The BetterEvaluation Resource Library contains hundreds of curated and co-created resources related to managing, conducting, using, and strengthening capacity for evaluation.
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Dabbling in the data
The guide and toolkit, Dabbling in the Data, includes detailed instructions for teams to use to delve more deeply into quantitative and qualitative data.The John L. Alford case library
The John L. Alford case library is an internationally recognised library of public sector cases and a unique resource centre for the advancement of interactive teaching.GDPR: Tips and tools
This toolkit gathers together some useful resources that organisations can use to help guide their data protection practices.Top tips for young and emerging evaluators - Blog series
This blog series shares advice for young and emerging evaluators from a range of experienced evaluation practitioners. The tips range from methodological advice to personal tips on building resilience and relationships.The developmental evaluation institute
The Developmental Evaluation Institute (DEI) website aims to provide pathways for new, emerging, and mid-career evaluators to develop skills in Developmental Evaluation for social justice.The gender spectrum collection: Stock photos beyond the binary
The Gender Spectrum Collection is a stock photo library featuring images of trans and non-binary models.Measuring what matters (a thinking tool)
Measuring what matters is a decision-support tool. It helps users select data collection methods based on:Geospatial, location and big data: Where have we been and where can we go? – Summary of the webinar
This blog describes the first European Evaluation Society webinar in the series Emerging Data Landscapes in M&E, on Geospatial, location and big data: Where have we been and where can we go? was held on 28 July.Blue Marble Evaluation
Blue Marble Evaluation is a global initiative focused on training the next generation of evaluators to Think Globally, Act Globally and Evaluate Globally.IRIS+
IRIS+ is an impact measurement and management system created by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) to support impact measurement and inform management decisions.Global reporting initiative (GRI) website
The GRI standards are global standards for sustainability reporting on a range of economic, environmental and social impacts. This resource and the following information was contributed by Kaye Stevens.Eval C3
EvalC3 is an organised set of tools for developing, exploring and evaluating predictive models of expected outcomes. This resource and the following information was contributed by Rick Davies.The community radio continuous improvement toolkit
This toolkit is a part of a self-review mechanism, developed in the context of Community Radio (CR) in India. It allows CR stations to periodically assess themselves on their performance.Ethnographic Action Research Toolbox
The Ethnographic Action Research (EAR) toolbox provides key tools (methods) and guidance needed to carry out Ethnographic Action Research.Facilitating workshops for the co-generation of knowledge: 21 tips
This set of tips was written by Robert Chambers in January 2013, based on his 2002 book Participatory Workshops: A sourcebook of 21 sets of ideas and activities.A toolkit for monitoring and evaluating children's participation
This 6-part toolkit provides guidance on how to monitor and evaluate children's participation in programmes, communities, and in wider society. It promotes participatory approaches to involve children in the monitoring and evaluation process.Feminist Issues in Evaluation - AEA Thematic Interest Group
The Feminist Issues in Evaluation is a Thematic Interest Group (TIG) in the American Evaluation Association (AEA).Gender Statistics Database
The Gender Statistics Database contains gender statistics from all over the European Union (EU) and beyond, at the EU, Member State and European level.EvalPartners website
The EvalPartners website is both a source of knowledge about monitoring and evaluation practices and a network to connect practitioners from around the world.DHS Program’s Gender Corner
The DHS Gender Corner provides quantitative information on such topics as domestic violence, women’s status and female genital cutting, and links to gender-related publications based in DHS data.Shutterstock
Shutterstock is a stock photo website that contains a range of high quality multimedia that can be used by organisatons and businesses around the world.Flickr
Flickr is both a platform for managing and sharing photos with family and friends as well as an important resource for sourcing images with creative commons licences that can be downloaded and used by organisations and individuals.Developmental evaluation toolkit
This toolkit, developed by Spark Insight Partners (formerly Spark Policy Institute), offers a range of tools and resources to support not for profits and community organisations create social change tLEAD4innovation Toolkit: A toolkit for small-scale media and communication projects in the Pacific
This toolkit is being developed as part of the Mobilising Media for Sustainable Outcomes in the Pacific Region project.WISE: Web Interface for Statistics Education
WISE's website organises a large amount of statistics resources available on the web into one central place.Visual research methods
This web page from Learn Higher provides links to a variety of resources on Image-based research.NSW Government evaluation toolkit
This web-based toolkit has been developed to help program managers in New South Wales (Australia) government agencies manage evaluations (including those undertaken by internal or external evaluators, or by a combination of both).Equal access participatory monitoring and evaluation toolkit
This toolkit aims to help communication for development (C4D) organisations to demonstrate the impacts and outcomes of their initiatives, listen to their listeners, continuously learn, and feed this learning back into the organisation and iTheory of Change Community
Theory of Change Community is a website useful for anyone interested in or working with Theory of Change.Evaluation and Gender Mainstreaming in the European Social Fund
This webpage from The European Community of Practice on Gender Mainstreaming (Gender-CoP) provides details, including copies of all presentations, from the Conference on Evaluation and Gender MainstreParticipatory methods
This website from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) focuses on the where, why and how of using participatory methods for development programs.NVivo for government
This webpage provides examples of how NVivo has been used by government agencies to analyse qualitative data.