MEASURE Evaluation is funded by the U.S.
Agency for International Development and
implemented by the Carolina Population Center at
University of North Carolina in partnership with
Futures Group International, John Snow Inc.,
ICF Macro, Management Sciences for Health and
Tulane University
Dear Colleague:
28 December 2011
USAID’s MEASURE Evaluation Project is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications
for the Virtual Leadership Development Program (VLDP) for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
teams in Anglophone countries. For the first time, the VLDP will be focused on gender M&E.
This VLDP is for teams working on a gender-related aspect of M&E in health care: for
example, sex disaggregated data to examine differentials in HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria,
other infectious diseases, and reproductive health, or any data collected for gender-focused
programs such as gender-based violence.
Funded by USAID, the main goal of the gender VLDP is to strengthen individual and team
leadership and management practices (behaviors) and to empower those involved in the
collection, reporting, analysis, and use of gender-related health data, at all levels of an
organization. Please note that this is not an M&E technical skills program. The VLDP will
introduce leadership practices and skills (including communications, critical thinking, and
problem solving). The VLDP will give teams the opportunity to use these skills in successfully
addressing specific challenges identified by the teams themselves at the beginning of the
program. Such challenges might include resolving questions about how to collect sex and agedisaggregated data, how to train community health workers on the importance of gathering
gender-related data, or how to use this data to inform decisions about programs and policy
changes that take gender into account.
This gender VLDP responds to the GHI Women, Girls, and Gender Equality by enhancing the ability of
teams to collect and use sex- and age-disaggregated data “to enable the monitoring of progress
and evaluation of effectiveness of programs related to the principle.”
OUTLINE OF THE PROGRAM
The VLDP is a 14-week Internet-based program hosted on the VLDP website of the MEASURE
Evaluation project’s partner Management Sciences for Health (MSH). A highly interactive
learning program, the VLDP consists of seven learning modules, a supplementary participant
workbook, and expert virtual facilitation from experienced leadership, Gender M&E, and
organizational development specialists. This VLDP M&E will launch on March 12, 2012 and
conclude on June 15, 2012. The deadline for applications is February 3, 2012.
Our VLDP experiences in a range of regions show that participation in this program strengthens
individual leadership skills, improves team integration and performance, and improves team
work climate and the achievement of results.
COST AND ELIGIBILITY
The VLDP is for M&E working groups/teams in both public and private sector organizations.
The VLDP enrolls teams, not individuals. Teams should be working to address a genderrelated M&E of health goal. Team size may vary between 4 and 10 people, all of whom should
be located in the same place, preferably in the same building. Teams must be able to meet
face-to-face for several hours at least once during each of the seven modules. The program is
designed for teams that consistently work together on a routine basis on a common
objective or goal and that can commit fully to the program requirements listed above and
in the attached application.
This VLDP is being offered free of charge to qualified teams. The cost of this program is being
supported by USAID. All qualified applications will be considered, with applications from
public sector health agencies and local NGOs especially encouraged.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Prior to submitting the application:
This VLDP requires participating team members to complete the Gender and Reproductive
Health eLearning Course found at http://www.globalhealthlearning.org/login.cfm before
applying. Applications must be accompanied by copies of the certificates of all proposed team
members.
Once this step is completed, please click the following link to access the application:
http://programs.msh.org/clm/applications/Application_VLDPMandE10.doc
and e-mail or fax the completed application AND the certificates of completion of the
Gender course to Management Sciences for Health (MSH) at VLDPMandE10@msh.org or
fax number +1.617.250.9090 on or before February 3, 2012. We cannot guarantee acceptance
in the program after this date. Applications will be reviewed and selected participants notified in
mid-late February 2012.
This announcement is not only intended to inform you of the program, but also to ask for
referrals of candidates. We would appreciate it if you would forward this application to
other potential applicants.
For more information, please contact the VLDP M&E team at VLDPMandE10@msh.org.
Additionally, you may contact Susan Post (+1.703.310.3527). You may also access this
informational flyer: http://programs.msh.org/clm/fliers/VLDP.pdf.
We hope to have a team from your organization participating!
Sincerely,
Jason B. Smith, Deputy Director CB/DDU/KM
MEASURE Evaluation
MEASURE Evaluation is funded by the U.S.
Agency for International Development and
implemented by the Carolina Population Center at
University of North Carolina in partnership with
Futures Group International, John Snow Inc.,
ICF Macro, Management Sciences for Health and
Tulane University
Program Dates: March 12, 2012 to June 15,2012
Applications Due: February 3, 2012
Virtual Leadership Development Program (VLDP)
Application for Participation
To: Health teams in the areas of collection, reporting, analysis, and use of Gender-related data in
Anglophone countries
E-mail: VLDPMandE10@msh.org; Tel: +1.617.250.9500; Fax: +1.617.250.9090
Please provide the following information:
Team coordinator’s name and position:
Name of organization:
Name and brief description of your organization and specific work that your team does (maximum of 2 paragraphs):
Website address:
Has your organization previously worked with MEASURE Evaluation? Yes____ No____
Describe one current Gender-related M&E challenge your team is facing or would like to address (maximum of 2
paragraphs):
Mailing address and contact information (please include a complete physical mailing address, telephone number, and email address):
Team participating in the program. The minimum number of participants per team is 4 and the maximum number is 10.
Please indicate the name and e-mail address of each member of the team. (Please note: individual participants must
have their own e-mail accounts.)
Team Name:
Member
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Surname
First name
E-mail address
Position
Sex
(M/F)
Cell phone #
Does your team meet the following team requirements? (Please check all applicable items):
__Able to identify a “real life” M&E challenge which strengthened leadership and management skills could help to
successfully address
__Involved in the collection, analysis, and use of health data for HIV/AIDS, FP/RH or Infectious Disease programs
__Housed in the same location and works together on a regular and on-going basis
__Able to physically meet every other week over 14 weeks
__Able to individually dedicate 4 to 6 hours of time to the program per week over 13 weeks
__Participants can read and write English
__Participants can commit to active participation in all aspects of the program as well as completion of assignments,
including the initiation of team action plan implementation
Does your team meet the following technical requirements? (Please check all applicable items):
__Reliable access to a computer and the internet
__Minimum 56.6Kb/s modem connection speed
__Internet Explorer 5.1 or higher
Please complete and return this application to VLDPMandE10@msh.org by February 3, 2012. You
will receive a written confirmation once your application is received and teams will be notified of
acceptance into the program by mid-late February 2012.
NOTE: Please remember to attach certificates showing that all team members completed the
Gender and Sexual and Reproductive Health eLearning Course at
http://www.globalhealthlearning.org/login.cfm.