1st April 2015 by Alice Macfarlan
EvalYear is well underway around the world. Here are some of the ways South Africa will be marking EvalYear. Thanks to Liezille Jacobs from SAMEA (South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association) for this information.
12th March 2015 by Alice Macfarlan
The UN Evaluation Group (UNEG) has been busy celebrating their EvalWeek from the 9th to the 13th of March. Here are three of the ways they celebrated:
6th March 2015 by Patricia Rogers
This week the Latin-American and Caribbean Monitoring, Evaluation and Systematization Network (ReLAC) is holding its 4th International Conferencein Lima, Peru.
24th February 2015 by Patricia Rogers
The EvalYear torch is in Cairo this week for the Fourth International Conference of MENA Evaluation Network (EvalMENA), which brings together five national networks which form the main constituency of EvalMENA:
13th February 2015 by Patricia Rogers and Greet Peersman
Impact evaluation, like many areas of evaluation, is under-researched. Doing systematic research about evaluation takes considerable resources, and is often constrained by the availability of information about evaluation practice. Much of the work undertaken in evaluation is not readily visible (see the recent comments by Drew Cameron on an earlier blog post which provide details about the considerable effort involved in a study of impact evaluations in development).
9th February 2015 by Patricia Rogers
Cette semaine, le Torch évaluation, symbolisant la propagation de la sensibilisation et les connaissances sur l'évaluation, se déplace à la Côte 'd' Ivoire pour 1ière Journées Ivoiriennes de l' évaluation) (JIE 2015).
29th January 2015 by nikola_balvin
Nikola Balvin, Knowledge Management Specialist at the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, presents new resources on impact evaluation and discusses how they can be used to support managers who commission impact evaluations.
23rd January 2015 by MQuinnP
As part of our January focus on impact evaluation, Michael Quinn Patton shares a rumination from the new 4th edition of Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods on best practices.
23rd January 2015 by Patricia Rogers and Greet Peersman
In 2015, we’re presenting "12 months of BetterEvaluation" - with blog posts focusing each month on a different issue. This is the first in a series on impact evaluation, our focus for January.
In development, government and philanthropy, there is increasing recognition of the potential value of impact evaluation. There is dedicated funding available and specific initiatives to develop capacity for both commissioning and conducting impact evaluation, including supporting use of the findings.
19th January 2015 by Patricia Rogers
This week the Evaluation Torch, symbolising the spread of awareness and knowledge about evaluation, travels to India for EvalWeek, focusing on “Evaluations for Good Governance”.
Even if you can’t attend in person, you can attend some events virtually, follow on social media or access materials from the events.
Monday 19 January
EvalWeek will be inaugurated by Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, the Honourable Minister of State for Planning (Independent Charge), at the India Habitat Building, New Delhi.
