About The Global Community of Practice on Scaling Development Outcomes
The Scaling Up Community of Practice (CoP) was founded six years ago by Larry Cooley and Johannes Linn. The purpose of the CoP is to provide a platform for knowledge exchange among experts and practitioners on approaches to scaling up development interventions, for developing partnerships, and for championing the idea that scaling up development impact is critical for achieving global development aspirations, such as the Sustainable Development Goals and climate change aspirations.
Interest in scaling has greatly increased over these six years. The CoP has now more than 700 members from over 200 institutions (including bilateral and multilateral development organizations, operating NGOs, grant making foundations, universities and think tanks) and from many different sectoral and thematic areas of professional expertise.
The CoP has organized four annual two-day in-person workshops in the Washington Metropolitan Area and currently operates nine sectoral and thematic Working Groups (education, health, agriculture, nutrition, social enterprises, youth employment, climate change, fragile states, and monitoring and evaluation) each of which meets virtually three times a year, as well as in-person during past CoP workshops.
The CoP has issued eighteen Newsletters to date, sharing news about scaling up research and practice from the Working Groups, from CoP members, and from the broader development community. Three years ago, an Executive Committee was formed from among the membership. Management Systems International (MSI) has generously provided administrative and logistical support since the establishment of the CoP.
There is strong support among the membership for the continuation and strengthening of the CoP. The CoP receives financial and in-kind support from a number of organizations and individuals, which has allowed it to host its annual workshop, invite and support southern participants, and develop and support a website.
For more information, please contact ScalingCOP@msi-inc.com.
Executive Committee of the Scaling Up CoP
Founder and Co-Curator of the CoP
Founder and President Emeritus at Management Systems International
Larry Cooley
Co-Chair of the Agriculture & Rural Development Working Group
Scaling Catalyst at CIMMYT
Lennart Woltering
Co-Chair of the Health Technical Working Group
President of Partners in Expanding Health Quality and Access
Laura Ghiron
Co-Chair of the M&E Working Group
Global Deputy Executive Director at J-PAL
John Floretta
Sustaining Member of the CoP: Lever for Change
Vice President of Social Impact and Founding Member at Lever for Change
Kristen Molyneaux
Co-Chair of the Social Enterprise Working Group
Director of Imago Global Grassroots
Isabel Guerrero
Co-Chair of the Climate Change Working Group
Senior Fellow in the Center for Sustainable Development at Brookings Institute
Amar Bhattacharya
Co-Chair of the Agriculture and Rural Development Working Group
Senior Advisor for the Global Food Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Julie Howard
Founder and Co-Curator of the CoP
Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institute
Johannes Linn
Co-Chair of the Social Enterprise Working Group
Private Sector Specialist at World Bank
Elaine Tinsley
Co-Chair of the Youth Employment Working Group
Program Director of Systems Change for Workforce Development at International Youth Foundation
Liz Vance
Co-Chair of the Nutrition Working Group
Senior Program Officer for Research at Eleanor Crook Foundation
Chytanya Kompala
Sustaining Member: GIZ
Senior Advisor at GIZ
Sabrina Storm
Co-Chair of the Fragile States Working Group
Social Protection and Jobs Manager, Africa Region at World Bank
Rob Chase
Co-Chair of the Youth Employment Working Group
Co-Founder of The Global Citizens’ Initiative
Hisham Jabi
Co-Chair of the Education Working Group
Senior Fellow for Global Economic and Development in the Center for Universal Education at Brookings Institute
Jenny Perlman Robinson
Co-Chair of the Education Working Group
Gaëlle Simon
Co-Chair of the Fragile States Working Group
Executive Advisor on Fragile States at World Vision
Jonathan Papoulidis
Co-Chair of the Climate Change Working Group
Head of Knowledge and Change Management at Green Climate Fund
George Zedginidze
Sustaining Member: Gates Foundation
Senior Program Officer at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Christine Galavotti
Contributing Member: ExpandNet
Professor Emerita at University of Michigan School of Public Health
Ruth Simmons
Co-Chair of the Youth Employment Working Group
Technical Manager at Management Systems International
Jess Ngo
Co-Chair of the Nutrition Working Group
Project Director for Health Economics at Nutrition International
