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Indigenous evaluation framework: Telling our story in our place and time
This book discusses the efforts of American Indian and Alaskan Native (AIAN) communities to reclaim and revitalize their education systems through tribally controlled colleges, universities, and K–12 schools.QuIP: Understanding clients through in-depth interviews
This practice note gives a step-by-step guide to developing and conducting in-depth interviews using the QuIP approach, and analysing the information and making conclusions based on what you have learned.Hiring an external evaluator
This resource helps you match an external evaluator to your needs through a set of practical steps, prompts, and tips.Applying evaluation criteria thoughtfully
This guidance aims to help evaluators better understand the OECD-Development Assistance Committee (DAC) criteria and improve their use.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.Capacity development in evaluation and communication: Prompts for facilitators
Through this primer, the authors tell the story of how their mentoring in evaluation and communication with selected groups across Latin America, Asia, and Africa unfolded over a four-year time frame (2018-2021).Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (JCSEE) program evaluation standards in practice
This resource provides a practical guide for evaluators to apply the Program Evaluation Standards developed by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (JCSEE)Evaluation request for proposals (RFP) checklist
This resource provides a checklist to ensure that your Request for Proposals (RFP) for evaluation services yields high-quality submissions.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 evaluatioUnderstanding and measuring women's economic empowerment
Understanding and Measuring Women's Economic Empowerment - Definition, Framework and Indicators is a conceptual guide written with the intention of helping practitioners, researchers and donors design effective, measurable interveLearning how to learn: Eight lessons for impact evaluations to make a difference
This background note from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) outlines some of the key lessons that have been learnt through recent and ongoing work in impact evaluations, utilisation-focused evaluations and evidence-based policy.Think before you jump (into the social media ocean)
This blog, written specifically for the development sector, discusses some of the issues of using social media in a development context.Sowing & harvesting: Participatory evaluation handbook
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, this participatory evaluation handbook was created to highlight the voices and experiences of the people involved in development processes.Siembra y cosecha: Manual de evaluación participativa
En el contexto de la pandemia de COVID-19 en 2020, este manual de evaluación participativa fue creado para resaltar las voces y experiencias de las personas involucradas en los procesos de desarrollo.Blogs in plain English
This short video provides a clear picture as to why blogs are powerful ways for every person to share news and information.Planning and managing feminist evaluations
This guide from Global Affairs Canada provides an approach and process for commissioning and managing feminist evaluations. This resource and the following information were contributed by Dr Jules Sisk, PhD.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.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.Using technology in fragile, conflict, and violence (FCV) situations: Five key questions to be answered
This note provides guidance on how to effectively use technology in FCV contexts by answering five key questions related to the challenges, enabling factors, risks, and real-world applications of technology in these settinEvaluating 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 enDefining the agenda: Key lessons for funders and commissioners of ethical research in fragile and conflict-affected contexts
The document offers guidelines for ethical research in fragile and conflict-affected contexts, focusing on agenda setting, partnerships, review processes, and resourcing.Causality assessment for landscape interventions (CALI)
This resource introduces Causality Assessment for Landscape Interventions (CALI), an approach developed by UNDP to support adaptive management of projects that aim to reduce deforestation at the landscape or jurisdictional level.Best practices compendium on outcome budgeting
This resource from the Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office, Government of India, is designed to assist government entities in shifting from input and output-focused budgeting to an outcomes-oriented approach.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.Handbook on evaluation
This handbook, edited by Prof Dr Reinhard Stockmann, provides a systematic and comprehensive exploration into the planning, process, implementation and utilisation of evaluations.Evaluation budgeting (Adaptation fund guidance note)
This guidance note aims to support the preparation and implementation of evaluation budgets that are realistic and fit-for-purpose to finance reliable, useful, and ethical evaluations.Data collection methods for evaluation: Document review
This resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides a brief guide to using document review as a data collection method for evaluation.Communities of practice within and across organisations: A guidebook
This guidebook provides comprehensive guidance on cultivating and sustaining communities of practice (COP) within and across organisations.Putting the people in the pictures first: Ethical guidelines for the collection and use of content (images and stories)
These guidelines emphasise ethical practices in filming, photography, and interviewing, prioritising contributors' rights and the impact on both individuals and audiences.How to conduct your own annual review
This webpage outlines a clear and easy to understand process for conducting annual reviews.UNEG guidance on integrating human rights and gender equality in evaluations
This document is intended to guide evaluators and evaluation managers in undertaking evaluations that are responsive to the needs of all individuals and communities by embracing the principle of "Leave No One Behind".