Introduction:

As a data collection and survey platform that works internationally on family planning surveys and collaborates with partner organizations in Asia and Africa, Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA) knows that learning is a requirement for this work – as it is for a university-based organization, and for any organization or project that wants to be successful in the 21st century.

But PMA went further than just passively letting learning happen and assuming that it would be effective. In 2017, the organization began its first iteration of what today is called TKX, or Technical Knowledge Exchange, a structured, project-wide learning initiative that works to promote and support intentional learning as a focus of PMA’s work. TKX initiates and supports multidirectional learning between different individuals and teams, including across country teams based in separate institutions. TKX is designed to operate on a limited budget given the lack of earmarked learning funds and was able to continue thanks to project members who advocated for this work and collaborators who opted into participating- so this effort was largely driven by the enthusiasm of participants.