Evaluation for Development New content has been added at Zenda Ofir’s blog. Candice Morkel’s Six Top Tips for YEEs **6 min read** Candice is a livewire at CLEAR-AA in Johannesburg. Together with another livewire colleague, Mokgophana Ramasobana, she is responsible for, among others, the Development Evaluation Training Programme in Africa (DETPA, also known as the… Read More Candice Morkel’s Six Top Tips for YEEs
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The Evaluation for Development blog from Zenda Ofir has been collating tips for young / emerging evaluators – that even experienced evaluators will find interesting. Here are some highlights: From Zenda herself: Top Tip 1. Open your mind. Read Top Tip 2. Be mindful and explicit about what frames and shapes…
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I’ve posted previously about network mapping as an evaluation tool and recently I had the opportunity to use network mapping for an evaluation. In an evaluation of the Shifting the Power project we were interested to see how local networks of NGOs had grown over the three years of the…
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I’ve posted previously about using infographics to summarise evaluation findings; here is a recent example of using an infographic to present research results (click on the image to see a larger version); admittedly we packed a lot into this infographic – but still a good summary!
A Data-Driven Conversation on SDG 16 and its Upcoming 2019 Review Apply now to follow this free UNITAR event. It will include a brief desk review based on a selection of national voluntary reviews, a reflection on the availability and measurement of indicators on SDG 16 by the data initiative with an eye to lessons… Read More Monitoring Peace, Evaluating Institutions, Building Capacity
Participate in the Global Consultation! OECD DAC has started a process of exploring the adaptation of the DAC Evaluation Criteria to the new development context and landscape. The Survey at dacevaluationcriteria.org is open to all stakeholders in the evaluation profession and the broader development community in what will be a broad based consultative process. The… Read More Are the DAC Evaluation Criteria still relevant?
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When implementing the SDGs, Meta-Evaluation can pave the way to public policy reforms. Evaluation processes have a key role in the national and global review systems for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The implementation of the SDGs is led by each country and adjusted to the respective national priorities.…
by Karsten Weitzenegger, Member of PEGNet Poverty, hunger, well-being, education, and ecosystem health are interrelated. The relationships are nonlinear, dynamic, and complex. The SDGs help analysts to understand the this interlinked context. Recognizing the intrinsic linkage between poverty eradication and sustainable development, Agenda 2030 calls for global transformation that focuses on ending poverty, protecting the… Read More The SDGs can add the missing context to Poverty Analysis
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Very interesting article from the latest edition of the newsletter of the European Evaluation Society “Evaluation between evidence‑based policy and “fake news”: paths to the future” (p. 3). The article presents the reasons why there has been a global rise in evaluations and four future challenges, summarised here: Why the…
DevCAFE’s “Innovations in Evaluation Workshop Series” is Back! Workshop 2, 25th July – 27th July 2018 Venue: Universitas Trisakti, School of Design, Jakarta, Indonesia, and online Valentine Gandhi says: “This time we are bringing in the Creator of Most Significant Change Approach, Dr Rick Davies, and Big Data expert Professor Michael Bamberger to Jakarta. They… Read More Innovations in Evaluation: Big Data, Blockchain, and Human-Centred Design for Adaptive Programming
