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Shared knowledge and experience from the global evaluation community.
- Our positionality influences the design, implementation, and interpretation of findings in our evaluations. In the same way, people’s positionality shapes their opinions, the opportunities they have, and the choices they can make in their career.
The role of youth in evaluation
In today's world, we are facing a series of interconnected global challenges—sometimes referred to as a ‘polycrisis’. For young people (and many not-so-young people), it often feels like issues such as climate change, social injustice, and inequality have always been a reality.How well do we think about the future? Foresight Evaluation
Foresight is the capacity to think systematically about the future to inform decision-making today. It focuses on investigating the drivers of change and exploring possible futures to inform planning and policymaking (Conway, 2015).
Investing in young and emerging evaluators: Reflections from the 2nd Summer Evaluation Bootcamp in Mongolia
Xin Xin Yang (Multi-Country Evaluation Specialist at UNICEF) reflects on the 2nd Summer Evaluation Bootcamp for Young and Emerging Evaluators (YEEs) in Mongolia, a program designed to empower the next generation of M&E professionals in Mongolia and
Improving data quality: Early lessons from the Senegal power compact
In this blog, Dr Marème Ndoye (MCA Senegal II Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Economic Analysis) shares how the implementation of a data validation committee has helped the understanding and communication of results.
Introducing the Causal Pathways Resource Hub
We are pleased to launch the Causal Pathways Resource Hub: A set of new and revised pages on BetterEvaluation, developed in partnership with the Causal Pathways Initiative.
Becoming aware of contradictory demands on evaluation systems
The following article was written Marijn Faling, Assistant Professor Evaluation and Private-sector Development at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Reflections on meeting the challenge of communicating the validity of culturally responsive evaluation (CRE) and getting influential voices and changemakers to listen
The following article was written by Ennie Flora Gatsi (MA), Rumbidza Tizora (MSc), and Joyce Muyengwa (MSc). Congratulations on your winning entry to the Young and Emerging Evaluators (YEEs) essay competition!
Reflection on the review of the IEG@50 writing competition on culturally responsive evaluation
A recent essay competition, jointly hosted by the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI), and EvalYouth, invited emerging evaluators to propose solutions for closing the gap between global and local knowledge.
The future of evaluation: Young and emerging evaluators as champions of cultural responsiveness
A recent essay competition for young and emerging evaluators (YEEs), jointly hosted by the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI), and EvalYouth, invited emerging evaluators to propose solutions for closing the gap between global and local knowledge.Writing competition on Culturally Responsive Evaluation: Meet the judges!
Evaluations are more effective when they consider the cultural context of the country or region where the project or programme was focused.
Knowing the place: Key methods and processes for evaluator engagement in environmental sustainability evaluations
Understanding the 'place' - be it the site of a project, program, strategy or policy - is critical when addressing environmental sustainability as part of an evaluation.Knowing the place
Most interventions occur at a place; projects are often at one or more places such as communities or districts; strategies find their application at places, as do policies, often through programs.Knowing place through story
Knowing place is essential, as understanding all aspects of context is vital to undertaking evaluation that supports community, environmental renewal, and sustainability.Read and contribute to evaluation journals
In this blog, Patricia Rogers explores how you can make the most of evaluation journals.The science behind data collection - gLOCAL 2023 webinar recap
This blog shares some of the lessons from the gLOCAL2023 webinar, The science behind data collection: how to choose the best tools and approach to collect data considering the culture, context, and existing partnerships. It outlines five considerations: the budget, respondents and accessibility, the kind of data being collected, challenges to data collection and how the data will be used.