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The program prepares graduates to shape the strategic direction of organizational projects and programs and design effective social interventions.Academic ProgramCertificate in Evaluation
The program uses the latest research and insights to provide students with extensive knowledge and skills of evaluation theory and practice that can be applied to work settings.Academic ProgramGlobal Directory of Academic Programs in Evaluation – Objective and methodology
The first-ever global directory of academic training programs in evaluation was developed through a collaborative effort between doctorate research of the Claremont Graduate University/ School of SociPáginaA new pathway: how can funders support meaningful monitoring, evaluation, and learning practice in the field?
How can donors and grantees work together to create effective monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) practices that drive field-wide transformation?BlogSetting new standards for better MEL: Lessons for grantees & funders
This brief shares insights from the efforts of The Economic Justice Program (EJP) of the Open Society Foundations' Strategy & Impact Unit to develop a focused, principles‑driven approach to monitoring and evaluation.RecursoResource collections
PáginaMonitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) toolkit for grantmakers and grantees
Resources to support and inspire better MEL among donors, grantees, and their partners, developed by a global grant-making team.RecursoRebalancing grantee/donor power for better MEL
Though it’s not often acknowledged, funders are almost entirely reliant on grantee MEL practices to understand the impact of their resources in the world.RecursoDesigning donor MEL systems and policies
Like other grant-making organizations, the Open Society Foundations achieve impact largely through the work of its grantees. But this doesn’t mean that MEL is limited to grantees alone.RecursoEmphasizing evaluative thinking for complex systems change
Each portfolio team within the Economic Justice Program was tasked with creating its own approach to learning and evaluation to address the complex challenges that it was seeking to address.RecursoSeeding innovation, evidence, and grantee-led learning in the economic justice field
The provision of infrastructure, community-building, and resources for learning across the field and among grantees was a major feature of the monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) support that the Open Society Foundations’ Economic JusRecursoDirectory of M&E training and professional development initiatives in the GEI network
The directory features recurrent M&E training and professional development activities. It does not cover one-off engagements in specific contexts of the GEI’s work around the globe.PáginaEvaluation design
This resource from the New South Wales Department of Environment provides guidance on designing and planning evaluations.RecursoAnalyzing cause and effect in environmental assessments: Using weighted evidence from the literature
This article describes the Eco Evidence analysis framework, a type of causal criteria analysis that uses available evidence to assess support for a hypothesis.RecursoCertificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Evaluation
Objective(s): provide candidates with an opportunity to acquire a basic understanding of evaluation and the necessary competencies to plan, commission, manage, and use evaluations and to communicate the results according to different audiences.GEI Training and Professional DevelopmentGrantee MEL capacity assessment
This resource, part of the MEL Toolkit for Grantmakers and Grantees, provides a simple discussion/interview guide to assess grantee capacity across several components of MEL.RecursoGrantee reporting menu
This resource outlines the menu of reporting options developed as an approach to reporting that was more flexible and clearer for grantees and provided more insights to program officers.RecursoThe Economic Justice Program’s monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning sub-strategy 2021–24
This sub-strategy from the Economic Justice Program explicitly outlines the purpose of MEL within the program, along with specific goals and guiding principles.RecursoIntroduction to MEL for program staff
This tool is a presentation that the Open Society Foundations’ Economic Justice Program MEL team delivered to program colleagues to get them more familiar with MEL and suggest practical steps for considering it in their work.RecursoIndicator framework for OSF’s Economic Justice Program
This resource is the framework that the MEL team in the Open Society Foundations’ Economic Justice Program developed to compile, categorize, and make sense of a range of different indicators across the program’s grant-making portfolio.RecursoDeveloping a data collection platform: Vendor evaluation form
This resource is the form used by Open Society Foundations’ Economic Justice Program team to evaluate potential vendors to design and implement a new data platform for MEL.RecursoTerms of reference for evaluators and steering committees
This resource is a compilation of three separate terms of references to support different components of evaluations of Open Society Foundations’ Economic Justice Program.RecursoA guide to developing, refining, and using milestones
This guide provides a set of recommended steps for defining, refining, and integrating milestones while developing a theory of change.RecursoTheory of change example for grant portfolios
This resource is a theory of change example that was developed for an anti-corruption portfolio (2016–21); it includes standard theory-of-change components, such as outcomes and activities, as well as elements more specific to OSF’s longer-RecursoTemplate for developing a portfolio learning strategy
This resource is the template that the Economic Justice Program MEL team developed for the portfolio learning agendas of EJP's inaugural strategy.RecursoClose-out note for the Enhancing Impact for Economic Justice portfolio
This resource is a portfolio close-out note that was originally developed for colleagues internally at OSF: It provides an overview of the portfolio (its aims, structure, and scope) along with reflections on key achievements and lessons leaRecursoMEL jamboree facilitator agendas
These agendas, for grantee “MEL jamborees”, provide a detailed view of not only how an actionable learning event for MEL could be structured but also offer an insight into the interests, challenges, and opportunities facing grantees when itRecursoLearning Exchange Fund overview and application form
The MEL team in the Open Society Foundations’ Economic Justice Program created a special fund to support structured learning and collaboration between its existing grantees.RecursoUNDP 2021/2022 Human Development Report. Uncertain times, unsettled lives: Shaping our future in a transforming world
This report comprehensively considers human development at a time of a new ‘uncertainty complex’ created by layers of uncertainties interacting.RecursoBiodiversity and the economic response to COVID-19: Ensuring a green and resilient recovery
This policy brief “outlines how biodiversity loss is a key driver of emerging infectious diseases and poses a variety of other growing risks to businesses, society and the global economy.RecursoEvaluation at the endgame: Evaluating sustainability and the SDGs by moving past dominion and institutional capture
“Business-as-usual evaluation will not suffice.RecursoThe rights of nature: An emerging transformation opportunity for evaluation
This article invites evaluators to engage with the concept of the Rights of Nature: “recognizing ecosystems and natural communities not as property that can be owned but as entities that have an independent right to existRecurso