Partners’ Participatory

Capacity Assessment

ຎະເມີຌລາມາມາຈ ໞຩໞລມຄາຌ ແຍຍມີໞລຌຩໞລມ

CARE International in Lao PDR

ຨົຄກາຌແຣ ໌ຌາຌາຆາຈ ຎະໍາ າລ

Phetsoulaphonh N. Choulatida, Bharat Raj Gautam,

ເພັຈຸະພົຌ ຸະຊຈິາ ຍາຩັກ ໌ໂກຉໍາ 26 May 2015 26 May 2015

• ຎະຸຍັຌ ຨົຄກາຌແຣ໌ ເໆິມມາໃວໟລາມົຌໃ ໃຌກາຌເຩັຈລຽກ ກັຍ ຍັຌຈາະມາົມຉໞາຄ

• ຢ ູ່າລມີຎະມາຌ 100 ະມາົມ • ຨົຄກາຌແຣ໌ ຎະົຄຩໞລມລຽກ ແະ ະໜັຍະໜ ຌະມາົມ ໃຌາລ

• ກາຌພັຈະຌາ ຨາຈະຄໞາງຂືຌ, ໄລກລໞາເກົົ່າ ແະ ງືຌງົຄ ຏໞາຌກາຌເຎັຌ ໞຩໞລມຄາຌີໆມີຎະິິຏົຌ

• CARE’s partnership with NPA

recently started

• About 100 NPAs in Laos

• We hope to work &

strengthen civil society in

Laos

• Social change could be

easier , faster and

sustainable through effective

partnership

Why are we motivated about it? ເຎັຌວງັຄ ພລກເຩາົຶໆຄຢາກໃວໟພລກເົາຩ ໟ ?

• ຎະກຨຍມີ 7 ະມາົມ ີໆກໍາັຄເຩັຈລຽກຩໞລມຨົຄກາຌແຣ໌:

• ະມາົມເພືໆຨກາຌພຈັະຌາ • ະມາົມຆຸມຆົຌີຂຽລ • ຌພັຈະຌາໄລໜຸໞມ • ະມາົມກະິກໍາງືຌງົຄ • ະມາົມົຌພິກາຌແວໞຄຆາຈາລ • ະມາົມເພືໆຨຸຂະພາຍ • ຨົຄກາຌຩໞລມມືກັຍຎະເຈາລ

• Altogether seven partners

including:

Participatory Partner’s Capacity Assessment ຎະເມີຌລາມາມາຈ ໞຩໞລມຄາຌແຍຍມີໞລຌຩໞລມ

Social Development Alliance (SODA)

Green Community Alliance (GCA)

Vientiane Youth

Center (VYC)

Committee de Cooperation

pour le Laos

Sustainable Agriculture & Environment

Development Association

LAO Disabled People Association

Lao Positive Health Association

• ຸຈຎະົຄໃຌກາຌຎະເມີຌລາມາມາຈ ໞຩໞລມຄາຌແຍຍມີໞລຌຩໞລມ ເພືໆຨ • ກໍາຌົຈຸຈແຂຄ ແະ ຆໞຨຄລໞາຄຂຨຄ ໞຩໞລມຄາຌ ີໆມີຢ ູ່

• ຆຨກວາແຌລາຄໃຌກາຌຎັຍຎຸຄຩໞລມກັຌ ແະ

• ໟາຄແຏຌພັຈະຌາຨົຄກຨຌ

• The objective of partners participatory capacity assessment was to • Identify strengths and

gaps

• Identify the improvement areas and

• Develop action plan for institutional capacity development

Objectives ຸຈຎະົຄ

• ຎະເມີຌຨົຄກຨຌ ໞຩໞລມຄາຌ • ຆຨກວາລາມຏິຈຏາຈ ແະ ວ ື ລິພາກລິາຌ

• ຎຽຍຽຍກັຍຨົຄກຨຌຨືໆຌ • ະເໜີໃວໟຨົຄກາຌແຣ໌ ເພືໆຨເຩັຈກາຌຉັຈິຌລຽກໃຈໜືໆຄ

• Evaluate partner

organization

• Find the faults and /or to

criticize

• Compare with other

organizations

• Share or present the

findings at CARE to make

any decisions

The capacity assessment was NOT to ກາຌຎະເມຌີ ແມໞຌພລກເຩາົະຍ ໍ່ເຈັຈຂາຈໄຎ

• ຌໍາໃຆໟຩ ຍພາຍເຎັຌືໆ • ກໍາຌົຈ ລາມາມາຈຂຨຄະຊາຍັຌຨົຄກຨຌ - ລິີກາຌກລຈຨຍໃຌກາຌຍົົ່ຄມະຉິພະງາຈຂຨຄຨົຄກຨຌ ໃຌຌາມ ໞາຌໝໍຏ ໟໜືໆຄ ?

• ໞຨຄແຄຉົລເຨຄ • ືຍວາ • ຆຨກວາຂຨຈແກໟໄຂ • ຩັຍຩຨຄເຨົາຌໍາກັຌ

• ໃວໟະແຌຌຉົຌເຨຄ ແະ ຩໞລມລິເາະະພາຍກາຌ

• ໟາຄແຏຌຎັຍຎຸຄ

• Used pictures

• Identification of institutional capacity areas – how would you examine the health of your organization as doctor?

• Self Review • Critical

• Constructive

• Consensus

• Self scoring based on defined criteria & joint analysis of the findings

• Action plan

Methodology ລິີກາຌຎະເມີຌ

Use of pictures ຌໍາໃຆໟຩ ຍພາຍ

Use of pictures ຌໍາໃຆໟຩ ຍພາຍ

Use of pictures ຌໍາໃຆໟຩ ຍພາຍ

• ຏ ໟຌໍາະມາົມ ຎະກຨຍມີ ຍັຌຈາະຌະຨໍາຌລງກາຌ, ແຏຌຄາຌ ແະ ກາຌເຄິຌ

• NPA Leadership including

board members, program

and finance staff members

Involvement ເຂົາຩໞລມໃຌຂະຍລຌກາຌ

Role of CARE Role of Partner

Facilitation

Help to

understand

the

standards

Help to build

the

consensus for

scoring

Assist to

develop

action plan

Discussion on the

standards and comparing

with current practice

Participation in the

assessment process ,

discuss on the standards &

scoring

Discussion on the findings

and action plan

Translation into Lao &

facilitation for deeper /

critical (both strengths and

gaps) analysis and

discussion in Lao

Role of Partners in assessment process ພາະຍຈົຍາຈ ໞຩໞລມຄາຌ ໃຌະຌະີໆເຩັຈກາຌເມຌີ

ຨົຄກາຌແຣ ໌ ໞຩໞລມຄາຌ ຨໍາຌລງລາມະຈລກ ຆໞລງໟາຄລາມເຂົາໃໃຌມາຈຊາຌກາຌຎະເມີຌ

ຆໞລງໟາຄກາຌຩັຍຩຨຄເຨົາ ໂຈງຏໞາຌກາຌໃວໟະແຌຌ

ະໜັຍະໜ ຌກາຌໟາຄແຏຌຎັຍຎຸຄ

ຎຶກາວາືກໞຽລກັຍມາຈຊາຌຉໞາຄ ແະ ຎຽຍຽຍໃໞພາກຎະຉິຍັຈ

ຩໞລມໃຌຂັຌຉຨຌຎະເມີຌ, ຎຶກາມາຈຊາຌ ແະ ໃວໟະແຌຌ

ົຌະຌາຍັຌຈາຎະເຈັຌຉໞາຄ ແະ ແຏຌລຽກ

ແຎພາາ ແະ ລິເາະົຄເີກ

• ຎະກຨຍມີ 163 ມາຈຊາຌ ໃຌ 6 ຂຨຍເຂຈີໆເຩັຈຎະເມີຌ: 1. ແຏຌງຸຈະາຈ, ແຏຌຄາຌ

ພັຈະຌາ, ຸໟມຨຄຍ ິວາຌຨົຄກຨຌ ແະ ກາຌໃວໟຂຨຈຍ ິກາຌ

2. ກາຌຎົກຨຄ ແະ ລາມຩັຍຏິຈຆຨຍ

3. ຉິຈຉາມ ແະ ຎະເມີຌ 4. ຍົຈຍາຈງິຄ-ຆາງ ແະ ກາຌ

ຩັຍຏິຈຆຨຍັຄລາມ 5. ະຍົຍກາຌເຄິຌ 6. ຆັຍພະງາກຨຌມະຌຈຸ ແະ ກາຌ

ຍ ິວາຌັຍິຌຨົຄກຨຌ

163 standards in six different institutional capacity areas including

1. Strategic Planning, Program Development, Management & Service Delivery

2. Good Governance & Accountability

3. Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation

4. Gender and Social Inclusion

5. Finance Compliance & Financial System

6. Human Resource & Logistics Management

Institutional Capacity Areas ຂຨຍເຂຈລາມາມາຈຨຄົກຨຌ ີໆເຩຈັຎະເມີຌ

• ເຎັຌພຽຄກາຌແກຎູ່ຽຌ ແະ ໞຨຄແຄພາງໃຌເົົ່າຌັຌ

• ຍ ໍ່ໄຈໟຎຽຍຽຍກັຍ ໞຩໞລມຄາຌຨືໆຌ • ເຎັຌັຈະຌະະຉິ ແະ ຂ ໍ້ມ ຌຽຍຊາຌ ໃຌກາຌລາຄແຏຌ ແະ ຉິຈຉາມໃຌຉ ໍ່ໜໟາ

• This is just for our internal

sharing and reflection

• This not to compare the

partners

• It is their own perception &

kind of baseline for their

planning and follow up in

future

Results ຏົຌກາຌຎະເມີຌ

0

20

40

60

80

100

Strategic

Planning,

Program

Development..

Good

Governance &

Accountability

Participatory

Monitoring and

Evaluation

Gender and

Social

Inclusion

Finance

Compliance &

Financial

System

Human

Resource &

Logistics

Management

GCA SODA VYC LDPA LaoPHA CCL SAEDA

Percentage (%)

ງຸຈະາຈ ຩັຍຏິຈຆຨຍ ຉິຈຉາມຎະເມີຌ ຍົຈຍາຈງິຄຆາງ ກາຌເຄິຌ

Results ຏົຌກາຌຎະເມີຌ

• ລາມເໝາະົມໃຌກາຌຌໍາພາຎະເມີຌ າມາຈຆໞລງໃວໟເກິຈລາມິຄໃາກ ໞຩໞລມຄາຌ

• ກາຌຎະເມີຌຉົລເຨຄ ຌໍາພາໂຈງ ຨົຄກາຌແຣ໌ ແມໞຌໄຈໟຩັຍກາຌຉໟຨຌຩັຍາກ ໞຩໞລມຄາຌ ແມໞຌແຉໞ ຨົຄກາຌັຈຉັຄາກົຌເຨຄ

• ເຎັຌກາຌຎະເມີຌຨີກຩ ຍແຍຍ ີໆ ໞຩໞລມຄາຌາມາຈເຨົາໄຎໃຆໟໄຈໟ

• ເຎັຌກາຌຎະເມີຌີໆຈີ ແະ ເຎັຌຎະໂວງຈ ຉ ໍ່ ພະຌັກຄາຌ, ຎະາຌຄາຌະໜາມ ແະ ຌາງໃວງໞ

• Proper facilitation can help for (honest) self-assessment by partners

• Self-assessment facilitated by CARE is also welcomed even by INGO partner

• It was a kind of capacity building as partners could adopt and use it

• It is better and helpful to include all staff members including field coordinators and board members

• It has been a reminder for partners in all aspects of organizational capacity

Realization / learning ຂ ໍ້ິຈ ແະ ຩຽຌຩ ໟ

• ແຎພາາ (ັຍລິຆາກາຌະເພາະ) • ເລາ ີໆໃຆໟໃຌກາຌົຌະຌາ • ຂາຈກາຌງຶຈເັຌງຶຈາງ • ຍາຄມາຈຊາຌໄຎແຉະຉໟຨຄເືໆຨຄພາງໃຌຂຨຄຨົຄກຨຌໂພຈ

• ກາຌໃວໟະແຌຌຉົລເຨຄ - ແຄໞິຈໃຌກາຌລິເາະແຍຍກົຄໄຎກົຄມາ ໍາັຍ ຸຈແຂຄ ແະ ຸຈຨໞຨຌ

• ກາຌເຂົາຩໞລມ (ງັຄມີລາມຢ້າຌກົລີໆະລິພາກຨົຄກຨຌຉົຌເຨຄ)

• Translation (technical terms)

• Time for discussion

• Lack of energizers

• Some of the standards were inter-related

• Self scoring – ‘honest’ analysis thinking of both strong and weak areas

• Participation (with fearless environment)

What were the challenges ິໆຄໟາາງ ີໆມີະຌະຎະເມີຌ

• ິຈລໞາ ພລກເຩົາເຎັຌຨົຄກຨຌີໆພຽຍພໟຨມແໟລ. ຍາຈຈຽລຌີ ພລກເຩົາຩ ໟຸຈຨໞຨຌຉົລເຨຄ - ະຌະຨໍາຌລງກາຌຂຨຄ ະມາົມ ເພືໆຨກາຌພັຈະຌາ

• ຂະຍລຌກາຌຎະເມີຌ ຉໟຨຄກາຌລິເາະແຍຍິຄໃແໟ \ ຊໞາງຨຈຨຨກາກຸກຊໟຨງໍາຂຨຄຨົຄກຨຌ - ໞາຌ ຍຸຌັຍ ແຏຌຄາຌພັຈະຌາິໆຄແລຈໟຨມ

- We were thinking ourselves one of the best organizations. Now we know our weaknesses – SODA Board Member

- “This process of capacity assessment requires an honest analysis / expression of organizational situation” – Bounlap, Environment Program Officer

Feedback from partners (selected) ກາຌໞຨຄແຄາກ ໞຩໞລມຄາຌ (ີໆຊຶກເຨືກ)

With Vientiane Youth Center (VYC) ຩໞລມກັຍ ຌພັຈະຌາໄລໜຸໞມ

VYC staff members, during capacity assessment, December 11-12, 2014, Vientiane

With LAO Positive Health Association (LaoPHA) ຩໞລມກັຍ ະມາົມເພືຨໆຂຸະພາຍ

LaoPHA staff members, during capacity assessment, November 27-28, Vientiane

With Lao Disabled People’s Association (LDPA) ຩໞລມກັຍ ະມາົມົຌພກິາຌແວໞຄຆາຈາລ

LDPA staff members, during capacity assessment, May 11-12, Vientiane

With Committee de Cooperation pour le Laos (CCL) ຩໞລມກັຍ ຨົຄກາຌຩໞລມມກືຍັຎະເຈາລ

CCL staff members, during capacity assessment, May 7-8, Vientiane

• GCA learning

• SODA

learning

• LaoPHA learning

• VYC

Learning

• SAEDA Learning • CCL

Learning

• LDPA Learning

Continuous learning and improvement ຂະຍລຌກາຌຩຽຌຩ ໟ ແະ ຎັຍຎ ຄຢູ່າຄຉ ໍ່ເຌືໆຨຄ

applied applied

applied applied applied

applied

•Less challenges &

improved facilitation

•More confidence

•More positive feedbacks

to CARE better feeling

(mutual)

Reflection on

experience ເຍິໆຄຎະົຍກາຌຏໞາຌມາ

We applied the feedback

/ ideas for improvement ເຩົາໃຆໟກາຌໞຨຄແຄ / ແຌລິຈເພໆືຨຎັຍຎຸຄ

•ິໆຄໟາາງມີໜໟຨງ & ຎັຍຎຸຄລິີກາຌເຩັຈຎະເມີຌ

• ເຆືໆຨໝັຌວ າງຂືຌ

•ກາຌໞຨຄແຄມີໞາຨໞຽຄຈີຂືຌຉ ໍ່ຨົຄກາຌແຣ໌

Together with partners - we could contribute more! ຩໞລມກັຍ ໞຩໞລມຄາຌ - ພລກເຩາົຨາຈຎະກຨຍໞລຌໄຈໟວ າງຂືຌ

- - and become stronger for impact at scale ! - - ແະ ກາງເຎຌັ ລາມເຂັມແຂຄ ເພືໆຨໄຈໟມາໃຌະຈັຍຏົຌໄຈໟຩຍັ

Thank You ຂຨຍໃ