senior Advisor at Save the Children US Olayinka Umar-Farouk, Deputy Project Director, Risk Communications at Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs Moderator: Rebecka Lundgren, Associate Professor, Center for Gender Equity and Health at University of California San Diego […]
Speakers: Ugo Gentilini, Global Lead on Social Protection, World Bank Michael Munavu, Task Team Leader, Ethiopia Productive National Safety Net operation Pallavi Roy, Senior Lecturer in International Economics, CISD, SOAS University of London, Research Director, Anti-Corruption Evidence Research Partnership Consortium Moderators Jonathan Papoulidis, Executive Advisor on Fragile States at World Vision, Co-Chair of the Fragile States Working Group Rob Chase, Social […]
Speakers: Johannes Linn, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Co-Chair of the Scaling CoP Larry Cooley, President Emeritus at MSI, Co-Chair of the Scaling CoP and Co-Chair of the CoP Monitoring & Evaluation Working Group Rajani Ved, Former Executive Director, National Health Systems Resource Centre, Government of India Noam Angrist, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Young1ove, Botswana Robert McLean, […]
Speakers: Rene Espinosa, President of the Mexican Aerospace Federation and Plant Manager at Metal Finishing in Chihuahua Mexico Moderators: Liz Vance, Program Director of Systems Change for Workforce Development at IYF, Co-Chair of the Youth Employment Working Group Introduction: Jess Ngo, Technical Manager at Management Systems International, Co-Chair of the Youth Employment Working Group
Speakers: Larry Cooley, President Emeritus and Senior Advisor at Management Systems International, Co-Founder of the Scaling Up CoP Johannes Linn, Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution, Co-Founder of the Scaling Up CoP Richard Kohl, Founder and Principal at the Center for Large Scale Social Change LLC Liz Vance, Program Director of Systems Change for Workforce Development at International Youth Foundation Lennart […]
