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The magenta book: Guidance for evaluation
This guide, from H M Treasury, is the central guidance for all UK government departments on evaluation.Palestra Michael Quinn Patton na Fundação Roberto Marinho
Pessoal, assistam o registro deste excepcional encontro - O VIDEO TEM LEGENDAS EM PORTUGUÊS. Nossos agradecimentos à Fundação Roberto Marinho pelo trabalho de edição e legenda! - PRIMEIRA PARTELos "efectos" en el trabajo de cooperación al desarrollo
¿Qué entiende MISEREOR por "efectos" en el trabajo de cooperación al desarrollo y cómo se pueden analizar los mismos?Métodos de análisis de los efectos
¿Cómo pueden las organizaciones contrapartes de MISEREOR integrar a las personas con quienes trabajan, en el monitoreo y la evaluación de un proyecto?The fish soup development story
In this webinar, Ricardo Wilson-Grau presents a story of fish soup development in order to demonstrate how inputps, outputs, outcomes and impacts relate to the use of Outcome Mapping in complex and simple situations.La Historia del Desarrollo de una Sopa de Pescado
Webninar del 11 de abril de 2011. Explica los conceptos de insumos, productos, alcances e impactos diferenciando entre situaciones simples y complejas. Bosqueja las implicaciones para el Mapeo de Alcances.Evaluating Complexity: Propositions for Improving Practice
This guide, written by Hallie Preskill, Srik Gopal with Katelyn Mack and Joelle Cook for FSG, is focused on bringing together knowledge of systems change, complexity, and evaluation in order to clarify andSystematic Triangulation Applied to the Identification of Evaluation Findings
This webinar, presented by Carlo Carugi for the Global Environment Facility Independent Evaluation Office (GEOIEO), discusses some of the common challenges of in country level evaluations, tRequest for proposal - UNICEF
This example of a Request for Proposal (RFP) from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is for a joint evaluation of HIV-related capacity development initiatives on young key populations in Asia anCausal Attribution Video
This video guide, produced by UNICEF, outlines three broad strategies for causal attribution: 1) estimating the counterfactual; 2) checking the consistency of evidence for the causal relationships made eData collection & analysis video
This video guide from UNICEF looks at the issues involved in choosing and using data collection and analysis methods for impact evaluations.12 components monitoring & evaluation system assessment
These guidelines from UNAIDS are aimed at supporting the preparation and implementation of an assessment of the national HIV monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system.Seven new ways to present evaluation findings
This video, of a presentation given by Glenn O’Neill at the European Evaluation Society Conference in Helsinki, Finland in October 2012, provides an overview of seven different methods that canResource Pack on Joint Evaluations
This resource pack from the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) comprises of two parts that can be used to plan and conduct joint evaluations.Evaluation au niveau région
Les questions ci-dessous sont présentées à titre indicatif. Beaucoup d'entre elles sont dérivées des derniers travaux d'évaluation pays conduits par l'Unité d'évaluation.Café à emporter! Un guide de référence pour faire la conversation...
Ce n'est pas compliqué de mener une conversation de Café passionnante. Votre propre imagination constitue la seule limite!L’art de poser des questions efficaces: Catalyser les idées, l’innovation et l’action
Cet article donne un aperçu sur la façon de structurer puissant, engageant des questions qui provoquent la pensée créative et des réponses valables.Presenting data effectively: Communicating your findings for maximum impact
This book, authored by Stephanie Evergreen, outlines a step-by-step process for enhancing the presentation of data in reports to increase its effectiveness.ROMA: A guide to policy engagement and influence
This online guide, written by John Young, Louise Shaxson, Harry Jones, Simon Hearn, Ajoy Datta and Caroline Cassidy for the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), has been designed to support users to understand, engage with and influence poEvaluation exchange, special issue on democratic evaluation
This special issue of Evaluation Exchange focuses on democratic evaluation and includes discussions on equity and inclusion of a variety of community-focused programs.Measuring fragility: indicators and methods for rating state performance
This document, from USAID, provides recommendations for the development and implementation of performance and outcome indicators to measure state performance to correspond to USAID's Fragile States Strategy.Mobile Technology Handbook
This guide was developed by Pact to provide guidance on basic steps and considerations that need to be taken when deciding to use mobile technology in program implementation monitoring and evaluationProtocol - Under what circumstances does enhancing community accountability and empowerment improve education outcomes, particularly for the poor?
This paper, written by Dr Gill Westhorp, Bill Walker and Professor Patricia Rogers for University of London EPPI-Centre, provides a protocol for a realist synthesis on community accountability and eParticipatory Grant Making: A success story from southern Africa
This report written by by Carla Sutherland and Khosi Xaba for the Other Foundation outlines the process that was used as part of a pilot grant making initiative.Doing Q Methodological Research
This book is a simple yet thorough introduction to Q methodology, a research technique designed to capture the subjective or first-person viewpoints of its participants.Using Q Method to Reveal Social Perspectives in Environmental Research
This document, written by the Social and Environmental Research Institute (SERI) covers a highly practical tutorial on how to carry through a Q study.West Lothian Children’s Rights Forum – Having Your Say
This case study from the Scottish Health Council provides an example of how participatory approaches can be used to incorporate the views of key stakeholders in the provision of hSEVAL Evaluation standards
These are the evaluation standards of the Swiss Evaluation Society (SEVAL) which have been designed to contribute to the professionalisation of evaluation in Switzerland.Using Mobile Data for Development
This guide, written by Ed Naef, Philipp Muelbert, Syed Raza, Raquel Frederick, Jake Kendall and Nirant Gupta for Cartesian and the Bill & Melinda GatesHow Low-Cost Randomized Controlled Trials Are Possible in Many Areas of Social Policy
This paper from the Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy uses a range of examples to highlight the feasibility of conducting high quality randomised control trial (RCT) at a low cost.Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as an Approach
This chapter, written by Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Gisèle De Meur, Benoît Rihoux and Charles C. Ragin, provides guidance Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as an approach.Art of Knowledge Exchange
This guide, written by Shobha Kumar, Aaron Leonard, Ryan Watkins, Yianna Vovides, and Brigitte Kerby for the World Bank, outlines the process for designing, implementing, and measuring a results-orie