Facilitation

Facilitation is the act of engaging and guiding stakeholders through discussions, learning activities, and processes. A facilitator serves as a neutral party who can help groups work together more constructively. The MELI Unit offers facilitation services to ECA offices in order to support more efficient, effective, and results-oriented decision-making. Facilitation is helpful for: 

  • Developing office or bureau-wide strategies 
  • Identifying creative solutions to tough, nebulous challenges 
  • Encouraging broad participation and building buy-in 
  • Working on a sensitive issue where a neutral party would add value 
  • Synthesizing complex or multifaceted information 
  • Translating performance monitoring or evaluation data into learning 

      • The MELI Unit provides a range of facilitation support levels and types, tailored to the requesting team’s goals, timeline, desired outputs, and stakeholders involved. This includes one-off facilitation, multi-meeting support, and/or continuous engagement. 

    Facilitation Resources

  • MELI’s Brief Guide to Facilitation
  • MELI Seminar: Facilitation
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    Please send questions and comments to ecaevaluation@state.gov.