Country: |
Multi-national, Sub-Saharan Africa Show on interactive map |
Active from: |
Nov 2007 to Dec 2011 |
Implementing organisation(s): |
International Foundation for Science, IFS Sweden |
Donor(s): |
MacArthur Foundation, Educational Trust Fund (ETF) in Nigeria |
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Summary: |
OM was used at the planning, monitoring and evaluation approach for this project implemented by the International Foundation for Science, Sweden. |
Objectives of the intervention: |
To provide access to well functioning scientific equipment at scientific institutions in Low Income Countries |
Why was OM chosen? |
OM was chosen to help to realise a demand driven project with national and local ownership and equal partnership. OM was expected to be an approach to PME that would support project management by helping to identify success stories and promote the redesign of the project from lessons learnt. |
How was OM used? |
Intentional design, monitoring and evaluation |
What was the experience of using OM? |
Boundary Partner (technicians, researchers, universities and suppliers) meetings are unique opportunities for these disparate groups to discuss the project, review progress and take decisions. OM provided a platform for capturing capabilities of BPs in a structured way and building a shared understanding. Changes to behaviour included suppliers: they opened offices locally to support the project and typically came to the BP meetings prepared with very useful presentations and questions that could then be addressed in the detail necessary. Without their participation as BPs, they would most probably have remained unaware of issues and unresponsive. |