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01/10/2026

Call for Experts | Seaweed Value Chain Expert

We are looking for a Philippines-based expert with experience in monitoring, evaluation and learning, combined with knowledge of the seaweed and wider blue economy sector.

We are particularly interested in professionals with:

· Strong experience in the Philippine seaweed sector
· Expertise in seaweed value chains, aquaculture, fisheries, blue economy, or coastal resource management.
· Experience working with seaweed farmers, cooperatives, processors, or government agencies
· Experience supporting research, assessments, monitoring, evaluation, or donorfunded projects is an advantage
· Familiarity with Palawan, Zamboanga, or other major seaweed-producing areas preferred
· Strong English communication and report writing skills

The assignment is expected to be primarily remote, with potential local travel within the Philippines.

If your experience matches the profile, or if someone in your professional network comes to mind, we would be pleased to hear from you.

Please send your CV and a summary of relevant experience to [email protected]

Deadline: 7 October 2026

15/09/2026

There is more to impact evaluation than measuring change.

It is also about asking the right questions, making thoughtful methodological choices, and being able to use the evidence that comes out of the process.

How do we decide what to evaluate?
What kind of evidence do we need?
Which methods are appropriate for the context?
And how do we move from findings to conclusions that can actually inform decisions?

These questions are at the centre of MDF’s Impact Evaluation training, taking place in Bangkok from 13-16 October 2026.

The programme takes participants through the evaluation process step by step, with practical exercises, case reflections and peer exchange along the way.

Registration closes on 29 September, with a few places still available.

📍 Bangkok | 13–16 October 2026

More Info : https://www.mdf.nl/courses-categories/impact-evaluation-4?course=IE2026

10/09/2026

MDF Indonesia is looking for a Circular Economy Specialist

MDF Indonesia is currently conducting a national-level Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) Study on Circular Economy implementation in Indonesia. Building on this experience, we are preparing a proposal for a related CE capacity-development assignment and are looking for an experienced Circular Economy Specialist to join our proposed team.

We particularly welcome experts with:

At least seven years of relevant experience in circular economy, waste management, environmental policy or sustainable production;
Experience in EPR, packaging waste and/or electronic waste (WEEE);
At least five years of project experience in Indonesia; and
Good professional English skills.

The proposed assignment is expected to run from October 2026 to January 2027.

Please send your English CV and availability to [email protected] by 14 September 2026. Further information will be shared with shortlisted candidates.

Please feel free to share this opportunity with relevant experts in your network.

08/09/2026

How should we include negative outcomes to enrich the impact evaluation?

This was one of the questions explored during MDF’s Impact Evaluation Clinic on 2 September.

The one-hour session brought together practitioners to discuss practical questions that arise when planning, commissioning or conducting an impact evaluation. Rather than following a fixed presentation, the discussion was shaped by the questions and experiences of participants.

Topics included:
• Developing useful evaluation questions
• Selecting methods that fit the evaluation purpose and context
• Determining the level of participation of partners and donors during the evaluation process

A big thank you to Rayke for leading the conversation, and to everyone who joined, asked questions and contributed to their experiences.

And the conversation doesn't have to stop here.
If you are working on an impact evaluation and have questions about the process, we'd be interested to hear what you are currently grappling with.

What is the most challenging part of an impact evaluation from your experience?

28/08/2026

Meet Rayke Nelis - our MEAL specialist

With more than 12 years at MDF, Rayke brings extensive experience in evaluation across different sectors and contexts.

As Director of MDF’s Myanmar office, she has conducted dozens of evaluations, from small-scale CSO projects to multi-country, multi-sector programmes covering humanitarian work, education, health and agriculture.

For our upcoming Impact Evaluation Clinic, Rayke will be sharing her practical experience and answering questions on the things that often come up when planning, commissioning or conducting an impact evaluation from developing useful evaluation questions and choosing a sampling approach to selecting the right methodology and evaluator.

You can simply join the conversation and learn from the questions and experiences shared by others.

📅 Wednesday, 2 September 2026

🕒 3:00-4:00 PM (Myanmar Time)

💻 Via Zoom | Free

🔗 Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpg9rOn5wJZCOBDha9JiGzl_KyhKQFmxDgAH0oN8tQyQJXig/viewform

We hope to see you there!

26/08/2026

Thank you for being part of our Knowledge Management webinar!

Last week, we brought together participants for a practical session on “Transforming Individual Learning into Organisational Change.”

We explored challenges that many organisations face: How do we make sure valuable knowledge does not stay with individuals, but becomes something others can learn from and use?

Together, we looked at the difference between tacit and explicit knowledge and explored how the SECI model can help organisations move from sharing experiences to creating, organising and applying knowledge.

The session was highly interactive, with participants sharing their own experiences, working through practical exercises and turning those experiences into ideas they could apply in their organisations. One exercise focused on a familiar workplace challenge “how to welcome and onboard a new staff member” and brought the group’s ideas together into a practical induction process.

We were delighted to see the level of participation and the thoughtful experiences shared throughout the session. Participants also highlighted the practical value of the session and expressed interest in future learning opportunities.

A big thank you to everyone who joined us, shared their experiences and took part in the discussion. Your contributions made the session meaningful and practical.

And of course, thank you to Thar Phyo and May Thet Kyaw for facilitating the session and sharing their knowledge and experience. We look forward to continuing these conversations and creating more opportunities to learn and exchange with our network.

What is one piece of knowledge in your organisation that is still mostly “in people’s heads”?

19/08/2026

লোকালাইজেশন (Localisation) আসলে কখন সত্যিকারের স্থানীয় নেতৃত্বাধীন (Locally Led) হয়ে ওঠে? (English Below)

শুধু স্থানীয় সংগঠনের সঙ্গে কাজ করলেই কোনো কর্মসূচি স্বয়ংক্রিয়ভাবে স্থানীয় নেতৃত্বাধীন হয়ে ওঠে না। স্থানীয় অংশীদার কার্যক্রম বাস্তবায়ন করলেও দেখা যায় যে প্রকৃত সিদ্ধান্ত, অগ্রাধিকার, বাজেট, কর্মসূচির নকশা এবং ঝুঁকি ব্যবস্থাপনার নিয়ন্ত্রণ প্রায়ই অন্য কোথাও থেকে যায়।

তাই এই প্রশ্নগুলো করা জরুরি:
• সমস্যাটি কে নির্ধারণ করে এবং অগ্রাধিকার কে নির্ধারণ করছে?
• সম্পদের নিয়ন্ত্রণ আসলে কার হাতে, এবং গুরুত্বপূর্ণ সিদ্ধান্তগুলো কে নিচ্ছে?
• কর্মসূচির নকশায় কার জ্ঞান ও অভিজ্ঞতা প্রতিফলিত হচ্ছে?
• স্থানীয় সংগঠনগুলো কি শুধু প্রকল্প বাস্তবায়ন করছে, নাকি কৌশল নির্ধারণেও প্রভাব রাখছে?
• এই অংশীদারিত্ব কি উভয় পক্ষকে শক্তিশালী করছে, নাকি মূলত এক পক্ষ থেকে অন্য পক্ষের কাছে দায়িত্ব হস্তান্তর করছে?
• অর্থায়ন শেষ হয়ে গেলে অংশীদারিত্বের কী হয়?

সত্যিকারের স্থানীয় নেতৃত্বাধীন উন্নয়নে পৌঁছাতে শুধু মাত্র কার্যক্রম স্থানীয় পর্যায়ে হস্তান্তর করলেই তা যথেষ্ট নয়। এর জন্য ক্ষমতার বণ্টন, সিদ্ধান্ত গ্রহণ প্রক্রিয়া, সক্ষমতা, অর্থায়ন এবং অংশীদারিত্বের গুণগত মান—এসব বিষয়কে সততার সঙ্গে ও সমালোচনামূলকভাবে খতিয়ে দেখতে হয়।

MDF এর স্থানীয় নেতৃত্বাধীন উন্নয়ন ও অংশীদারিত্ব (Locally Led Development and Partnership) বিষয়ক কোর্সে আমরা এই বিষয়গুলোই গভীরভাবে অনুসন্ধান করার চেষ্টা করি । এখানে স্থানীয় নেতৃত্বের ধারাবাহিকতা, অংশীজন ও ক্ষমতা বিশ্লেষণ, ন্যায্য অংশীদারিত্ব, মানবিক-উন্নয়ন-শান্তি সংযোগ নেক্সাস ((Humanitarian-Development-Peace Tripple Nexus), অর্থায়ন প্রক্রিয়া এবং নিজের কর্মসূচি বা প্রতিষ্ঠানে লোকালাইজেশন শক্তিশালী করার বাস্তবসম্মত কৌশল নিয়ে কাজ করা হয়।

তাই এই কোর্সটি মানবিক ও উন্নয়ন সংস্থা ও প্রকল্পে কর্মরত পেশাজীবী, বেসরকারি খাতের প্রতিষ্ঠান এবং স্থানীয় জনগোষ্ঠীর সঙ্গে কাজ করা সরকারি বা বহুজাতিক সংস্থার কর্মীদের জন্য তৈরি করা হয়েছে।

কোর্স বিস্তারিত
Locally Led Development and Partnerships
স্থান: ঢাকা, বাংলাদেশ
তারিখ: ২১–২৩ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২৬
ভাষা: দ্বিভাষিক (বাংলা | ইংরেজি)
কোর্স ফি: ৩৩,০০০ টাকা (সর্বসমেত)
নিবন্ধনের শেষ তারিখ: ১০ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২৬
নিবন্ধন ও আরও তথ্যের জন্য: [email protected]

When does localisation become locally led?

Working with local organisations doesn't automatically make a programme locally led. A local partner might be the one implementing activities, but the real decisions, priorities, budgets, programme design, risk, often still sit somewhere else.

So maybe these are the questions worth asking instead:
• Who defines the problem and sets the priorities?
• Who controls the resources and makes the key calls?
• Whose knowledge is shaping the programme design?
• Are local organisations implementing projects, or influencing strategy?
• Do these partnerships strengthen both sides, or mostly just hand off responsibility?
• And what happens to the partnership once the funding runs out?

Getting to locally led development means more than shifting activities downward. It means looking honestly at power, decision-making, capacity, financing, and the quality of the partnerships themselves.

This is one of the things we dig into in MDF's Locally-led Development and Partnerships course, working through the locally-led continuum, stakeholder and power analysis, equitable partnerships, the Humanitarian–Development–Peace Nexus, funding mechanisms, and practical strategies for strengthening localisation in your own programme or organisation.

Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Date: 21–23 September 2026
Language: Bilingual (বাংলা | English)
Course fee: BDT 33,000 (all-inclusive)
Registration deadline: 15 September 2026

The course is designed for professionals working in humanitarian and development organisations and projects, private-sector organisations, and public or multinational agencies working with local communities.

What does genuinely locally led development look like in your organisation?

For registration and further information: [email protected]

14/08/2026

Planning an impact evaluation? What are you unsure about?
An impact evaluation can raise quite a few questions before the work even begins.

What makes a useful evaluation question?
How do you decide on a sampling approach?
Which methodology is right for your evaluation?
And what should you look for when selecting an evaluation consultant?

These decisions depend on the purpose of the evaluation, the context, and what you need the evaluation to help you understand.
To discuss some of these practical questions, MDF is hosting a free one-hour Impact Evaluation Clinic with Rayke Nelis.

Rayke has worked with MDF for over 12 years and has conducted evaluations across education, health, agriculture and humanitarian sectors, from small-scale CSO projects to multi-country programmes. She will also lead MDF's Impact Evaluation training in Bangkok this October.

Bring a question from your own work or simply join the session and listen to the questions others are asking. Rayke will share practical guidance based on her experience conducting evaluations across different sectors and contexts.

Wednesday, 2 September 2026
3:00–4:00 PM (Myanmar Time)
Free One-Hour Q&A Session in English via Zoom

🔗 Register here: https://forms.gle/kA2zyH32F4NcHP5W7

If you are planning, commissioning or conducting an impact evaluation, you are very welcome to join.

13/08/2026

Should an evaluator be a judge or a facilitator of learning?

Evaluation requires independent judgement. We need to examine evidence, identify gaps and communicate difficult findings clearly.

But there is another question worth asking: how do we create an evaluation process where people are willing to reflect honestly and learn from the findings?

At MDF, we often see that a more facilitative approach can create space for this.

This does not mean avoiding critical findings or compromising independence. It means involving relevant stakeholders in the process, listening to the context behind the results, and creating opportunities to make sense of findings together.

For example, co-design workshops can help clarify what information is needed for learning. Sensemaking sessions can then bring different perspectives together to interpret findings and develop recommendations that are practical and relevant.

What do you think makes an evaluation genuinely useful for learning?

This is one of the questions we explore in our Impact Evaluation training, where participants work through practical approaches to designing and managing evaluations, from evaluation questions and methodology to data collection, analysis and recommendations.

📍 Bangkok | 13–16 October 2026

The course will be led by Rayke Nelis, who has conducted evaluations across various sectors and organisations and has worked with MDF for over 12 years.

More information and registration: https://www.mdf.nl/courses-categories/impact-evaluation-4?course=IE2026

11/08/2026

Vacancy | Project Accountant - Mastercard Foundation Programme (FAST)

We’re looking for an experienced, proactive and detail-oriented Project Accountant to support the Mastercard Foundation Programme (FAST).

This is a remote position working in an international and multi-country environment, with collaboration across MDF Global Finance, the FAST project team and implementing partners.

The role will focus on:
- Project financial management and accounting
- Budget monitoring, forecasting and financial analysis
- Partner and grant financial management
- Donor financial reporting and fund management
- Compliance, internal controls and audit coordination
- Cash-flow management and financial systems

We are particularly interested in professionals with at least 3 years of relevant project accounting experience, including experience with donor-funded projects, financial reporting and project audits. Advanced Excel skills and knowledge of accounting systems are required; experience with Exact Online is a strong advantage.

The role offers an opportunity to contribute to a major programme supported by the Mastercard Foundation, with exposure to donor financial management, grants, compliance, reporting and audit.

Location: Remote
Application deadline: 25 August 2026
Apply: Send your CV and application in English to [email protected]
Subject: Project Accountant-Remote Position

If this opportunity matches your experience or if someone in your network may be a good fit, we would appreciate you sharing it with them.

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