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Bridging the gap: The role of monitoring and evaluation in evidence-based policy making
Monitoring and evaluation have a strategic role to play in informing policy-making processes.Dynamic Dozen: Tips from top presenters from the AEA on design
This guide, which is a part of the American Evaluation Association's (AEA) Potent Presentations Initiative, outlines the advice of twelve of AEA's best presenters who share their tips and secrets on delivering eDynamic Dozen: Tips from top presenters from the AEA on delivery
This guide, which is a part of the American Evaluation Association's (AEA) Potent Presentations Initiative, outlines the advice of twelve of AEA's best presenters who share their tips and secrets on delivering ePresentation Preparation Checklist
This checklist from the American Evaluation Association's Potent Presentations Initiative provides a set of guidelines for preparing a presentation.Conducting Effective Presentations
This paper from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) provides a range of tips and advice for ensuring presentations are clear and concise and effectively get their message across.Fundamentals of implementation research
This module introduces the language, concepts, tools, and strategies utilised in Implementation Research (IR).How to manage an evaluation and disseminate its results
This guide from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) outlines the roles and responsibilities of evaluation managers during and after the evaluation has taken place.ESCAP M&E System: Monitoring & evaluation system overview and evaluation guidelines
This guide from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNSCAP) provides clear guidelines to users on planning, implementing and using the findings of evaluations of ESCAP programsDevelop a communications plan
This web page from the Evaluation Toolkit website outlines a six-question approach that can be used to develop a communications plan for the dissemination of evaluation results.WHO evaluation practice handbook
This handbook from the World Health Organisation (WHO) provides step-by-step guidance for conducting evaluations in WHO.Recommendations in evaluation
This presentation, given by Lori Wingate for the Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University, takes a look at the 'why, what and how' of making recommendations in an evaluation.The magenta book: Guidance for evaluation
This guide, from H M Treasury, originally published in 2011 and updated in 2020, is the central guidance for all UK government departments on evaluation.Evaluation reporting: A guide to help ensure use of evaluation findings
This guide addresses the issue of ensuring that evaluation findings are used by stakeholders.Evaluations that make a difference
This collection gathers eight stories from around the world about evaluations that have made a difference to the lives of people.Making sense of evaluation: A handbook for everyone
This evaluation handbook, created by the Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unity (Superu), has been designed for those working in New Zealand's social sector who need to know more about how to measure and understand the effectiveneDeveloping evaluation and communication capacity for impact and adaptive management (DECI-AM website)
The DECI-AM "Developing Evaluation and Communication Capacity for Impact and Adaptive Management" website contains evaluation and research communication mentoring tools, articles and case studies.A short primer on innovative evaluation reporting
This book by Kylie Hutchinson presents a number of innovative ways of reporting, including different methods for presentations, narrative summaries, presenting findings visually and making use of digital outputs.Evaluation and communication decision-making: A practitioner's guide
Designed for evaluators, communication planners, and project implementers interested in capacity development, this primer combines utilization-focused evaluation (UFE) design with communication planning.Evaluation use in multilateral development institutions with Dr. Jos Vaessen
In this webinar, Dr Jos Vaessen, Evaluation Advisor at the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group, discussed how independent evaluation is organised in multilateral development institutions.Reporting style guide template
This style guide template is designed to ensure consistency in formatting across various project documents, including evaluation plans, reports, and presentations.Communicating data findings equitably
In this webinar, Alissa Marchant and Shelli Golson-Mickens of Innovation Network discussed what it takes to communicate evaluation findings equitably.UNESCO guidelines for follow-up to evaluation findings
This four-page paper provides an overview to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) procedures for evaluation follow up and a template for managers to detail their action plans in response to evaluatioColorlab
Colorlab is a free online tool designed to help users create harmonious color palettes for their projects. This resource and the following information were contributed by Max Graham.Evaluation in contexts of fragility, conflict and violence: Guidance from global evaluation practitioners
This guide offers practical advice for designing, conducting, and using evaluations in fragile, conflict, and violence-affected contexts.Challenges and strategies for implementers and evaluators working in conflict settings
This article addresses logistical, methodological, and ethical challenges in conflict zones, offering strategies through implementation science frameworks like RE-AIM and CFIR.How to improve results in situations of fragility, conflict, and violence: 12 recommendations
This strategy document details the World Bank's updated approach to FCV-affected countries.Evaluating peacebuilding activities in settings of conflict and fragility
This document provides guidance for evaluating peacebuilding in conflict-affected and fragile settings.Guidelines to conflict sensitive research
This publication outlines nine guidelines for conflict-sensitive research, from context understanding and political sensitivities to partnerships, effective communication and publication to minimize negative impacts and enEthical research landscapes in fragile and conflict-affected contexts: Understanding the challenges
The paper critiques ethical guidelines for research in conflict and fragile contexts, exploring systemic injustices and advocating for comprehensive ethical practices across all phases of the research lifecycle, from desigBeing practical, being safe: Doing evaluations in contested spaces
This paper offers practical guidance for conducting evaluations in conflict zones, focusing on safety, ethics, and adaptability.Ethical research in fragile and conflict-affected contexts: Guidelines for applicants
These guidelines offers essential ethical guidelines for research in fragile and conflict-affected settings, focusing on equitable partnerships, harm mitigation, and ethical design.Real-time evaluations of humanitarian action: An ALNAP guide
This ALNAP guide provides a structured approach for conducting real-time evaluations (RTEs) during humanitarian responses.