Transcript Appreciative Inquiry process

Education Thematic Working Group
UNICEF Myanmar
24 January 2012
RESULTS OF THE
APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY PROCESS
QUESTION 1: DISCOVERY
Question: What are the strength of Education
Thematic Working Group?
QUESTION 1: DISCOVERY
Actors involvement
 Strong coordination between NGO’s, CSO’s and
Government
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On policies
 On best practices
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Inter-agency collaboration
 Networking
 Information sharing / Learning from each other
 Ground level Activities
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QUESTION 1: DISCOVERY
Examples
ActionAid could easily find out about education
issues for use in their area.
 Use of mother’s circle : introduce at ETWG to be
used by others.
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QUESTION 2: DREAM
Question: Where would we want to be/go?
QUESTION 2: DREAM
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To increase coordination with government
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Concrete plan/proposal/policy option to put forward to them
To have a scope for strong connections across sub
sectors in order that they build on one another
To produce Influential policy dialogues
To share evidence-based practice with great
involvements of donors and other key players
To pass the leading role onto MOE
To become trustworthy group for the Government and
Donors
To support Government Education Programs
QUESTION 3: DESIGN
Question: How can we get there?
QUESTION 3: DESIGN
Workshops and seminars held at National Level
 Strong participatory process
 Trust building
 Clear identification of Roles and responsibilities
 Evidence based advocacy (as collective work)
 Data collection/survey/study
 Higher level Representation from Government
and member organizations
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QUESTION 4: DELIVER
Question: How do we do it?
QUESTION 4: DELIVER
Develop realistic and broader objectives
 Organize regional/national seminars
 Find more fundings
 Share resources among donors, key actors and
MOE
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STRENGTHENING OUR VISION –Re-visiting our
Dream
What do we want to achieve through ETWG?
 Government Perspective
 Development Partners’ Perspective
 INGO and NGO perspectives