LCS Forum – Capacity Conundrums: What Would You Do?

No matter how well you plan, there can still be challenging scenarios when it comes to local capacity strengthening. Come to explore real-life examples of tricky situations and how experts in local capacity strengthening would address them – then give your own opinion on what could work! Don’t forget to bring your own challenging scenarios and they might be discussed. Come with your own perspectives and opinions. Depending on registration of participants, live simultaneous interpretation will be available in Kiswahili, Spanish, French, Arabic, and American Sign Language. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please contact reasonableaccommodations@usaid.gov. Speakers for this session will include: Sarah Ellison, USAID Senior Policy Advisor, New Partnerships Initiative (NPI) Sunita Mainali, Executive Director, WOREC Nepal Nathalie Renaud, USAID Colombia Co-Deputy of the Program Office Almeer Ahsan Asif, Deputy Chief of Party, USAID Bijoyee Project, Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center Yoon-Chan Kim USAID Program Officer, Innovation Technology and Research (ITR) Laura Alvarez, USAID Paraguay Local Capacity and MEL Specialist Ajka Rovcanin , Executive Director, KULT in Bosnia and Herzegovina Rosewita Katsande, Chief of Party Local Works Collaborative Action Network, Youth Empowerment and Transformation Trust (YETT) Zimbabwe Chris Mothupi, USAID Southern Africa, Senior Project Development Specialist Margarita Elliot, Senior Health Consultant Mauricio Cruz Merino, USAID Honduras, Project Management Specialist.

Time: 9:00 AM ET

Location: Virtual

Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2024