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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 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 capacityMeasuring 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 capacitReturn 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 participatZambian 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 coPolicy impacts on inequality: Simple inequality measures
This module from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) demonstrates a range of ways to measure inequality by using the statistical concepts of location, shape and varEvaluating climate adaptation efforts: Notes toward a framework
This presentation outlines the types of adaptation challenges, levels of intervention and the options used for evaluating adaptation responses based on the challenge addressed.Gender, climate change and community based adaptation
This guidebook from the UNDP is aimed at providing support for the design and implementation of gender sensitive community based adaptation programs.The national adaptive capacity framework: Key institutional functions for a changing climate
The National Adaptive Capacity (NAC) Framework represents a new way of thinking about adaptation planning and evaluation, which is being designed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) in consultation withClimate change 2007: impacts, adaptation and vulnerability
For the latest report, please visit the IPCC website. The report:Climate vulnerability and capacity analysis handbook
This handbook provides a detailed guide to CARE's Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis Methodology including the concepts, process, analysis, and tools that can be used for evaluation.Community-based adaptation toolkit
This toolkit from CARE was developed to support project teams complete the project cycle in community-based adaptation projects.Defining response capacity to enhance climate change policy
This paper, published in Environmental Science & Policy, highlights the lack of consistency bImpact of climate change and development scenarios on flow patterns in the Okavango River
This paper analyses the water flow patterns of the Okavango River in order to develop a water resource management tool that can be used to assess the impact of climate change on the river.How to write in plain English
This guide from the UK based Plain English Campaign, provides an introduction and tips for writing in plain English.Participatory monitoring and evaluation for natural resource management and research
This guide from the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) provides a detailed guide to the use of Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) with a particular emphasis on natural resource management.Reducing the risk of disasters and climate variability in the Pacific Islands – Timor-Leste
This paper from the World Bank aims to assess the extent to which disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation have taken place in Timor-Leste.Reducing the Risk of Disasters and Climate Variability in the Pacific Islands – Vanuatu
This paper from the World Bank aims to assess the extent to which disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation have progressed in Vanuatu.Making adaptation count: Concepts and options for monitoring and evaluation of climate change adaptation
This paper offers a monitoring and evaluation framework of climate change interventions.Conceptual framework for developing evaluation capacities
This paper, which was prepared for the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) and the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) prKey considerations for managing evaluations
This guide from Pact South Africa is aimed at providing an overview of the key considerations that need to be assessed before and during the evaluation process.Elements for an M&E framework for climate change adaptation projects
This paper from the Global Environment Facility Evaluation Office (GEF) outlines the monitoring and evaluation systems used by GEF in climate adaptation projects and the possible problems that may be encountered when developing an M & ETowards a characterisation of adaptive capacity: A framework for analysing adaptive capacity at the local level
A framework for understanding and assessing adaptive capacity at the local level is needed to begin to understand how it can be supported through wider development processes at both the local and national levels.A guide to the vulnerability reduction assessment
This guide from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provides guidance on using the Vulnerability Reduction Assessment (VRA) approach which is an essential component ofHow to perform evaluations – Model ToR
This guide produced by the Global Affairs Canada (formerly Canadian International Development Agency, CIDA) was developed to support staff to write clear and simple