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Spur Change 2023 SMO Report

Small and medium-sized organizations (SMOs) have long played a critical role within Canada’s international cooperation landscape. The ability of SMOs to emerge and thrive in many ways is contingent upon the environment within which they are established. An environment with...
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Spur Change 2022 SMO Report

In the last two years, Canadian small and medium-sized organizations (SMOs) have had to significantly adapt to the changing context of the unfolding pandemic. While some organizations struggled to shift in this fast-paced changing reality, others thrived and exhibited impressive...
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Spur Change 2021 SMO Report

2020 was an unprecedented year for the world and for the international cooperation sector. COVID-19 affected all operational parts of SMOs, but Spur Change commissioned a study to see how SMOs have adapted and shown resilience in the face of...
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Risk Management Training: improve organizational readiness at managing crisis using scenario-based planning

About the Course Improve your organizational readiness! The global crisis due to the coronavirus has highlighted the importance for small and medium-sized organizations (SMO) to adopt risk management strategies. While the pandemic has been with us for a while, it...
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RBM 201 An intermediate course on results-based management

About the Course Strengthen your capacities in Results-Based Management! RBM 201 contributes to a better understanding of RBM through application of the concepts learned during RBM 101 Practising Results-Based Management: An Introductory Course.  Originally offered in partnership with each provincial...
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RBM 101 Practicing Results-Based Management: An Introductory Course

About the Course This self-paced eLearning course covers basic RBM concepts, how RBM can be applied and provides participants with hands-on practise using basic RBM tools. This course is out-of-this world as it uses gamification, storytelling and a science-fiction theme...
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National Training: Making Data Collection Meaningful – Self-Learning

In September 2020, Spur Change relaunched the training Making Data Collection Meaningful*. This two weeks intensive workshop organized by Spur Change, in collaboration with the Inter-Council Network (ICN) members, Salanga and ZENDialogue, was a practical hands-on experience for participants to...
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Risk Analysis & Contingency Plans

The global pandemic crisis has put small and medium organizations (SMO)s under significant stress. As they continue to adapt and take control of the current situation, they must use different crisis management tools to limit the consequences of their international...
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Risk Training: Module 3

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Risk Training: Module 2

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Risk Training: Module 1

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RBM 101: Practicing Results-Based Management: Sneak Peek Video

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RBM 101: An Introductory Course – Exclusive Intergalactic Interview

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Risk Analysis Follow-Up: Reflection Tool

In collaboration with Aleas, this reflection tool was created to track risk priorities and work-in-progress prior and during the course of the pandemic crisis.

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Risk Analysis Follow-Up: Auto Assessment Tool

In collaboration with Aleas, the auto assessment tool was created to guide your organization’s risk assessment and current obstacles.

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Making Data Collection Meaningful – Community-Led Monitoring, Evaluation And Learning Handout

In collaboration with Salanga, the Community (MEL) handout engages all community members to design, implement, monitor progress, analyze and disseminate results, and adapt the theory of change.

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Making Data Collection Meaningful – Brainstorming for your Next Data Collection Exercise

In collaboration with Salanga, the MEL Design exercise tool helps to guide decisions around what are the key data sources, what methods are the most efficient / suitable to capture data from these sources, and what approach we should consider in the next stage of proposal development.

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Making Data Collection Meaningful – Module: Video

Module 4: Technology for Data Collection Video the National Training focuses Technology for data collection including analyzing and reporting results and examples of how technology can support data collection

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Making Data Collection Meaningful – MEL Design​ Worksheet

In collaboration with Salanga, this worksheet helps to guide decisions around what are the key data sources, what methods are the most efficient / suitable to capture data from these sources, and what approach we should consider in the next stage of proposal development.

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Making Data Collection Meaningful – Module: Community-led Data Collection Video

Module 3: Community-led Data Collection Video of the National Training focuses on community-led approaches that can keep catalyzing positive behaviour of people beyond the time frame and scope of a project.

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Making Data Collection Meaningful – Module: Video

Module 1: Planning for Data Collection​ of the National Training goes over the planning stages within a project cycle for data collection

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Making Data Collection Meaningful – Module: Gender-Sensitive and Feminist Data Collection Video

Module 2 of the National Training goes over the gender-responsive spectrum and differences between gender and feminist approaches for data collection.

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Risk Analysis & Contingency Plans – Module 3: Effective Crisis Management (Video 2 of 3)

Spur Change in collaboration with Aleas, offered this training to better equip Canadian SMOs in the international cooperation and development sector with risk management and contingency plans development. Within Module 3 participants can develop crisis management practices (protocol, standard operating procedures and contingency plan).