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Filter search resultsDFAT design and monitoring and evaluation standards
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".ResourceDevelopmental evaluation: Diagnostic checklist
This checklist aims to help users assess whether Developmental Evaluation is a good fit for your situation.ResourceThe developmental evaluation institute
The Developmental Evaluation Institute (DEI) website aims to provide pathways for new, emerging, and mid-career evaluators to develop skills in Developmental Evaluation for social justice.ResourceMulti-stakeholder partnerships: Building blocks for success
This report provides an evidence-based assessment of the performance of multi-stakeholder partnerships for sustainable development concluding that the overall performance of partnerships is mixed at best, and discussing factors that increasResourceProving and Improving the Impact of Development Partnerships - 12 Good Practices for Results Measurement
This report summarises 12 good practices of results measurement in development partnerships with the private sector, and includes a number of case studies and practical examples.ResourcePartnership Indicators: Measuring the effectiveness of multi-sector approaches to service provision
This paper provides considerations for the creation of partnership indicators for tri-partite partnerships (private sector, public sector and civil society/NGOs) in water and sanitation provision for poor communities in developing countriesResourceDealing with complexity in development evaluation - A practical approach
This book offers practical guidance to policymakers, managers, and evaluation practitioners on how to design and implement complexity-responsive evaluations that can be undertaken in the real world of time, budget, data, and political constResourceDevelopmental evaluation: Perspectives from an internal vs. external evaluator
This is a podcast that offers an overview of the Developmental Evaluation approach according to the perspectives of an internal and an external evaluator.ResourceOutcome 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&nbsBlogProjects assuming responsibility over evaluation: Test-driving utilisation focused evaluation
This presentation from Developing Evaluation Capacity in ICT4D (DECI) outlines the objectives of the project and their use ofResourceMentoring
Mentoring is a process where people are able to share their professional and personal experiences in order to support their development and growth in all spheres of life.MethodMentoring matters
This Primary Health Care Research & Information Service webpage provides an overview of the importance and benefits of a good mentoring program.ResourcePathways to advance professionalisation within the context of the AES
This report by Greet Peersman and Patricia Rogers for the Australasian Evaluation Society (AES) identifies four potential pathways towards professionalisation within the context of the AES. These pathways are as follows:ResourceMulti-stakeholder partnerships guide - Online portal
This online portal includes over useful 60 tools and methods especially selected to support and evaluate multi-stakeholder partnership processes.ResourceDealing with paradox – Stories and lessons from the first three years of consortium-building
This case study documents and reflects upon the building of the Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies (recently re-named START Network)ResourceMentoring made easy
This guide from the NSW Premier's Office outlines the process and advantages of setting up a formal mentoring program in the workplace.ResourceMentoring for the new millennium
This article outlines the rationale behind mentoring and argues that developing a formal mentoring program will lead to the development of a learning organisation.ResourceHow can we assess the value of working in partnerships?
Tiina Pasanen (Overseas Development Institute) shares her reflections from the 2016 'M&E on the Cutting Edge' Conference Partnering for Success, and asks, how do we learn what type of partnerships work well, under what conditions anBlogOutcome 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.ResourceMaking rigorous causal claims in a real-life context: Has research contributed to sustainable forest management?
This article discusses an impact evaluation that examined the contribution of two forestry research centres - the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pourResourceBudgeting for developmental evaluation (DE)
An interview with internationally recognised evaluation expert Michael Quinn Patton by Heather Britt for BetterEvaluation, April 2012.ResourceA practitioner's guide to developmental evaluation
This guidebook from J.W. McConnell Family Foundation and the International Institute for Child Rights and Development explores key aspects of Developmental Evaluation (DE).ResourceA developmental evaluation primer
This primer guide from The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation outlines the basic principles of Developmental Evaluation and provides a range of tools to support its implementation.Resource