Charlie on Day 2 of the Phase II Design Workshop
Well, Matt said I should try blogging on my own now. Seems that I am now competent enough to be a self-sufficient blogger and I only had my first experience two weeks ago!!!! (Hope for all now!)
Anyways- we wrapped up the last day of the field design workshop. My thoughts are plenty...
1) Sadly, Ethiopia and Guatemala were not represented. My concern is that their voices won't be heard in this. This workshop was very much focused on Indonesia and how Phase II could work for them. This is great, but I think we are missing some other important elements here - maybe we need to ask how we can get that critical input in Geneva if not before hand.
2) My big surprise - there really is momentum for collaboration in Indonesia. It seems that ECB 3 has stimulated an interest in getting together to work on some common pain points to improve our emergency response. According to Jordan Lewis, there are reasons we (at HQ levels and Initiative Manager levels) never heard about the desire and energy around this - one being that informality and comfort make for the impetus to communicate with HQ.
3) Another surprise - Of all the issues that this group wants to work on - DRR did NOT come out at all until the end when a couple folks said "oh yeah - we shouldn't lose this - it is a good idea and relevant to our programs." "Housing" issues around DRR also came up - does it sit in development or emergency departments? Does it really belong in ECB? Someone else mentioned regret at not bringing it up as a priority earlier and that ECB should not lose it. Mmmmm.....
4) Congratulations - ECB 2 Success - So it seems that some ECB 2 components are getting filtered down to and used at the field level. Looks like there is energy around the guide and future joint evaluations and assessments. Folks at the workshop are saying that accountability to people we serve is really IMPORTANT and a PRIORITY for them!!!!!
5) Some other clear messages came out for Phase II as well including "don't do again lists," potential field structures and mechanisms for Indonesia, needs for Management Information Systems (MIS), and the need for pre-existing relationships in emergency response.
Well- I think the Design Committee and the consultants have their work cut out for them.... I think we all look forward to seeing the draft product in a couple of weeks.
Off to Padang and Bali....
Over and Out.
Charlie
Anyways- we wrapped up the last day of the field design workshop. My thoughts are plenty...
1) Sadly, Ethiopia and Guatemala were not represented. My concern is that their voices won't be heard in this. This workshop was very much focused on Indonesia and how Phase II could work for them. This is great, but I think we are missing some other important elements here - maybe we need to ask how we can get that critical input in Geneva if not before hand.
2) My big surprise - there really is momentum for collaboration in Indonesia. It seems that ECB 3 has stimulated an interest in getting together to work on some common pain points to improve our emergency response. According to Jordan Lewis, there are reasons we (at HQ levels and Initiative Manager levels) never heard about the desire and energy around this - one being that informality and comfort make for the impetus to communicate with HQ.
3) Another surprise - Of all the issues that this group wants to work on - DRR did NOT come out at all until the end when a couple folks said "oh yeah - we shouldn't lose this - it is a good idea and relevant to our programs." "Housing" issues around DRR also came up - does it sit in development or emergency departments? Does it really belong in ECB? Someone else mentioned regret at not bringing it up as a priority earlier and that ECB should not lose it. Mmmmm.....
4) Congratulations - ECB 2 Success - So it seems that some ECB 2 components are getting filtered down to and used at the field level. Looks like there is energy around the guide and future joint evaluations and assessments. Folks at the workshop are saying that accountability to people we serve is really IMPORTANT and a PRIORITY for them!!!!!
5) Some other clear messages came out for Phase II as well including "don't do again lists," potential field structures and mechanisms for Indonesia, needs for Management Information Systems (MIS), and the need for pre-existing relationships in emergency response.
Well- I think the Design Committee and the consultants have their work cut out for them.... I think we all look forward to seeing the draft product in a couple of weeks.
Off to Padang and Bali....
Over and Out.
Charlie
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