Nicaragua Needs Assessment

Creative examined training needs and assessed the ability of institutions to deliver in Nicaragua for USAID Bureau of Latin America and Caribbean Affairs. Creative explored alternatives aimed at improving the productive capacity of the labor force including an assessment of the private sector's demand for vocational skills training; a survey of training institutions and other resources; and an analysis of problems between the types and delivery modes of training....

Nicaragua Development Training & NGO Strengthening Program

Creative provided human capacity building technical assistance through a USAID-funded program to support the democratic transition in Nicaragua. The purpose of the project was to provide skilled human resources critical to the democratic transition and economic recovery in Nicaragua. Creative worked closely with local institutions that received training to ensure that they had a clear understanding of the specific training objectives and how the program tied into institutional training. Creative partnered with AED....

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: STRATEGY TOWARD ACHIEVING FAIR ELECTIONS

The USAID/Santa Domingo project was designed to foster stronger civil society participation in the next scheduled election through the development of a strategy and concept paper that maximized citizen involvement in a fair election process. Data was collected in informal surveys and in interviews with local NGOs, the U.S. Embassy and USAID officials. The strategy provided technical assistance and resources for NGOs committed to promoting a democratic environment for the 1996 election cycle....

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: EVALUATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING – DEMOCRATIC INITIATIVES PROJECT

Creative conducted a mid-term evaluation of the Democratic Initiatives Project (PID), a ten-year project that awards sub-grants to groups supporting projects which encouraged citizen involvement in the political process. USAID entered into a Cooperative Agreement with the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) to administer it in 1992. The project utilizes USAID’s medio paso atrasâ (a half step behind) philosophy, meaning that Dominicans themselves played an instrumental role in shaping the PID proposal. Once it was approved, many members of the original Consultative Group continued to participate on the project's Consultative Council....

COSTA RICA: MULTIGRADE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT TEACHER WORKSHOP I AND II

Creative developed a teacher's guide and specialized materials for rural, multi-grade classroom teachers and conducted workshops for those teachers based on the new curriculum. This included four five-day workshops for 600+ multi-grade teachers on classroom management, teaching methodologies and the production of teacher materials and an abbreviated two-day workshop on these subjects for their supervisors. ...

COSTA RICA: EVALUATION & ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING

At the request of USAID's Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Program of the Office of Democratic Initiatives, Creative evaluated the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights, focusing on organizational and programming effectiveness in the areas of elections, training of human rights NGOs, and human rights and civic education. The review also included an assessment of the Institute's managerial, administrative and financial capacities; publications and information dissemination; and its annual course on human rights....