CREATIVE’S PAST PROJECTS

40+ years of promoting positive change

Creative has implemented hundreds of projects around the globe since it was founded in 1977. From education and elections to governance and economic growth, Creative’s efforts have made a difference. For example, since the year 2000, Creative has trained more than 389,000 teachers in 21 countries—providing them with new skills and techniques that ultimately benefit their students.

Creative’s Past Projects section has a list of selected projects, a brief description, their implementation dates and funders.

 

ETHRD III/Bolivia/Project Design for Radio Education Program

Date: May 1991 – July 1991

Creative assisted USAID in designing a comprehensive health care curriculum and a radio-math curriculum for upper primary school students. The team organized and facilitated workshops addressing program development, program implementation, parent outreach and institutional coordination for those involved in implementing the education programs. The team provided recommendations on multi-media instructional materials and an operational plan for research and implementation of selected school-based health and math interventions....

 

 

ETHRD III/Egypt/Egyptian Educational Testing Center

Date: February 1991 – September 1991

Creative provided operational and training support to the newly institutionalized National Center for Evaluation and Examinations under the Egypt Ministry of Education. This assignment for USAID/Cairo involved assessing central and regional-level in-service training needs of teachers and administrators and designing a training plan based on the findings. Short-term services provided related to institution building, needs assessment, training program development and in-service training of trainers....

 

 

ETHRD III/Egypt/Final Evaluation of Egypt`s Basic Education I Project

Date: November 1991 – March 1992

Creative conducted a final evaluation of Egypt's Basic Education I Project on improved access and quality of education, and provided lessons learned to guide USAID and the Ministry of Education in implementation of a follow-on project. The team assessed the impact of school construction on improved access to basic education; evaluated new school construction sites; made conclusions on school construction design, quality and maintenance; and identified constraints to special education, teacher education and curriculum printing. ...

 

 

ETHRD III/Egypt/Mid-term Evaluation of Integrated English Language Program

Date: April 1993 – June 1993

USAID signed a four-year Cooperative Agreement in 1990 with the Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt to provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Education through four English language program components, which comprised the Integrated English Language Program. In 1993, Creative conducted a mid-term evaluation of the program focused on identification of strengths and weaknesses of, various assessments of, and recommendations to be considered for the four components. ...

 

 

ETHRD III/Global/Lessons Learned on the Integration of Health, Population, and Environment Education in Basic Education

Date: September 1992 – April 1993

Creative evaluated and documented "lessons learned" from USAID-funded programs in developing countries designed to integrate health, environment and family planning content into basic education curricula. As many developing countries were addressing high rates of population growth, rapid degradation of the environment and an increasing prevalence of HIV infection and AIDS, the assumption was that dissemination of information would lead to knowledge that, in turn, would lead to a sustained change in attitude and behavior. ...

 

 

ETHRD III/Guinea-Bissau/Evaluation of AFRICARE Training Programs

Date: July 1992 – September 1992

Creative conducted an assessment in Guinea-Bissau of the Vocational Skills Training Project and the Tombali Sustainable Rural Initiatives Project , both implemented by AFRICARE with USAID funds. The assessment included the evaluation of the interim programs’ effects, financial costs, and financial and organizational sustainability on implementing a human resources development program in the private sector of Guinea-Bissau. Recommendations were given to USAID on how to structure and draw on AFRICARE to contribute to USAID's program....