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Filter search resultsLearning to Make All Voices Count - Leveraging Complexity-Aware MEL to Pursue Change in Complex Systems
/tools-resources/learning-make-all-voices-count-leveraging-complexity-aware-mel-pursue-change-complex-systemsResourceUSAID collaborating, learning and adapting in action case competition library
USAID's annual Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) Case Competition captures case studies of USAID staff and implementing partners using a CLA approach for organizational learning and better development outcomes./tools-resources/usaid-collaborating-learning-adapting-action-case-competition-libraryResourceDevelopmental evaluation: Diagnostic checklist
This checklist aims to help users assess whether Developmental Evaluation is a good fit for your situation./tools-resources/developmental-evaluation-diagnostic-checklistResourceOPM's approach to assessing value for money
A clear and well-informed guide to evaluating value for money which addresses important issues including the limitations of using indicators epsecially for complex interventions, and the need to address unintended impacts and complicated ca/tools-resources/opms-approach-assessing-value-for-moneyResourceOutcome 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./tools-resources/outcome-monitoring-learning-large-multi-stakeholder-research-programmes-lessons-prise-consortiumResourceReal-time evaluation (Working paper #4)
Real-time evaluation (RTE) has been practised and documented over the past 20 years, initially in humanitarian projects./tools-resources/real-time-evaluation-working-paper-4ResourceHow does the commissioning process hinder the uptake of complexity-appropriate evaluation?
Drawing on interviews with 19 UK evaluation commissioners and contractors, this paper investigates the role of evaluation commissioning in hindering the take-up of complexity-appropriate evaluation methods and explores ways of improving thi/tools-resources/how-does-commissioning-process-hinder-uptake-complexity-appropriate-evaluationResourceThe hidden life of theories of change
One common criticism of Theory of Change is that it is often used as a framework that fixes agreements rather than as a living, guiding tool that helps reflection and adaptation./tools-resources/hidden-life-theories-changeResourceAn overview of monitoring and evaluation for adaptive management (working paper #1)
This paper is the first in the BetterEvaluation Monitoring and Evaluation for Adaptive Management working paper series./tools-resources/overview-monitoring-evaluation-for-adaptive-management-working-paper-1ResourceWhat is adaptive management and how does it work? (working paper #2)
This is the second paper in the BetterEvaluation Working Paper Series, Monitoring and Evaluation for Adaptive Management./tools-resources/what-adaptive-management-how-does-it-work-working-paper-2ResourceComplexity Evaluation framework: recognising complexity & key considerations for complexity-appropriate evaluation in the department for environment, food and rural affairs (DEFRA)
Defra (the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) commissioned CECAN (the Centre for Evaluation Complexity Across the Nexus) to deliver a Complexity Evaluation Framework (CEF)./tools-resources/complexity-evaluation-framework-recognising-complexity-key-considerations-for-complexity-appropriateResourceDoes evaluation need to be done differently to support adaptive management?
Adaptive management is usually understood to refer to an iterative process of reviewing and making changes to programmes and projects throughout implementation./blog/does-evaluation-need-be-done-differently-support-adaptive-managementBlogLearning about learning in an adaptive programme
Last week, we started our focus on Adaptive Management with a blog post by Patricia Rogers that explored/blog/learning-about-learning-adaptive-programmeBlogHow evaluation embraces and enriches adaptation: A UFE approach
In this guest blog, Sonal Zaveri (with input from the DECI team) discusses why a/blog/how-evaluation-embraces-enriches-adaptation-ufe-approachBlogIterative design and monitoring for adaptive management: How causal link monitoring can help
Development actors are embracing the concept and practice of adaptive management, using evidence to inform ongoing revisions throughout implementation./blog/iterative-design-monitoring-for-adaptive-management-how-causal-link-monitoring-can-helpBlogOutcome 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 an outcome monitoring system/blog/outcome-monitoring-large-multi-stakeholder-research-programmes-lessons-priseBlogAdapting evaluation in the time of COVID-19 - Part 1: Manage
Organisations around the world are quickly having to adapt their programme and project activities to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences. We’re starting a new blog series to help support these efforts./blog/adapting-evaluation-time-covid-19-part-1-manageBlogAdapting evaluation in the time of COVID-19 — Part 2: Define
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to rapid changes in the activities and goals of many organisations, whether these relate to addressing direct health impacts, the consequential economic and social impacts or to the need to change the way thing/blog/adapting-evaluation-time-covid-19-part-2-defineBlogAdapting evaluation in the time of COVID-19 — Part 3: Frame
Evaluation needs to respond to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. As well as direct implications for the logistics of collecting data and managing evaluation processes, the pandemic has led to rapid changes in what organis/blog/adapting-evaluation-time-covid-19-part-3-frameBlogAdapting evaluation in the time of COVID-19 – Part 4: Describe
We’re continuing our series, sharing ideas and resources on ways of ensuring that evaluation adequately responds to the new challenges during the pandemic./blog/adapting-evaluation-time-covid-19-part-4-describeBlogWhy do we need more real-time evaluation?
We’re currently going through a global period of rapid change and adaption, due in large part to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our lives and work./blog/why-do-we-need-more-real-time-evaluationBlogRapid evaluation
Rapid Evaluation is an approach designed to quickly and systematically conduct an evaluation when time or resources are limited./methods-approaches/approaches/rapid-evaluationApproachSynchronizing monitoring with the pace of change in complexity
This discussion note from USAID argues for synchronizing monitoring with the pace of change as a key principle underlying complexity-aware monitoring./tools-resources/synchronizing-monitoring-pace-change-complexityResourceMaking adaptive rigour work: Principles and practices for strengthening monitoring, evaluation and learning for adaptive management
This briefing from the Global Learning for Adaptive Management (GLAM) initiative sets out key elements of an ‘adaptive rigour’ approach to adaptive management./tools-resources/making-adaptive-rigour-work-principles-practices-for-strengthening-monitoring-evaluation-learningResourceComplexity-aware monitoring, evaluation & learning tools for social and behavior change interventions
This toolkit contains three tools to help design and evaluate complexity-aware social and behavior Change interventions. This resource and the following information was contributed by Lenette Golding./tools-resources/complexity-aware-monitoring-evaluation-learning-tools-for-social-behavior-change-interventionsResourceUsing evaluation for adaptive management
Adaptive management refers to an approach to managing under conditions of ongoing uncertainty./methods-approaches/methods/using-evaluation-for-adaptive-managementMethod