International Development Week (IDW) is a moment to reflect on what international assistance can achieve, especially when partners work together with clarity, accountability, and shared ambition. This year, Canada is celebrating IDW 2026 from February 1–7 under the theme “Prosperity through Partnership.”
That theme couldn’t be more timely for GRIT – Caribbean Women Entrepreneurs Generating Resilient and Inclusive Trade.
This week, the GRIT implementing team participated in Global Affairs Canada’s Results-Based Management (RBM) Training in Bridgetown, Barbados, focused on how we plan for results, monitor progress, learn in real time, and communicate evidence of change.
RBM: the bridge between partnership and measurable results
Strong partnerships need a shared way to define success. RBM provides that structure, helping teams move beyond “what we did” towards “what changed,” “for whom,” and “why.”
Across workshops and one-on-one sessions, we focused on a simple but essential question for development programming: how do we know our work is making a meaningful difference and how do we prove it with credible evidence?
RBM helps us do exactly that. It strengthens how we plan, monitor, learn, and report so projects don’t just deliver activities, but deliver results.
From outputs to outcomes: what RBM helps us do better
In development work, it’s easy to count what we deliver: workshops held, participants trained, tools shared. RBM pushes us to go further tracking whether those activities translate into real changes in people’s lives and businesses.
For GRIT, that means keeping our attention on outcomes such as improved skills, stronger competitiveness, technology adoption, greener business practices, and increased access to export markets especially for women-led businesses across the Caribbean.
Prosperity through partnership, powered by evidence
IDW encourages Canadians and global partners to learn, share stories, and celebrate impact. For GRIT, this week reinforced that the best stories are backed by strong systems where partners can confidently show results, learn from challenges, and demonstrate how collective action leads to sustainable outcomes.
As we continue implementing development projects across the region, we look forward to deepening collaboration with partners using RBM and monitoring not as bureaucracy, but as a shared tool for better decisions, stronger accountability, and real impact.
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