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Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (JCSEE) program evaluation standards in practice
This resource provides a practical guide for evaluators to apply the Program Evaluation Standards developed by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (JCSEE)How to manage an evaluation and disseminate its results
This guide from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) outlines the roles and responsibilities of evaluation managers during and after the evaluation has taken place.Evaluation ethics, politics, standards, and guiding principles
This is a module taken from the International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET) program.Guidelines to avoid conflict of interest in independent evaluations
These guidelines from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) set out the procedures that need to be taken into account when assessing the independence of evaluation and audit functions to ensure ethical requirements are met.The African evaluation guidelines: 2002
This paper from the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) provides a brief description of the guidelines and a series of checklists to assist with the planning, implementation and completion of the evaluation process.What counts as good evidence?
This paper, written by Sandra Nutley, Alison Powell and Huw Davies for the Alliance for Useful Evidence, discusses the risks of using a hierarchy of evidence and suggests an alternative in which more complex matrix approaches for identifyinIdentifying evaluative criteria
This chapter details the use of a needs assessment to identify evaluative criteria.Monitoring and evaluation systems analysis (MESA) in Solomon Islands - Diagnostic study
This report presents the findings from the Monitoring and Evaluation Systems Analysis (MESA) in the Solomon Islands, a comprehensive assessment of the national monitoring and evaluation (M&E) ecosystem.Diagnostic tool for a monitoring and evaluation systems analysis (MESA) - Guidance Note
The MESA is a diagnostic tool created by the Global Evaluation Initiative that guides country stakeholders in gathering, structuring and analyzing information on the current capacity of their country's M&E ecosystem.Diagnostic des capacités nationales de suivi et d'evaluation de Madagascar: Rapport final
Ce rapport présente les conclusions de l’analyse du système de suivi et d’évaluation (MESA) de Madagascar, en fournissant des informations sur les atouts et les possibilités existants pour développer un système de GAR durable dans le pays.Solomon Islands national monitoring and evaluation systems strengthening strategy 2024-2028
This document presents a 5-year action plan for strengthening national systems and capacities across national and subnational governments, and non-governmental and academic institutions of the Solomon Islands.Plan d'action, Madagascar 2023
Cette feuille de route vise à contribuer au renforcement de la culture de l'évaluation tant au niveau de l'administration centrale que des autres institutions constitutionnelles de Madagascar.CARICOM results-based management collaboration: CXC's Monitoring and evaluation system analysis (MESA)
This report presents the findings from the monitoring and evaluation system analysis (MESA) for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), providing information on the existing strengths and opportunities to develop a sustainable RBM System.Evaluation policy of UNDP
This evaluation policy from the UNDP has been developed to ensure there is a common basis for evaluations taking place within the organisation.Siembra y cosecha: Manual de evaluación participativa
En el contexto de la pandemia de COVID-19 en 2020, este manual de evaluación participativa fue creado para resaltar las voces y experiencias de las personas involucradas en los procesos de desarrollo.Sowing & harvesting: Participatory evaluation handbook
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, this participatory evaluation handbook was created to highlight the voices and experiences of the people involved in development processes.Addressing environmental sustainability through the OECD DAC criteria for evaluation of development assistance
This resource, from the Footprint Evaluation Initiative, discusses how the six evaluation criteria of the OECD DAC (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development – Development Assistance Committee) can be used to get environmentalEvaluación de la sostenibilidad ambiental con base en los Criterios de Evaluación de la Asistencia al Desarrollo del CAD de la OCDE
El presente documento examina cómo utilizar los seis criterios de evaluación del Comité de Asistencia al Desarrollo (CAD) de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE) para integrar la sostenibilidad ambiental en la agenda deSustainability-inclusive evaluation: Launch of Footprint Evaluation guidance (webinar)
This guidance brings together the latest thinking from the Footprint Evaluation Initiative, along with resources, on how to embed environmental sustainability in an evaluation.Evaluación que incorpora la sostenibilidad: Por qué la necesitamos y cómo hacerla
La presente orientación tiene por objeto ayudar a las personas que están realizando o supervisando evaluaciones a incorporar la sostenibilidad ambiental de formas que sean factibles y útiles.Sustainability-inclusive evaluation: Why we need it and how to do it
This guidance from the Footprint Evaluation Initiative aims to support those doing or overseeing evaluations to include environmental sustainability in feasible and useful ways.Monitoring and accountability practices for remotely managed projects...
This report from Tearfund brings together a number of research findings examining the issue of remote project monitoring and beneficiary accountability.Evaluation and communication in practice (DECI-2 website)
The DECI-2 website features a searchable knowledge base with over 80 documents and an online guide directed primarily to communication practitioners.Complexity Evaluation framework: recognising complexity & key considerations for complexity-appropriate evaluation in the department for environment, food and rural affairs (DEFRA)
The primary purpose of this framework is to equip Defra commissioners of evaluation (which may include analysts and policymakers), with a checklist of core considerations to ensure that evaluations are robust and sufficiently consider the iThe visual representation of complexity: Definitions, examples and learning points
This visual overview was developed through a research process that identified, defined and illustrated 16 key features of complex systems.A short primer on innovative evaluation reporting
This book by Kylie Hutchinson presents a number of innovative ways of reporting, including different methods for presentations, narrative summaries, presenting findings visually and making use of digital outputs.Survive and thrive: Three steps to securing your program’s sustainability
This guidebook for nonprofits by Kylie Hutchinson of Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation, Survive and Thrive: Three Steps to Securing Your Program’s Sustainability, presents a three-step strategy for ensuring programs havEvaluación participativa
EvalParticipativa is the Community of Practice and Learning in Participatory Evaluation for Latin America and the Caribbean.Evaluación participativa
EvalParticipativa es la Comunidad de Práctica y Aprendizaje en Evaluación Participativa para América Latina y el Caribe.Mapping change: Using a theory of change of guide planning and evaluation
This guide, written by Anne MacKinnon and Natasha Arnott for GrantCraft, describes the process of developing a theory of change to support planning and evaluation.Recommendations in evaluation
This presentation, given by Lori Wingate for the Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University, takes a look at the 'why, what and how' of making recommendations in an evaluation.A participatory model for evaluating social programs
This paper from the James Irvine Foundation outlines a participatory approach to evaluating social programs.