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Guidance on using the revised logical framework
This guide from the UK Department of International Development (DFID) aims to help project managers/evaluators make the best use of logical framework (logframe) in designing and managing projects.Issues in assessing the policy influence of research
This paper presents a methodology for assessing the influence of research on public policy.Toonlet
This web-based application makes it possible to draw cartoons, by creating characters and then placing them into the panels of a cartoon with appropriate text.Enhancing program performance with logic models
Developed by the University of Wisconsin Extension service, this resource provides an introduction to developing and using a particular version of the results chain.Conducting online surveys
This book is a complete guide to conducting survey research using digital modalities.SWOT analysis
Section 9 of this toolkit from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) provides guidance on the use of SWOT analysis to find the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of a project or plan.UFE Modules presented at SLEVA, Sri Lanka, June 2011
These Utilization-Focused Evaluation (UFE) modules are modified versions of the Utilization-Focused Evaluation simplified step-by-step modules that were developed for the SLEVA conference in 2011.Analysis of variance and design of experiments
This online course from Penn State University, provides 12 lessons focusing on various aspects of this option.Plain English foundation
This website from the Plain English Foundation provides a variety of guides, tips and examples that demonstrate the use of plain English in writing.Utilization-focused evaluation simplified step-by-step modules
These Utilization-Focused Evaluation (UFE) modules were developed by the Developing Evaluation Capacity in ICTD (DECI) project to provide a more simplified approach to uMeasuring capacity
What is the measure of capacity? This paper on Measuring Capacity attempts to help development practitioners unbundle this question.The capacity development results framework
"The Capacity Development Results Framework (CDRF or the Framework) is a powerful new& approach to the design, implementation, monitoring, management, and evaluation of development programs." Otoo, S., Agapitova, N., & Behrens, J.Learning purposefully in capacity development (2008)
This paper examines how monitoring and evaluation (M&E) does, or could, make a difference to Capacity Development (CD).Le suivi et l’évaluation des capacités et du renforcement des capacités
L'étude se décline en une vingtaine d'études de terrain effectuées selon un cadre méthodologique comprenant les sept éléments suivants :A balanced approach to monitoring and evaluating capacity and performance
This study, authored by Paul Engel, Niels Keijzer and Tony Land for the European Centre for Development Policy Management focuses on how capacity develops endogenously within an organisation or system.A sector-wide approach to assessing effectiveness: the im-prove it! framework
This background paper from Bond for International Development has been produced as part of developing the Im-Prove it! Framework.Africa capacity indicators 2011: Capacity development in fragile states
This report from the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) provides data and analysis on the key issues and challenges facing capacity development in Africa.Evaluating capacity development: Experiences from research and development organizations
This book, developed by ISNAR's Evaluating Capacity Development Project, explains how an action-learning approach was used to conduct six evaluation studies over the course of 3 years.Evaluation of NGO partnerships aimed at capacity development
This report from Belgium's Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation describes the outcomes of an evaluation of Belgian NGO partnerships that are specifically aimed at capacityNGO partner survey 2010
This paper from Keystone Accountability describes the findings of a study which surveyed a range of southern NGO's who partner with 25 specific northern NGO's in order assess their performance on a range of measures.Measuring results: the demand-side revolution
This blog from NGO Performance outlines a process for monitoring the performance of NGOs based on demand, rather than supply.The design and use of capacity development indicators
This paper provides a broad generic framework for analysing key aspects of capacity development allowing the assessment of them through the use of indicators.Combining the ‘best of two worlds’ in monitoring and evaluation of capacity development
In this chapter, David Watson compares and contrasts conventional results-based approaches with more innovative M & E options and demonstrates how these combine 'the best of two worlds.'Monitoring and evaluation of capacity-building interventions in the health sector in developing countries
This guide from Measure Evaluation outlines the concepts of capacity building, evaluates the strengths and limitations of current methods of measuring capacity and provides a design for a capacitOrganisational capacity building framework
This organisational capacity building framework serves to hold together a set of ideas or practices that comprise a broad approach course of action specifically aimed at assisting local implementing institutions and organisations.Return on investment: The long term impact of building healthcare capacity in Africa
This report from Accordia Global Health Foundation outlines five approaches to long-term capacity development and systems strengthening which are viewed through the lens of long-term impact eA guide to participatory monitoring of behaviour change communication for HIV/AIDS
This guide, authored by Kirrin Gill, Imogen Fua and Ekong Emah for Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), provides a step by step process that supports program managers implement a participatIndicators to help with capacity building in health promotion
This paper from NSW Health sets out to clarify capacity-building as a concept and to develop a range of indicators which will allow an evaluation of the extent to which capacity-building by healthZambian HIV/AIDS learning initiative midterm evaluation report
"Pact’s Zambian HIV/AIDS Learning Initiative (AFP-A-00-03-00046-00) aims to strengthen the capacity of Zambian NGOs working in the area of HIV/AIDS, and particularly to enhance the ability of these organizations to address the causes and coLocal administration and reform project mid-term evaluation
This Mid-Term Evaluation from USAID provides an assessment of the ongoing Local Administration and Reform project (LAAR) which aims to strengthen governance and social reform in Cambodia.HIV/AIDS targeted interventions: Participatory monitoring and evaluation framework
This set of guidelines from UNICEF was developed to support staff working on HIV and AIDS targeted Internvention (HATI) projects with monitoring and evaluation.Evaluation plan for the aksi stop AIDS (ASA)
This evaluation plan from the Aksi Stop Aids (ASA) projectwas developed as a tool for ensuring agreement on the evaluations’ overall purpo