Institute for Capacity Strengthening

This short conversation is with the CARITAS Myanmar Director, Dr. Win Tun Kyi. 

Conversation with the Director of Caritas Myanmar

Marc D'Silva, Regional Director in Asia discusses the continued need to operationalize local leadership at the regional and country program level, and how his fellow Regional Directors are working to model that. He shares the three groups of partners that Asia thinks about when discussing partnership and capacity strengthening. 

Today we get to listen in on a conversation between Yvonne Madondo, Project Officer in Zimbabwe and Mr. Mpumelelo Moyo, Director of Insiza Goiwayo Aids Council in Zimbabwe. In this conversation, they discuss how Insiza Goiwayo uses partnerships to overcome challenges in implementation, as well as how they see CRS supporting them in the future.

Dorrett Byrd, the Regional Director in SARO, discussed the tough conversations and honest questions that CRS should have with partners to define the future of local leadership.

Anselm Nwoke, Partnership Strengthening Coordinator in Nigeria, joins the PEPA podcast to share details of the tools and methods he uses to evaluate partners and monitor the effectiveness of the chosen PCS strategies.

Tobias Opiyio, Program Manager for SCORE ECD in Kenya, shares his expertise on using incorporating MEAL into his country's PCS Strategy.

Schuyler Thorup, Executive Vice President for Overseas Operations, shares his thoughts on local leadership and how it ties to both the CRS Agency Strategy 2030 and our guiding principles.

Conversation with the director of Director of National Center for HIV/AIDs Dermatology and STDs, Cambodia. Linna Khorn, Communications Officer, Cambodia

Sean Callahan discusses local leadership at CRS and how it ties back to CRS guiding principles. 

Draft 2 of Anselm's interview

Alberto Andretta, Director of the Partnership Unit at Catholic Relief Services, discusses the role of Local Leadership with Anselm Nwoke, a Partnership Coordinator in Nigeria.