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Filter search resultsEvaluation: A crucial ingredient for SDG success
This IIED Briefing paper argues that, in order to be maximally useful to policymakers and citizens, the follow-up and review processes of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development must incorporate rigorous, country led evalRecursoFive considerations for national evaluation agendas informed by the SDGs
This IIED briefing paper advocates for using a ‘complex systems’ lens to approach the follow-up and review of the Sustainable Development Goals and discusses five key aspects of this perspective and their implications for national evalRecursoSocial network analysis
This one-page guide to Social Network Analysis provides a brief overview, practical tips for using the technique, and a list of resources for more information.RecursoDylomo
Dylomo is a free, web-based tool that can be used to create interactive, online logic models.RecursoEvaluating the non-academic impact of academic research: Design considerations
In this journal article, Andrew Gunn (University of Leeds) and Michael Mintrom (ANZSOG/Monash University) explore how evaluation of non-academic research impact can measure impact effectively without undermining academic freedom aRecursoThe IDEAS guide and facilitators' guide
The IDEAS Guide (Innovating, Designing, Evaluating and Applying to Small-scale projects) is a guide to the design and evaluation of small-scale media and communication projects where evaluation is built into the design of an initiativeRecursoStrategy development: Most significant change (MSC)
This guide to the Most Significant Change approach, by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), provides an overview, a detailed description of the process, and an example of the technique in action.RecursoAssessing the Policy Impact of ‘Indicators’: A Process-Tracing Study of the Hunger And Nutrition Commitment Index
This report applies a process-tracing approach to understand the policy impact of indicators and contributes to debates about assessing the impact of development research.RecursoOrient the evaluator / evaluation team
The evaluator(s) need a clear understanding of what needs to be evaluated. They need to obtain as much background information on the project / program as possible, its implementers, the intended beneficiaries, and its specific context.Estrutura / GuiasManager's guide to evaluationGuider l’évaluateur ou l’équipe d’évaluation
L’évaluateur doit bien comprendre ce qui doit être évalué. Il doit obtenir autant de renseignements généraux que possible sur le projet ou le programme, les responsables de sa mise en oeuvre, les bénéficiaires prévus et son contexte précis.Estrutura / GuiasManager's guide to evaluationIdentify reporting requirements
Identify the primary intended stakeholders and determine their reporting needs, including their decision-making timelines. Develop a communication plan.Estrutura / GuiasRainbow FrameworkDevelop reporting media
Produce appropriate written, visual, and/or verbal products that communicate the findings.Estrutura / GuiasRainbow FrameworkConsider the implications of the resources available and specific constraints
Identify the resources that can be used for the evaluation, and any particular constraints for them.Estrutura / GuiasManager's guide to evaluationTenir compte des répercussions des ressources disponibles et des contraintes spécifiques
Il faut cerner les ressources qui pourront être utilisées aux fins de l’évaluation y compris potentiellement les suivantesEstrutura / GuiasManager's guide to evaluationDevelop recommendations
Draw on the findings and an understanding of the implementation environment to make recommendations such as how the programme can be improved, how the risk of programme failure can be reduced or whether the programme should continue. (This is often useful…Estrutura / GuiasRainbow FrameworkEvalThoughts
http://www.evalthoughts.com/BlogConstituent voice: Technical note 1
This paper from Keystone Accountability provides detailed guidance in the use of Constituent Voice, which is a methodology aimed at cultivating a voice of constituents of an organisation.RecursoCreating the missing feedback loop
This article, written by Alex Jacobs for the IDS Bulletin describes how agricultural development organisations can create feedback systems that allow them to hear from the beneficiaries of their work.RecursoA list of M&E email lists
This list, on Rick Davies' Monitoring and Evaluation NEWS site, brings together a suite of M&E email lists from around the world.RecursoA module for peer partnerships to embed sustainable learning about teaching
This paper, written by Andrea Chester, Dallas Wingrove & Angela Clarke for RMIT University, is the final report of the implementation of a peer partnerships model designed to embed sRecursoSingle-case design technical documentation
This paper, written by T. R. Kratochwill, J. Hitchcock, R. H. Horner, J. R. Levin, S. L. Odom, D. M. Rindskopf and W. R.RecursoA checklist for Progress Markers
This checklist, written by Kate Dyer for Outcome Mapping Learning Community, was developed from the Accountability in Tanzania programme and relates to the development of individual progRecursoCreate an accessible Office document
This free, online training course by Microsoft Office teaches participants about accessibility and how to increase the accessibility of your documents for various users with disabilities.RecursoHatch
This website from the Rockefeller Foundation provides links to a range of tools and storytellers to support the development of digital stories to drive social impact.RecursoBlind Low Vision NZ: Information About Accessibility
This page on the New Zealand based Blind Low Vision NZ (formerly the Blind Foundation) website offers information about making printed and electronic texts accessible for low-vision andRecursoShutterstock
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.RecursoFlickr
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.RecursoFederal Data Sharing Policies
This blog post from Sam Held for the American Evaluation Association (AEA) looks at the requirements for data sharing under different federal agencies data sharing policies.RecursoMappiness: A mobile data collection example
This example of mobile data collection uses an iPhone app to collect data about how the environment affects the moods of participants. Mappiness has been designed to gather data from a wide range longitudinal data from particRecursoConference on Improving the use of M&E - Keynote speech by Marlene Läubli Loud
This keynote presentation given by Marlene Läubi Loud at the CDI Conference 2014: Improving the use of M&E processes and findings presents the current state of affairs regarding the utilisation of M&E processes anRecursoHousehold vulnerability and resilience to economic shocks
This project into Household Vulnerability and Resilience to Economic Shocks, a collaboration between RMIT University, Oxfam Australia, Deakin University and the University of the South Pacific, gives a good example of the way thaRecursoCo-presentation with Leslie J. Morse at SGNOLA – advice and retrospective
In this blog post, Natalie Warnert uses her experience of being a co-presenter at a conference to give tips and advice to those who are new to the realm of co-presenting.Recurso