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Dear colleagues, This is not your usual Newsletter, but then these are highly unusual times. In this Newsletter we share with you our thoughts about the severe crisis in development and climate assistance and involve you in the process we are undertaking to respond to the crisis as a Community of Practice. The Crisis Our [...]

filler space Dear colleagues, Once again, we are delighted to offer you, our 4,200+ members, the latest news about SCoP activities and other exciting scaling news you have shared with us. This cover letter provides an update on some recent developments regarding the SCoP and on progress with our flagship action-research initiative on Mainstreaming Scaling [...]

Dear colleagues, As the Scaling Community of Practice (SCoP) enters its 10th year, we are pleased to present Newsletter 30, marking two significant milestones at the same time. Once again, we are delighted to offer you, our 4,200+ members, the latest news about SCoP activities and other exciting scaling news you have shared with us. [...]

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Dear colleagues, We are pleased to share with you Newsletter 28 of the Scaling Community of Practice (CoP). As usual, this Newsletter reports on news that submitted by some of our 4000 members. This time, we have organized your submissions under the CoP Working Group topics for ease of reference. In addition, you will find [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fscalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2023%252F08%252FNewsletter-27.pdf }} Member News (in alphabetical order) African Development Bank (Fragile states) Call-for-Proposals under the Prevention Envelope of the Transition Support Facility (TSF) by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB). This groundbreaking funding opportunity aims to address fragility and conflict through preventive interventions, fostering lasting peace and resilience in Africa. We are seeking [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fscalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2023%252F03%252FNewsletter-26final-1.pdf }} News from the Scaling Up Community of Practice Annual Workshop 2023 The CoP’s Annual Workshop 2023 was held 23 January- 8 February, 2023 in a virtual format. We hosted three plenary sessions and eight working group sessions, as shown in the table below. DateSessionTopic 1/23Plenary 3Mainstreaming a Focus on Scale in [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Download+the+newsletter+here%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fscalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2022%252F12%252FNewsletter-25.pdf%7Ctarget%3A_blank }} News from the Scaling Up Community of Practice Annual Workshop 2023 The CoP’s Annual Workshop 2023 will be held in January-February 2023 in a virtual format. As for the last two workshops, we expect to host three plenary sessions and nine working group sessions, as shown in the table below. Each [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fscalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2023%252F03%252FNewsletter-24.pdf }} Report on the meetings of the Executive Committee (ExCom) The ExCom meetings were held on 21 March, 6 April, and 11 July 2022 and focused mostly on the institutional transition of the CoP, which is under consideration, and discussed the CoP’s approach to resource mobilization. They also reviewed statements of the [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fscalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2023%252F03%252FNewsletter-23.pdf }} Guest Blog: 2022 Priorities for the Scaling Community of Practice By Jenny Perlman Robinson, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Over the past six years, we’ve witnessed a marked shift in the Scaling Community of Practice (Scaling CoP) which originally came together to identify issues of common interest and to share experiences. [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fscalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2022%252F01%252FCoP-Newsletter-22-17-December-2021_FINAL.pdf }} Report on the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Scaling Community of Practice (CoP) The Executive Committee (ExCom) of the Scaling CoP met on 15 December 2021. The following ExCom members were in attendance: Amar Bhattacharya, Robert Chase, Colin Christensen, Natalie Colangelo, Christine Galavotti, Laura Ghiron, Julie Howard, Hisham Jabi, [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fscalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2023%252F03%252FNewsletter-21.pdf%7Ctitle%3ACoP%2520Newsletter%252021 }} News from the Scaling Up Community of Practice Crosscutting issues As was reported in Newsletter #20, the Executive Committee (ExCom) decided to commission thought products and convene discussions on selected issues that cut across the sectoral and thematic areas covered by our nine Working Groups. Based on a list of crosscutting [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.scalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2021%252F04%252FCoP-Newsletter-20-2.pdf }} News from the Scaling Up Community of Practice Six years after its creation, the Scaling Up Community of Practice (CoP) is going strong, with over 800 members from 320 organizations, nine active Working Groups (WGs), annual workshops, quarterly newsletters, and generous financial support from 5 “Sustaining Members.” An active 24-member Executive [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.scalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2021%252F03%252FCoP-Newsletter-19.pdf }} Report on the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Scaling Up Community of Practice The Executive Committee (ExCom) of the Scaling Up CoP met on 2 November 2020. Key actions agreed were as follows:   Take-aways from the 5th Workshop Summaries from the 12 sessions are included in this Newsletter. [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.scalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2021%252F03%252FCoP-Newsletter-18.pdf }} Report on the Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Scaling Community of Practice The Executive Committee (ExCom) of the Scaling CoP met on 14 July 2020. Key actions agreed and decisions taken were as follows: The ExCom welcomed new members George Zedginidze (Green Climate Fund) and Clea Finkle (Gates Foundation). [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.scalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2021%252F03%252FCoP-Newsletter-17-COVID-Special.pdf }} Overview of Scaling Issues and Options in Response to COVID-19 Larry Cooley and Johannes Linn Introduction On 15 April 2020, we issued a call to participants of the Scaling Up Community of Practice (CoP) requesting contributions to a special CoP Newsletter dedicated to the challenges and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.scalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2021%252F03%252FCOP-Newsletter-16.pdf }} Report on the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Scaling Up Community of Practice The Executive Committee (ExCom) of the Scaling Up CoP met on 24 February 2020. Key actions agreed and decisions taken were as follows: The ExCom will update the mission statement of the CoP. The ExCom and [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.scalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2021%252F03%252FNewsletter-15.pdf }} Working Groups of the Scaling Up Community of Practice The following comments summarize activities of the CoP’s eight working groups. These are listed below with the names and email addresses of the coordinators. For more information on the agenda of each working group and on how to join and contribute to [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.scalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2021%252F03%252FNewsletter-14.pdf }} New CoP Initiatives 1.  Toward a sustainable Scaling Up CoP As we noted in Newsletter #13, our Scaling Up CoP is now well into its fourth year of existence and has grown into a network and platform of knowledge exchange for some 400 members from about 150 organizations.  About two years [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.scalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2021%252F03%252FNewsletter-13.pdf }} New CoP Initiatives 1.  Toward a sustainable Scaling Up CoP Our Scaling Up CoP is now well into its fourth year of existence and has grown into a network and platform of knowledge exchange for some 300 members from about 125 organizations.  Some 18 months ago Larry and Johannes organized an [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.scalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2021%252F03%252FNewsletter-12.pdf }} Working Groups of the Scaling Up Community of Practice Five Working Groups on scaling up in selected thematic areas are active under the umbrella of the Scaling Up CoP. These are listed below with the names and e-mail addresses of the coordinators. For more information on the agenda of each working [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.scalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2021%252F03%252FNewsletter-11.pdf }} Executive Committee of the Scaling Up Community of Practice The kickoff meeting for the newly established CoP Executive Committee (ExCom) took place on June 27th. Members of the Committee include: Alexis Bonnell (USAID), John Floretta (J-PAL), Ruth Simmons (ExpandNet), Ben Kumpf (UNDP), Samir Khan (MastercardFoundation), Kristen Molyneaux (MacArthur Foundation), Jonathan Papoulidis [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.scalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2021%252F03%252FNewsletter-10.pdf }} Report on the CoP Workshop Some 60 participants, representing about 50 organizations, joined the two-day workshop of the Scaling-Up Community of Practice (CoP), which took place on March 15-16, 2018, in Arlington, VA. Management Systems International (MSI) graciously hosted the event, by offering its premises as well as food and refreshments. [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.scalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2021%252F03%252FNewsletter-9.pdf }} Special Feature Tipping the Scales: Moving from Projects to Scalable Solutions in Fragile States By Larry Cooley (MSI) ([email protected]) and Jonathan Papoulidis (World Vision) ([email protected]) By 2030, an estimated 80% of the world’s extreme poor will live in “fragile states” where global conflict is increasingly concentrated and vulnerability to natural disaster [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fscalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2023%252F03%252FNewsletter-8.pdf }} Special Feature Three new publications by IDIA on scaling innovation and measuring impact1 The International Development Alliance (IDIA) is an informal platform for knowledge exchange and collaboration around development innovation. Established in 2015 with a shared mission of “actively promoting and advancing innovation as a means to help achieve sustainable development”, [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.scalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2021%252F03%252FNewsletter-7.pdf }} News of the Scaling Up Community of Practice Steering Group for the Community of Practice MSI and R4D have served as a de-facto board and secretariat for the Community of Practice (CoP) on a pro bono basis. The secretariat issues a quarterly newsletter, supports the formation and operation of the working [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.scalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2021%252F03%252FNewsletter-6.pdf }} Scaling Up Community of Practice Workshop, October 27-28, 2016 Day One: Technical Workshop – Cross-cutting issues in scaling up development interventions Opening and Welcome by Larry Cooley (MSI) and Gina Lagomarsino (R4D) Larry Cooley, President Emeritus of Management Systems International (MSI), welcomed the 39 participants from 24 organizations. (See Table) He [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fscalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2023%252F02%252FNewsletter-5.pdf }} News of the Scaling Up Community of Practice Sectoral and Thematic Working Groups Update Four Working Groups on scaling up in regard to selected topics are now active under the umbrella of the Scaling Up Community of Practice. In addition, we have linked with the Community of Practice on Systematic Approaches [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fscalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2021%252F03%252FCoP-Newsletter-4-Final.pdf }} News of the Scaling Up Community of Practice Sectoral and Thematic Working Groups Update There has been progress in organizing four Working Groups on scaling up in regard to selected topics. Below is a summary of the initiatives currently underway. If you would like to join one or more of these [...]

{{ vc_btn: title=Click+here+to+download+the+newsletter%21&color=turquoise&align=center&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fscalingcommunityofpractice.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2023%252F02%252FNewsletter-3.pdf&el_class=font-weight%3A+bold }} News of the Scaling Up Community of Practice Sectoral and Thematic Working Groups Update There has been progress in organizing working groups on selected topics that were targeted for exploration at our CoP launch event in February 2015. Below is a summary of the initiatives currently under-way. If you would like [...]