Civicus toolkit on how organizations can produce their own media; Karen Hurt; Toolkit

A guide to manuals for qualitative and participatory research on child health, nutrition and reproductive health. Describes some of the existing manuals for conducting qualitative research and provides information to help program managers, researchers, funders of health programs, and others select the manuals that are most appropriate to their needs.

USAID document offers an overview of ways to assess institutional capacity, including tools to measure the capacity of a whole organization as well as tools to measure individual parts or functions of an organization.

Guide describes some of the existing manuals for conducting qualitative research onhealth and provides information to help program managers, researchers, funders of health programs, and others select the manuals that are most appropriate to their needs in French.

Civicus toolkit on how organizaitons can promote themselves; Karen Hurt; Toolkit

Sourcebook outlines some of the key tools used by those involved in institutional development.

USAID document that defines performance indicators and offers advice for selecting appropriate and useful ones.

UNDP issued paper that explains the importance and use of indicators in reviewing and managing a program.

Presentation on improving the quality of programs and outcomes. Describes why quality improvement (QI) is important; three fundamentals of quality improvement and assurance, andthe relationship between planning, monitoring and evaluation, and QI.

A facilitator's guide to partnership dialogue; This manual is a guide to facilitating constructive discussion and dialogue with partners. It is based on the idea that partnership is a process and an ongoing journey. Rather than a set of tools to apply to partners, this manual lays out a process for CRS and partners to jointly explore challenges faced. It contains sessions that are intended to be creative, forward thinking, honest and fun and help guide you through a process of tackling some possibilities and challenges of partnership. It gives suggestions for participatory designs for use in any workshop context and ideas for using sessions in a variety of applications. Facilitation notes, handouts and flip chart content are included with each session design.