Kaizen is providing knowledge management advice, technical inputs, and knowledge-sharing methods to enhance USAID’s support to the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure.
The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) is an international consortium of nations, global private-sector, and development banks committed to promoting research and development in disaster resilient infrastructure. CDRI’s goal is to reduce communities’ vulnerability to disasters and the effects of increasing climate change. USAID shares CDRI’s vision and supports its mission and goals.
Highlights
- Developed a peer-learning toolkit
- Create d a communities of practice toolkit
- Led the development of a monitoring, evaluation, and learning plan
- Conducted progress reviews to evaluate CDRI’s performance against its strategic plan
Through the CDRI project, Kaizen provides USAID with knowledge management and capacity building for knowledge sharing. As a subcontractor to Miyamoto International, Kaizen and its embedded knowledge management advisor provide technical support to the research and knowledge management team at CDRI. Kaizen has strengthened CDRI by by facilitating structured learning interactions, knowledge networks, and strategic partnerships as well as designing toolkits dedicated to knowledge management, theories of change, communities of practice, and knowledge exchanges.
Kaizen’s efforts focus on creating a robust and effective research and knowledge management strategy. To support this, Kaizen has implemented a variety of activities, including:
- Developing a communities of practice toolkit and a peer-learning toolkit
- Regularly contributing to an internal newsletter for knowledge sharing across CDRI
- Providing inputs for the activity’s monitoring, evaluation, and learning plan and progress reviews to help CDRI evaluate its performance
Kaizen will support this work through 2026 with an aim to expand CDRI’s knowledge management and knowledge-sharing capacities. Ultimately, Kaizen is supporting CDRI’s ability to efficiently research and manage knowledge resources to enhance the overall research and management of disaster-resilient infrastructure.
At a glance
Client
Status
Active
Location
India
Services
Knowledge sharing networks, organizational development, climate change and energy
