Sustainability of networks : an analysis of the findings from an IDRC strategic evaluation (1995 - 2005)
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2006
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IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA
Abstract
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has 35 years of experience in developing and sustaining
international networks. In the fast-changing global context of the past ten years, it has found that
sustainability means that a network continues to function until it achieves its goals, or until its members
are no longer willing or able to continue, or until it becomes irrelevant. Sustainability thus has four dimensions:
time, relationships, resources, and relevance. In order to be sustainable across these dimensions,
network members and coordinators must cooperate in establishment of mechanisms to enable strategic
management, internal management, external management, and financial management. Most importantly, however, members and coordinators must possess adaptive capacity that enables them to recognize the need for change and to respond appropriately to it.
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French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Durabilité des réseaux : analyse des constatations issues d'une évaluation stratégique menée par le CRDI (1995 - 2005)
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IDRC Evaluation Report
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EVALUATION, RESEARCH NETWORKS, LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, ADAPTATION TO CHANGE, ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE, GLOBAL