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Welcome to the Solution Exchange for Pacific Development Effectiveness Community!!
How it works
The Pacific Solution Exchange is a facilitated email based network that hosts e-discussions to strengthen development effectiveness in the Pacific. Launched in Ocober 2010, The Pacific Development Effectiveness Community is the first community to be set up as part of a trial to see if this approach will be successful in the Pacific. During this period, e-Discussion around key issues affecting the Pacific will be hosted, such as ‘Acceleration of achievement of MDGs’ and ‘Climate Change Resourcing’.
The Facilitation Team launches an e-discussion topic in the community. Over the next 2-3 weeks, members of the community share their opinions, ideas and recommendations via email. The facilitation team moderates the discussions to ensure the views expressed are framed positively and constructively. At the end of the “Discussion” period, the Facilitation Team synthesizes the thread into a Consolidated Reply – a synopsis of the responses together with the additional resources recommended (websites, readings, experts or organizations), that is circulated to the Community. The trial is expected to end in December 2011, with its 7th discussion. Read more about post trial plans.
Solution Exchange is a real-time facilitation service based on contributions from peers in an impartial UN-sponsored space.
Past Discussions in DEC
Accelerating MDGs Progress in the Pacific, November 23, 2010
Effective Resourcing to Address Climate Change, February 15, 2011
Improving Effectiveness of Development Efforts in the Pacific, April 5, 2011
Improving Effectiveness of Gender Equality in Mainstream Economic Policy, June 16, 2011
Poverty, Youth Employment and Resilience to Crime, August 10, 2011
Currently Closed.
Topics covered by this Community include:
Practitioners from the Pacific or internationally engaged in public, civil society, academia and private sector organizations whom share an interest in addressing issues relating to Pacific Island Countries are welcome to join the community. Members should join this Community if they are a:
Solution Exchange enables individual members to connect with each other through facilitated email discussions and face to face meetings to learn faster, work smarter and not reinvent the wheel. Some important benefits of this community are to:
Currently Closed.
After the trial
An evaluation of the trial demonstrated that members valued the service and were keen to continue interacting with a Pacific development community of practice. The evaluation also highlighted areas in which the service could be expanded to improve its responsiveness to member concerns.
The Pacific Solution Exchange service has broadened to introduce “Help,” “Consult” and “Collaborate” services where members of the community can ask queries, consult on working documents and work together in smaller groups. The Development Effectiveness Community’s focus has also shifted to include climate change adaptation, in recognition of the strong link between climate change and development in the Pacific, and that it is important NOT to consider climate change in isolation of broader development issues.
This shift in focus also recognizes the expectation that large resource flows for climate change adaptation will have a direct impact on the effectiveness of development funding and programming in the Pacific.
A new community on ‘Climate Change Adaptation and Development’ is being launched in November 2011, connecting experts from around the world specializing in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and climate change.
The Facilitation Team
The Pacific Solution Exchange Development Effectiveness Community is jointly facilitated by UNDP, PIFS, ADB and USP.
Jennifer Namgyal – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Coordinator
If you have any questions, please direct them to the Facilitation Team at pse.facilitationteam@undp.org.
The Pacific Solution Exchange is a facilitated email based network that hosts e-discussions to strengthen development effectiveness in the Pacific. Launched in Ocober 2010, The Pacific Development Effectiveness Community is the first community to be set up as part of a trial to see if this approach will be successful in the Pacific. During this period, e-Discussion around key issues affecting the Pacific will be hosted, such as ‘Acceleration of achievement of MDGs’ and ‘Climate Change Resourcing’.
The Facilitation Team launches an e-discussion topic in the community. Over the next 2-3 weeks, members of the community share their opinions, ideas and recommendations via email. The facilitation team moderates the discussions to ensure the views expressed are framed positively and constructively. At the end of the “Discussion” period, the Facilitation Team synthesizes the thread into a Consolidated Reply – a synopsis of the responses together with the additional resources recommended (websites, readings, experts or organizations), that is circulated to the Community. The trial is expected to end in December 2011, with its 7th discussion. Read more about post trial plans.
Solution Exchange is a real-time facilitation service based on contributions from peers in an impartial UN-sponsored space.
Past Discussions in DEC
Accelerating MDGs Progress in the Pacific, November 23, 2010
Effective Resourcing to Address Climate Change, February 15, 2011
Improving Effectiveness of Development Efforts in the Pacific, April 5, 2011
Improving Effectiveness of Gender Equality in Mainstream Economic Policy, June 16, 2011
Poverty, Youth Employment and Resilience to Crime, August 10, 2011
Currently Closed.
Topics covered by this Community include:
- Approaches to enhancing development effectiveness and cooperation, in line with global and regional commitments;
- Strategies to enhance coherence and coordination at local, national and regional levels;
- Organizational effectiveness, results-based management and monitoring and evaluation;
- Sectoral topics, such as trade, environment, climate change, sustainable economic growth, education, health, justice, disaster risk reduction, population, etc;
- Strengthening South-South cooperation;
- Implementing gender and human rights mainstreaming good practice;
- Strategies for effectively developing sustainable national and local capacities;
- Integrity, transparency, accountability and freedom of information;
- Application of knowledge management and information systems technologies.
Practitioners from the Pacific or internationally engaged in public, civil society, academia and private sector organizations whom share an interest in addressing issues relating to Pacific Island Countries are welcome to join the community. Members should join this Community if they are a:
- National or local government officials and parliamentarians including national statistics offices
- Official or authority of a relevant intergovernmental regional body
- Practitioner or field worker from a national or regional Civil Society Organisation (CSO) or Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)
- Member of trade associations and non-state actors at the country level including Chambers of Commerce and business unions
- UN, Multi or Bilateral donor agency official supporting national and regional development efforts
- Corporate or private sector professional involved in management or enhancing service delivery
- Academics and researchers
- Traditional church or community leader
- Member of similar organizations from other Small Island Developing State (SIDS)
- Members of the media
Solution Exchange enables individual members to connect with each other through facilitated email discussions and face to face meetings to learn faster, work smarter and not reinvent the wheel. Some important benefits of this community are to:
- Connect people with common interests
- “Offer knowledge on demand”
- Provide a wide range of solutions
- Increase
development effectiveness
Currently Closed.
After the trial
An evaluation of the trial demonstrated that members valued the service and were keen to continue interacting with a Pacific development community of practice. The evaluation also highlighted areas in which the service could be expanded to improve its responsiveness to member concerns.
The Pacific Solution Exchange service has broadened to introduce “Help,” “Consult” and “Collaborate” services where members of the community can ask queries, consult on working documents and work together in smaller groups. The Development Effectiveness Community’s focus has also shifted to include climate change adaptation, in recognition of the strong link between climate change and development in the Pacific, and that it is important NOT to consider climate change in isolation of broader development issues.
This shift in focus also recognizes the expectation that large resource flows for climate change adaptation will have a direct impact on the effectiveness of development funding and programming in the Pacific.
A new community on ‘Climate Change Adaptation and Development’ is being launched in November 2011, connecting experts from around the world specializing in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and climate change.
The Facilitation Team
The Pacific Solution Exchange Development Effectiveness Community is jointly facilitated by UNDP, PIFS, ADB and USP.
Jennifer Namgyal – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Coordinator
If you have any questions, please direct them to the Facilitation Team at pse.facilitationteam@undp.org.
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