64:. The process often varies but often includes a set of common steps. These include convening relevant stakeholders and reviewing the literature for what is already known about the topic. Following this learning questions are frequently identified and prioritized. Following this, a plan is developed for answering those questions and implementing learning activities such as studies and analyses. Often key stakeholders are involved at different stages depending on the learning agenda. The evidence is disseminated usually through learning products such as reports or infographics in order to allow staff to use and apply the findings in their work.
93:, learning agendas have been developed across multiple offices and bureaus including across the agency and bureaus that work on democracy and governance, health, food security, biodiversity and wildlife trafficking, as well as cross-Agency initiatives. In addition, central bureaus such as the Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning has a learning agenda focused on the Program Cycle
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agenda is frequently a set of broad questions directly related to the work enable the organization to work more effectively and efficiently. It often uses evaluation and evidence and links these to decision-making. Increasingly, the term learning agenda has been used by federal government agencies,
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