Adaptation is a response to complexity. It functions very differently depending on an organization's goal.

We frequently adopt to create more resilient programs by anticipating and accommodating change; scale a successful practice within a project; and import a practice that demonstrated success from one project to another.

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WHEN CAN SYNTEGRAL’S ASSISTANCE IN ADAPTATION HELP?

  • When an activity has been deemed successful and a donor, government or education-focused agency/implementing organization believes the activity—or some component(s) of it—offers a model that should be brought to scale
     
  • At the proposal development stage when a "best practice" or innovative activity is being considered for inclusion, but needs to be tailored to fit organizational capacity and expertise
     
  • During implementation when uncoordinated changes in a program or activity have resulted in reactive, rather than proactive, adaptation. Assistance in such cases is needed to consolidate core gains around a programmatic consensus that keeps objectives intact
     
  • After an activity has been scaled to new sites but its long-term viability is uncertain because the capacity to sustain the adaptation has not been put in place
     
  • When an organization seeks to integrate more complexity-aware and adaptive management approaches but recognizes that the adaptive capacity of the critical personnel is lacking

Syntegral fosters and supports the ability of donor and government agencies, implementing organizations, educators and frontline workers to maximize program impact and scale by strengthening capacity for program adaptation in response to the real-world complexities of implementation.

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