Consider the timing of interventions and how to ensure sustainability. Given the limited capacity at the COSDECs, it would have been ideal to start technical assistance earlier to build in more of a time cushion within the compact timeframe. This would have provided time to oversee and reinforce some of the new practices which were not adopted by COSDECs, such as actively marketing their programs among potential students. Alternatively, funding and support for a few months into the post-compact period could have been coordinated through another donor.
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