How do we actually learn while a project is still ongoing?

Most teams document lessons at the end of a project. By then, opportunities to adapt have often already passed.

We are very happy to kick off this year’s webinar series with a story from Abdel-Rahman El-Mahdi who will share firsthand experiences from a civil society study conducted in Sudan.

Across this series, we will explore the key phases of learning in practice. For each session, we invite collaborators and practitioners who are actively working in these contexts to share how learning is approached, challenged, and applied in real time.

In this first webinar, we focus on one central question: how can lessons be captured and integrated into ongoing workflows, rather than after the fact?

Drawing on the Sudan case, we will look at what it takes to:
🔎 Continuously reflect and adapt in uncertain and changing contexts
🔎 Capture insights as they emerge, not months later
🔎 Turn experiences into structured knowledge that informs decisions
🔎 Ensure that learning feeds directly back into the work

The session combines:
💡 A short introduction to the principles behind structured learning
💡A practitioner story from the field, including challenges and trade-offs
💡A joint reflection on what worked, what did not, and what can be done differently
💡A brief look at how tools like Propel support this in practice

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