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These updated design, monitoring and evaluation standards from the Australian Government aim to "improve the quality and use of Design and M&E products, and to integrate evaluative thinking into everyday work".ResourceAvaliação para o investimento social privado: Metodologias
Este livro reúne um conjunto de contribuições oriundas do Seminário Internacional Avaliação para o Investimento Social Privado: Metodologias, realizado em julho de 2013 no Rio de Janeiro, pela Fundação Itaú Social, Fundação Roberto MarinhoResourceLearning to Make All Voices Count - Leveraging Complexity-Aware MEL to Pursue Change in Complex Systems
ResourceUSAID collaborating, learning and adapting in action case competition library
USAID's annual Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) Case Competition captures case studies of USAID staff and implementing partners using a CLA approach for organizational learning and better development outcomes.ResourceDevelopmental evaluation: Diagnostic checklist
This checklist aims to help users assess whether Developmental Evaluation is a good fit for your situation.ResourceOPM's approach to assessing value for money
A clear and well-informed guide to evaluating value for money which addresses important issues including the limitations of using indicators epsecially for complex interventions, and the need to address unintended impacts and complicated caResourceOutcome monitoring and learning in large multi-stakeholder research programmes: lessons from the PRISE consortium
This discussion paper outlines the key lessons to emerge from designing and applying an outcome monitoring system to the Pathways to Resilience in Semi-arid Economies (PRISE) project.ResourceHow does the commissioning process hinder the uptake of complexity-appropriate evaluation?
Drawing on interviews with 19 UK evaluation commissioners and contractors, this paper investigates the role of evaluation commissioning in hindering the take-up of complexity-appropriate evaluation methods and explores ways of improving thiResourceThe hidden life of theories of change
One common criticism of Theory of Change is that it is often used as a framework that fixes agreements rather than as a living, guiding tool that helps reflection and adaptation.ResourceComplexity Evaluation framework: recognising complexity & key considerations for complexity-appropriate evaluation in the department for environment, food and rural affairs (DEFRA)
Defra (the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) commissioned CECAN (the Centre for Evaluation Complexity Across the Nexus) to deliver a Complexity Evaluation Framework (CEF).ResourceDIY M&E: A step-by-step guide to building a monitoring and evaluation framework
This guide, written by Dana Cross of Grosvenor Management Consulting, gives an overview of how to create an M&E framework.ResourceConference 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 and findingsResourceAcinonyx cervidae hircus: Child-led evaluation of the Building Skills for Life programme in Cambodia
This report presents a child-led evaluation of a multi-sectoral programme in Cambodia seeking to empower adolescent girls and address the challenges they face accessing quality education.ResourceOkiko in pursuit of a snail: Child-led evaluation of the building skills for life programme in Kenya
This report is the third in this series and presents a child-led evaluation of a multi-sectoral programme in Cambodia seeking to empower adolescent girls and address the challenges they face accessing quality education.ResourceSynchronizing 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.ResourceMaking adaptive rigour work: Principles and practices for strengthening monitoring, evaluation and learning for adaptive management
This briefing from the Global Learning for Adaptive Management (GLAM) initiative sets out key elements of an ‘adaptive rigour’ approach to adaptive management.ResourceComplexity-aware monitoring, evaluation & learning tools for social and behavior change interventions
This toolkit contains three tools to help design and evaluate complexity-aware social and behavior Change interventions. This resource and the following information was contributed by Lenette Golding.ResourceEvaluations made in Portuguese: the Lusophone space
This guest blog by Elsa de Morais Sarmento, Carla Félix, and Mariana Branco discusses the importance of language to credible evaluation in Lusophone countries.BlogAdapting evaluation in the time of COVID-19 - Part 1: Manage
Organisations around the world are quickly having to adapt their programme and project activities to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences. We’re starting a new blog series to help support these efforts.BlogAdapting evaluation in the time of COVID-19 — Part 3: Frame
Evaluation needs to respond to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. As well as direct implications for the logistics of collecting data and managing evaluation processes, the pandemic has led to rapid changes in what organisBlogAdapting evaluation in the time of COVID-19 – Part 4: Describe
We’re continuing our series, sharing ideas and resources on ways of ensuring that evaluation adequately responds to the new challenges during the pandemic.BlogWhy do we need more real-time evaluation?
We’re currently going through a global period of rapid change and adaption, due in large part to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our lives and work.BlogWeek 20: A língua dominante em avaliação é o inglês?
Infelizmente acredito que sim.BlogWeek 20: Is English the dominant language for evaluation?
Unfortunately I believe so. Last year I met a group of Brazilian evaluators in a conference, and learned from them the growing demand for good evaluation studies in Brazil, but also the need for more capacity building iniBlogOutcome monitoring in large multi-stakeholder research programmes: Lessons from PRISE
This guest blog by Tiina Pasanen and Kaia Ambrose discusses how the Pathways to Resilience in Semi-arid Economies (PRISE) project approached the challenge of coming up with an outcome monitoring systemBlogEvaluation led by children
This is a discussion originally posted in the Gender and Evaluation communityled by Rituu B Nanda regarding Laura Hughston's report which presents a child-led evaluation of a multi-sectoral programme in Cambodia seeking to empower adolescenBlogDoes evaluation need to be done differently to support adaptive management?
Adaptive management is usually understood to refer to an iterative process of reviewing and making changes to programmes and projects throughout implementation.BlogLearning about learning in an adaptive programme
Last week, we started our focus on Adaptive Management with a blog post by Patricia Rogers that exploredBlogHow evaluation embraces and enriches adaptation: A UFE approach
In this guest blog, Sonal Zaveri (with input from the DECI team) discusses why aBlogTen steps to a results based monitoring and evaluation system. A handbook for development practitioners
This guide provides a ten-step model to help plan, design, and implement a results-based M&E system for good management in organisations working in the public sector.ResourceEstudo de caso: a avaliação externa de um programa
Este documento narra as experiencias pessoas do coordenador de uma avaliação de um projeto educacional.ResourceIterative design and monitoring for adaptive management: How causal link monitoring can help
Development actors are embracing the concept and practice of adaptive management, using evidence to inform ongoing revisions throughout implementation.Blog