MEKONG DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (MDP)

MI Learning and Growth Cross Cutting Programs Human Migration

CROSS CUTTING PROGRAMS PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM Ease of Doing Business Improving Public Service Delivery Enhancing Private and Civil Society Participation in Local Economic Development Improving Public Service Delivery Training for Myanmar : 1-10 Nov year program SDC

HUMAN MIGRATION Labor Migration Management Training (26-Nov-1 Dec 2012) Study on Skilled Labor Supply and Demand in SEZs in Laos and Cambodia (September 2012) Roundtable Meeting on Skilled Labor and TVET (2-3 Dec 2012) Phornphan Srikhatthanaprom, Coordinator

The Right Skills for the Job: A Case study of Labor Supply and Demand in Special Economic Zones in Cambodia and Laos

LEARNING AND GROWTH Enhancing organizational capacities Strengthening staff competencies M&E Program Development Staff Learning

Program Development emerging issues and new program opportunities

NEW INITIATIVES January-June 2012 No.Project TitleProject AreasDurationDevelopment Partner 1 Improved Agriculture Productivity through Good Agriculture and Postharvest Practices and Integration of SMEs into Regional and Global Value Chains Cambodia, Lao, Bangladesh, Nepal 3 years Oct 12 – Sept 15 USAID/ RDMA 2. Capacity Building for a More Inclusive and Equitable Growth Greater Mekong Subregion (**) EWEC 3 years Jan 13 – Dec 15 Swiss Development and Cooperation (SDC) 3. Enhancing Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Southern Economic Corridor of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (**) SEC Coastal sub- corridor and SEC Central Sub- corridor Oct 1, 2012 – Sept 30, 2015 Japan-Asean Integrated Fund (JAIF) 4.1 Strengthening Local Chambers of Commerce and Industry and SME Associations along Southern Economic Corridor to Promote Agriculture Value Chains (**) Twin cities on SEC 3 years Oct 12 – Sept 15 Republic of Korea 4.2FREATA Certified Logistics Master (**) GMS Economic Corridors October 1, 2012 – September 30, 2014 Republic of Korea 5 Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO) GMS July 1 onward ** final stage of vetting

Monitoring & Evaluation Deborah Ling M&E Officer Balance Score Card (Key Result Areas)

M&E Platforms Program Completion Evaluation (end of each learning activitiy and end of multi-year programs) Mid-year and Annual Review Mid-term review and completion assessment of 3- year business plans

Stages of Training Cycle and MI Training Program Evaluation Model During training event Post Pre- Test Evaluation Tools Self Assessment (Pre and Post) Mood Meter Suggestion Box BOD Online Questionnaire Participatory Evaluation (in all training programs) Follow up Questionnaire Interview with Supervisor MI’s Evaluation Model for Learning Programs MI’s Evaluation Model for Learning Programs

Staff Learning : enhancing …. WAYS OF THINKING: analytical faculties, creativity, problem solving, decision making WAYS OF DOING : communication, facilitation, networking, use of technology WAYS OF LIVING : development values and ethics, social responsibility

Staff Learning Activities Program Facilitation Skills Training Knowledge Sharing Sessions Function-based training (e.g. training on new accounting software for finance staff) Attendance in fora and meetings (e.g. ADBI experts meeting June 2012, Ministry of Education roundtable July 2012 Scholarships and Certificate Courses abroad (e.g. on post harvest and modern agricultural technologies, renewable energy, water resource management in Israel and Australia)

… working for equitable and inclusive development