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How are mixed methods used in programme evaluation?
Evaluation in different development and humanitarian settings requires varying methods to capture multiple voices and multifaceted trends. Indeed, even the purists in quantitative methods have started incorporating some qualitative methods into randomized control trials (RCTs), having excluded them...
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Summary of the EvalForward discussion: Disability inclusion in evaluation
EvalForward Summary
Judith Kaitesi Katabarwa raised a discussion on EvalForward to encourage the sharing of experience and practice on disability inclusion in evaluation. This document provides a summary of key points emerged under each of the three questions proposed.
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Summary of the EvalForward discussion: Can visual tools help evaluators communicate and engage better?
EvalForward Summary
Harriet Matsaert raised a discussion on EvalForward aimed at sharing experiences and practices in using visual tools in evaluation. This document provides a summary of key points emerged under each of the four questions proposed.
Blog
Visual tools are powerful - Handle with care!
From the EvalForward community
The recent EvalForward discussion confirmed the potential of visual tools to do much more than just communicate evaluation findings. Visual tools, used effectively, can enhance the evaluation process itself. Here are some of the ways our group members are using visual tools in 2023. But participants...
Discussion
Disability inclusion in evaluation
Evaluations support learning, improve effectiveness and efficiency of projects and programs and help to hold donors and governments accountable for their results as well as take important decisions. It is therefore of paramount importance to involve marginalized groups and communities, especially...
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Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Assessment Toolkit
Guidance Document
The Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Assessment Toolkit (MECAT) was developed by MEASURE Evaluation, funded by the United States Agency for International Development, and its Kenya associate award, MEASURE Evaluation PIMA, to conduct a standard baseline assessment of M&E capacity. MECAT is a set...
Event
Alternative Futures: Evaluation for a Just Transition
Evaluation conference
The European Evaluation Society online event Alternative Futures: Evaluation for a Just Transition will will take place online on 15-16 November 2023 The event will focus on the following three strands: Changing how and what we value: Evaluation’s responsibility in defining alternative measures of...
Discussion
Can visual tools help evaluators communicate and engage better?
Dear Members I would like to start a discussion on the potential of visual tools, like whiteboard animations and infographics, to help us communicate and engage better with evaluation stakeholders. Over the last few years, I’ve been working with evaluation teams to create visual tools like...
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UNEG Guidance on Disability Inclusion in Evaluations
Guidance Document
The United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy (UNDIS) provides the foundation for sustainable and transformative progress on disability inclusion through all pillars of the work of the United Nations. The Strategy consists of a system-wide policy and an accountability framework organized in 15...
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Leaving no one behind: Meaningful inclusion of persons with disabilities in evaluations
Even in countries where information is more easily accessible, evaluators may need to be more creative about who they contact, and how they adapt traditional evaluation methods to be more inclusive. In response to the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy , the Office of Evaluation of the...
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Theory of Change: A short literature review and annotated bibliography
Technical Paper
This literature review of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) collates some grey and reviewed literature on the Theory of Change. The document addresses the use of a ToC, and the recommended steps for developing a ToC. In addition, the document provides an extensive annotated bibliography with...
Event
Asian Evaluation Week
Evaluation conference
After 3 years of virtual events, the Asian Evaluation Week is back. This year's theme is " Beyond Recovery: Evaluation for Development Effectiveness ". Watch this space for more info in the coming weeks: Asian Evaluation Week