EnCompass News

Virtual learning is a primary component of EnCompass’ expertise in learning and capacity strengthening. Senior Program Manager for Learning, Nina Talley Everflow, will be representing this expertise in two sessions at the 2018 Learning Solutions Conference and Expo, happening March 27 to 29 in Orlando, Florida.

On March 28, Nina will speak on technical challenges to producing virtual sessions for participants...

Our EnCompass team wants to send a special thank you to all of our clients, partners, and friends around the world for making 2017 a great year. We are honored to work with you, and we wish you a joyous 2018!

EnCompass is delighted to expand our relationship with the U.S. State Department and support their important contributions to human rights around the world. Through two new contracts, we are assisting the State Department with performance management and evaluation services. These roles build on EnCompass’ recent successes with the State Department, such as our evaluation of the Global Equality Fund, which will help the Fund’s partners and the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor guide future investments to support lesbian, gay,...

Congratulations to EnCompass’ Sharon Bean, Caroline Zwicker, and Tamara Filipović who authored the case study “Walking the Walk: Building Internal Capacity for Performance Improvement” – a finalist in the USAID’s 2017 Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) Case Competition!

The CLA Case Competition captures and rewards real-life case studies of USAID staff and implementing partners using a CLA approach and innovation for organizational learning and better...

EnCompass is proud to announce the election of our CEO, Tessie Tzavaras Catsambas, to a senior leadership position at the American Evaluation Association (AEA). She will serve a 3-year term as president-elect in 2018, president in 2019, and immediate past president in 2020.

AEA champions the use of evaluation to inform public policy, make better program decisions, and enhance organizational effectiveness. The organization has about 8,000 independent members from around the world.

Ms. Catsambas has been a member of AEA since 2002, most recently serving as Chair of the AEA International Working Group. Previously, she was the AEA...

EnCompass is delighted to announce that we are expanding our work with USAID’s AIDSFree program, which aims to improve the effectiveness of HIV treatment and prevention efforts. In our new roles, we will provide technical support to USAID’s voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs. VMMC is a highly effective procedure in reducing the spread of HIV and increasing the accessibility of HIV testing services for males. 

EnCompass’ work will ensure the quality and...

The Global Health Mini-University has been bringing together students and professionals in global health for over 15 years. It is a free, one-day forum about a variety of technical topics held annually in Washington, D.C., supported by USAID’s Global Health Bureau and the George Washington University’s (GWU) Milken Institute School of Public Health. As of July 14^th, registration for the 2017 GH Mini-U is now open!

EnCompass manages USAID’s Global Health Professional and Organizational Development (GHPOD) II program, which oversees this event....