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Strengthening Local Actors

At LINC, we believe that engaging committed, capable local organizations to lead their own institutional improvement increases development effectiveness and long-term sustainability.

Why We Do It

Traditional organizational development programs often lead to uninformed partner selection, organization-centric capacity assessment, reliance upon grant/training-based support and utilization of inflexible results-based project management methods.

LINC’s organizational development approach empowers local actors to critically examine their own place in the larger system, align services to local demand and self-identify capacity development priorities.

How We Do It

LINC’s organizational development services are aligned to local demand. Local organizations pay us directly for services. These include businesses seeking to better understand their markets, governmental agencies seeking to engage key constituencies, local NGOs seeking to increase their impact, and local leaders seeking to raise the voice of their constituents.

LINC’s services reside at the intersection of organizational agency and structure, balancing trade-offs between organizational improvement and larger systemic factors that may directly or indirectly reflect on a given actor’s prospects for success. Our approach highlights the importance of linking capacity development with systems-savvy, uniquely positioning organizations for success on their own terms, in their own environment.

Empowering Local Actors

Our Tools and Services

LINC’s properiety Pre-Investment Capacity and Knowledge Scorecard (PICKS) tool helps local organizations take the driver’s seat. Learn more.

Our Projects

Facilitating Financial Sustainability (FFS)
Facilitating Financial Sustainability (FFS)
Global Labor Program – Inclusive Futures (GLP-IF)
Global Labor Program – Inclusive Futures (GLP-IF)

USAID-funded Global Labor Program – Inclusive Futures (GLP-IF) is a five-year program that aims to increase the inclusion of people with disabilities. LINC serves as the technical lead for two distinct components of the program: Systems Thinking and Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA).

Expanding Access to Justice Program Evaluation
Expanding Access to Justice Program Evaluation
Communities of Practice for Effective Partnerships (COPE) Activity
Communities of Practice for Effective Partnerships (COPE) Activity
IGAPP Activities Midterm and Final Performance Evaluations
IGAPP Activities Midterm and Final Performance Evaluations
Local Evaluation and Evidence Support (LEES) Activity
Local Evaluation and Evidence Support (LEES) Activity
Mexico Local Capacity Development
Mexico Local Capacity Development
Transforming Market Systems Activity (TMS)
Transforming Market Systems Activity (TMS)
Kosovo Up To Youth
Kosovo Up To Youth
CAPx (Capital Impact Exchange) Activity
CAPx (Capital Impact Exchange) Activity
ADESO Organizational Development
ADESO Organizational Development

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