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Outcome Mapping
This paper from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) outlines the rationale behind outcome mapping and provides a detailed discussion of the stages and benefits of using this approach.Peer review and self-evaluation
This toolkit from the Australian National University (ANU) provides a range of resources that demonstrate the use of both peer review and self evaluation in order to develop reflective practice in teacheConducting after-action reviews and retrospects
This paper from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) focuses on the use of after action reviews to discuss successes and failures of a project in order to identify how accomplishments can be sustained and shortDr. Robert Chambers elaborates on Participatory GIS (PGIS) practice
In this video, Dr Robert Chambers outlines both the benefits and dangers of using Participatory GIS (PGIS) in development evaluation. Some of the key points he raises are:Find yourself a mentor
This webpage from BMJ Careers provides an overview of the mentoring process and outlines tips for selecting a mentor.BetterEvaluation - Virtual Community Clinic 2012
This is a recording from the first virtual event hosted by BetterEvaluation (December 2012). The event takes a format of a community clinic, in which one participant is asked to describe a particular challenge that they're having.Mentoring evaluators: what's happening in Canada
This poster presentation from the American Evaluation Association Conference 2011 analyses the research conducted in Canada in order to develop a nationwide mentoring program for evaluators.Request for expression of interest for consultancy services to conduct mid-term review of actionaid
This Expression of Interest (EOI) from Actionaid Nigeria clearly demonstrates the structure and function of writing an EOI for evaluation purposesCall for expression of interest global evaluation of the emergency response funds (ERFs)
This Expression of Interest (EoI) from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) demonstrates the clear structure and content of an EoI for evaluation purposes.Developing Outcomes Models: DoView and the Shower Curtain
This short article shows the development of a logic model using two techniques at the same time - a plastic shower curtain and DoView software.ImpactMap
ImpactMap is a tool which creates logic models using a fixed format. It also produces action plans and documents performance measurement plans.Interactive Evaluation Practice - Mastering the Interpersonal Dynamics of Program Evaluation
This resource discusses interactive, face-to-face techniques to use to achieve particular evaluation goals, especially in formal meetings of an evaluation.Fundamentals of implementation research
This module introduces the language, concepts, tools and strategies utilised in Implementation Research (IR).Methods for estimating the costs of family planning
This report summarises an expert meeting discussing issues related to methods of estimating family planning program costs.Do labor market policies have displacement effects? Evidence from a clustered randomized experiment
This resource reports the results from a randomized experiment intended to evaluation the direct and indirect (displacement) impacts of job placement assistance on the labor market outcomes of young, educated job seekers in France.Glossaire des termes usuels en mesure de performance et en évaluation
Ce guide a été préparé par la Direction de la mise en oeuvre de la Loi sur l’administration publique du Secrétariat du Conseil du trésor avec la collaboration précieuse d’experts internes et externes.UNICEF Vietnam National Program for Child Protection M&E Plans Framework
The UNICEF Vietnam Country Office with their government counterparts developed a M&E plan that included causal analysis strategies through checking the consistency of evidence.The step-by-step guide to evaluation: How to become savvy evaluation consumers
This step-by-step guide helps organizations learn how to track the impact of their investment and plan forward strategically.Footprint evaluation: Thought experiments
This Footprint Evaluation Initiative report describes four 'thought experiments' undertaken as part of this project.Environmental approach for generational impact
This paper provides guidance on Environmental Approach for Generational Impact – a proposed approach to designing and evaluating programmes in a way that includes consideration of environment and biodiversity issues.Footprint evaluation webinar 2: Entry points for environmental sustainability
In part two of this three-part webinar series, Jane Davidson and Patricia Rogers discuss several ways to get sustainability on the evaluation agenda, even for projects that have no explicit environmental objectives and where there is no menFootprint evaluation webinar 3: From 'do no harm' to restoration - Working with a typology of Footprint Evaluation
In the last part of this three-part webinar series, Andy Rowe and Patricia Rogers introduce a typology being developed that will assist a wide range of evaluations in assessing the effect of interventions on natural systems and sustainabiliGeospatial analysis in evaluation
This blog from the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) highlights the role of geospatial data in understanding change in phenomena, and answering questions of relevance and effectiveness of development interventions.Learning from data innovation
This episode from the IEG podcast 'What have we learned' features Brenda Barbour and Jos Vaessen discussing the opportunities and challenges of using innovative technologies with evaluation data.Evaluating sustainability: Evaluative support for managing processes in the public interest
This special issue of New Directions in Evaluation includes discussions of different types of sustainability – sustainable environment, sustainable development, sustainable programs, and sustainable evaluation systems – and a synthesis of tEvaluation at the nexus between nature and humanity for transformational change
This chapter from Transformational Evaluation for the Global Crises of Our Times argues for the need to transform evaluation in the light of current environmental crises and sets out the major ways this needs to happen.Editorial: Unlearning some of our social scientist habits
In this journal article, Jane Davidson advocates for better evaluation practice by picking apart four common practices in academic and social research that evaluators might inappropriately apply when working in the field of evaluation.Tracking emerging networks
This guide was developed for the NextGen programme of the Prince Claus Fund to get insight into how young and creative organisations change over time, and how such organisations develop their interactions as a group or network.Integrating environment into evaluations [video]
This Evaluation Practice Exchange Seminar was organized by the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) in cooperation with the Footprint Evaluation project of BetterEvaluation and the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI).Reporting on outcomes: Setting performance expectations and telling performance stories
This paper by John Mayne provides a practical guide to telling performance stories and setting expectations about what level of performance was expected.Systemic thinking for monitoring: Attending to interrelationships, perspectives, and boundaries
This discussion note from USAID presents "attending to interrelationships, multiple perspectives, and boundaries" as a key principle underlying complexity-aware monitoring.Synchronizing monitoring with the pace of change in complexity
This discussion note from USAID argues for synchronizing monitoring with the pace of change as a key principle underlying complexity-aware monitoring.