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  • BetterMonitoring draft framework - September 2021

    BetterEvaluation is working with UNICEF to try and improve our collective understanding and practice of the monitoring function. The BetterMonitoring initiative focuses on trying to elevate the monitoring function to make it more visible and to provide…
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  • Network evaluation

    A network evaluation may consider a range of questions and adopt a variety of options for undertaking the evaluation depending on factors such as the type, size, stage of development and purpose of the network.
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  • Complexity

    Complex ideas and methods have important applications for how we think about programs and policies, how we collect and analyse data, and how we report findings and support their use.
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  • Feminist evaluation

    Feminist evaluation (FE) emphasizes participatory, empowering, and social justice agendas.
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  • Gender Analysis

    Whether you are an evaluator or someone commissioning evaluation, any intervention to be evaluated that takes place within human society and involves human interactions will have gendered dimensions.
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  • Evaluation and children

    Evaluating the impacts of programmes and policies on children presents particular challenges.  Many of these are complex and intersectoral, the impacts are often long-term, and children have particular vulnerabilities to harm.
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  • Evaluation of agricultural projects and programs

    Any single agricultural project or program is necessarily part of a highly complex, interrelated system. To deliver utility and value, evaluation in the agricultural sector must take into account contextually sensitive issues.
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  • Evaluating policy influence and advocacy

    Influencing and informing policy is the main aim for many development organisations. However, activities directed at policy change are, in general, very hard to monitor and evaluate.
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  • Evaluating the performance of an organisation

    An organisational assessment is a systematic process for obtaining valid information about the performance of an organisation and the factors that affect performance. It differs from other types of evaluations because the assessment focuses on the…
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  • Monitoring and evaluation to support adaptive management

    The term 'adaptive management' refers to adaptation that goes beyond the usual adaptation involved in good management - modifying plans in response to changes in circumstances or understanding, and using information to inform these decisions.
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  • Evaluating humanitarian action

    Different types of evaluation are used in humanitarian action for different purposes, including rapid internal reviews to improve implementation in real time and discrete external evaluations intended to draw out lessons learned with the broader aim of…
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  • Sustained and Emerging Impacts Evaluation (SEIE)

    Sustained and emerging impact evaluation (SEIE) evaluates the enduring results of an intervention some time after it has ended, or after a long period of implementation
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  • Impact evaluation

    An impact evaluation provides information about the observed changes or 'impacts' produced by an intervention. These observed changes can be positive and negative, intended and unintended, direct and indirect.
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  • International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) Evidence Dialogues

    Objective(s): bring evaluators, researchers, policymakers and programme managers together to explore the challenges and opportunities in using high-quality evidence to inform decision-making.
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  • Master of Evaluation

    Objective(s): give interested parties the opportunity to acquire additional qualifications for scientific or professional work in this research and professional field as part of a master's degree, which offers very good professional development opp
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  • Master (Blended Learning) of Evaluation (MABLE)

    Objective(s): teach students the knowledge and skills needed to undertake professional evaluation work as expert consultants in the in the fields of policy-making, administration and social services;
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  • Coordinator in Monitoring & Evaluation in development cooperation and humanitarian assistance

    Objective(s): train participants on how to use the concepts and methods of Evaluation of projects in the field of development cooperation (DC) and humanitarian aid (HA).
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  • Development Evaluation Training Programme in Africa (DETPA)

    Objective(s): improve participants' understanding of key evaluation approaches and current and emerging thinking in evaluation, enabling them to reflect on how topical issues such as transformation and
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  • Africa Evaluation Indaba

    Objective(s): explore transformation in Evaluation from its historical context in relation to the Global South and how it may relate to equity and social justice, gather local and international speakers in making a contribution to the transformation dis
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  • Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation in Francophone Africa (SERAF)

    Objective(s): train participants to explain results-based M&E concepts, approaches and methodologies; analyze issues related to results-based M&E in Francophone Africa; design, conduct and manage quality M&E actions useful for decision-makin
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  • Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation in Francophone Africa -Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Sectors (SERAF-EAH)

    Objective(s): train participants to explain results-based M&E concepts, approaches and methodologies; analyze results-based M&E issues in WASH sectors; design, conduct and manage quality M&E actions useful for decision-making in water, sanit
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  • Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation in Francophone Africa in the energy sector (SERAF-Energie)

    Objective(s): train participants to explain results-based M&E concepts, approaches and methodologies; analyze results-based M&E issues in the energy sector; design, conduct and manage quality M&E actions useful for decision-making; identify
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  • Seminar on Impact Assessment in Francophone Africa (SEIMAF)

    Objective(s): train participants to present the context, issues and challenges related to impact assessment in fr-speaking Africa; explain the main concepts in relation to impact evaluation as well as the methodological approach and related approaches;
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  • Performance-Based Budgeting in Francophone Africa (BAPAF)

    Objective(s): train participants to explain the innovations and requirements brought about by the reform of the program budget in the WAEMU space; explain the mechanisms for allocating budgetary appropriations as well as the budgetary principles which u
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  • Evaluation based on the results of public policies (EVALPP)

    Objective(s): train participants to explain the principles, issues and foundations of the evaluation of public policies; understand the concepts of public policy evaluation; plan an evaluation of public policies; collect data and their analyzes to answe
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  • Financial and accounting aspects of the program budget (ACFBP)

    Objective(s): train participants to explain the technical aspects of budget reform; present the conceptual framework of the new accounting rules introduced by the reform; describe the rules for establishing the financial statements of the States as well
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  • Impact evaluation in the field of agriculture and rural development

    Objective(s): provide technical support for the impact evaluations of selected agriculture and rural development projects/programs.
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  • Evidence Award

    Objective(s): reward public policies that stand out for their use of scientifically based evidence. Scope: eligible public policies must be (i) either be in progress or completed in the last 24 months, (ii) implemented in Brazil.
    GEI Training and Professional Development
  • Institute for Mobility and Social Development (IMDS) Trophy

    Objective(s): reward policies/ programs that promote social mobility and reduce inequality of opportunity through the use of systematized information and application of scientific knowledge.
    GEI Training and Professional Development
  • M&E residency program - Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) PhD Candidates

    Objective(s): provide PhD students with an opportunity to the first contact with practical M&E activities through practical learning (on-the-job training) and mentoring.
    GEI Training and Professional Development
  • Regional Evaluation Platform Meeting

    Objective(s): provide participants with a space where they can present and coordinate efforts around the main initiatives for the development of evaluation in Latin America and the Caribbean.
    GEI Training and Professional Development
  • Online Course on Evaluation Management

    Objective(s): train evaluation managers in Latin America and enable them to visualize alternative formats for managing and carrying out quality evaluations.
    GEI Training and Professional Development