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Designing for Action: Principles of Effective Sustainability Measurement
This report from the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Measuring Sustainability provides detailed guidance for decision makers on measuring for effective sustainability.
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Applying resilience thinking: Seven principles for building resilience in social-ecological systems
This guide from the Stockholm Resilience Centre outlines seven key principles that can be used to develop resilience in social-ecological systems.
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If a picture paints a thousand words: The use of rich pictures in evaluation
In this e-book, Judy Oakden discusses the use of Rich Pictures in evaluation. In particular, she addresses why (and when) you should use rich pictures, and answers some of the common questions around the use of rich pictures.
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Evaluating sustainability: Evaluative support for managing processes in the public interest
This special issue of New Directions in Evaluation includes discussions of different types of sustainability – sustainable environment, sustainable development, sustainable programs, and sustainable evaluation systems – and a synthesis of t
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Evaluation at the nexus between nature and humanity for transformational change
This chapter from Transformational Evaluation for the Global Crises of Our Times argues for the need to transform evaluation in the light of current environmental crises and sets out the major ways this needs to happen.
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Introducing footprint evaluation
Given the numerous interconnected environmental crises the world faces, there is an urgent need to include consideration of environmental impacts into all evaluations.
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Biodiversity and the economic response to COVID-19: Ensuring a green and resilient recovery
This policy brief “outlines how biodiversity loss is a key driver of emerging infectious diseases and poses a variety of other growing risks to businesses, society and the global economy.
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Evaluation at the endgame: Evaluating sustainability and the SDGs by moving past dominion and institutional capture
“Business-as-usual evaluation will not suffice.
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The rights of nature: An emerging transformation opportunity for evaluation
This article invites evaluators to engage with the concept of the Rights of Nature: “recognizing ecosystems and natural communities not as property that can be owned but as entities that have an independent right to exist
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Environment, climate change and assessment - towards a holistic view
This blog by Juha Uitto, Director of the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the Global Environment Facility, points out that evaluation needs to take a new, holistic perspective to address serious environmental problems.
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Evaluating the environmental impact of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the COVID-19 pandemic
This Footprint Evaluation case study explores the feasibility and value of considering environmental sustainability in the evaluation of personal protective equipment (PPE) provisioning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Conceptual framework for developing evaluation capacities
This paper, which was prepared for the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) and the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) pr
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How to talk about climate change
This collection of resources - toolkit, short guide and cheat sheet - sets out the challenges of talking about climate change and presents effective strategies to address them.
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Turin Agenda - 2022 National Evaluation Capacities conference
The Turin Agenda is a commitment presented by over 300 participants from more than 100 countries at the 2022 National Evaluation Capacities Conference held in Turin, Italy from October 25-28.
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Sustainability-inclusive evaluation: Why we need it and how to do it
This guidance from the Footprint Evaluation Initiative aims to support those doing or overseeing evaluations to include environmental sustainability in feasible and useful ways.
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Comparative study on the institutionalisation of evaluation in Europe and Latin America
This report aims to describe and analyze the development of public policy evaluation systems in European and Latin American countries, and identify factors that influence their proper implementation.
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Fortalecimiento del uso y la institucionalidad de las evaluaciones para la toma de decisiones en Colombia
Este documento tiene como objetivo principal fortalecer la institucionalidad de la evaluación de políticas públicas e impulsar el uso de los resultados y las recomendaciones de las evaluaciones para la toma de decisiones en Colombia.
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Designing diagnostics in complexity: Measuring technical and contextual aspects in monitoring and evaluation systems
The article highlights the significance of reflecting on methods used in designing diagnostic tools for M&E systems and contributes to the broader debate on understanding and assessing M&E systems in their political and organization
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The government monitoring and evaluation system in India: A work in progress
This paper discusses the evolution of India’s approach to monitoring and evaluation of government programs.
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Diagnosing monitoring and evaluation capacity in Africa
This article aims to share lessons learned from adapting and implementing a range of global tools in an African context, and puts forward certain key criteria for a ‘Made in Africa’ tool to better understand M&E systems in the region.
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Monitoring and evaluation systems assessment tool and guide
The monitoring and evaluation systems assessment tool (M&ESAT) and guide were designed to provide a systematic approach for programs and local implementing partners to assess the functionality, effectiveness, strengths and weaknesses of
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Tips for developing good evaluation questions (for performance evaluations)
This resource provides principles, tips and examples to assist with the development of good evaluation questions.
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CARICOM results-based management collaboration: CXC's Monitoring and evaluation system analysis (MESA)
This report presents the findings from the monitoring and evaluation system analysis (MESA) for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), providing information on the existing strengths and opportunities to develop a sustainable RBM System.
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Estudio diagnóstico sobre las fortalezas y desafíos de los sistemas regionales de construcción de la información, seguimiento y evaluación
Este informe presenta los resultados de un estudio de diagnóstico de los sistemas de seguimiento y evaluación de las provincias regionales de Argentina.
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A study on the status of national evaluation policies and systems in the Asia Pacific region
This study documents the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in developing National Evaluation Policies and Systems (NEPS). Survey questions that were used as part of the assessment are included in the appendix.
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Conducting diagnoses of M&E systems and capacities
This note provides a guide to some of the topics and issues that need to be considered when undertaking a diagnosis of a country’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities.
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Professionalization of evaluation competency framework for evaluators
This competency framework is designed to assist with strengthening professionalisation of evaluation in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
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Diagnóstico para análise de sistemas de monitoramento e avaliação (MESA) para Recife
Este relatório apresenta as principais conclusões do diagnóstico do sistema de monitoramento e avaliação (MESA) para a cidade de Recife, Brasil.
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Diagnóstico de monitoreo de políticas y programas sociales 2022
En este informe bienal se presentan las principales conclusiones de la evaluación realizada por el CONEVAL del sistema de política y monitoreo social de México.
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Mapa diagnóstico de la evaluación en la Argentina
Este libro intenta desarrollar un primer mapa diagnóstico de la evaluación en la Argentina sobre un conjunto de factores orientados a dar cuenta de distintos aspectos del proceso evaluativo.
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National evaluation in the SDG era: An online self-assessment tool for national evaluation diagnostics and strategizing
This tool, developed by the Independent Evaluation Office of UNDP, provides a step-by-step mechanism to assess evaluation capacity, determine needs and establish action points for developing a country's framework for evaluation of national
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Diagnóstico de monitoreo de políticas y programas sociales 2020
En este informe bienal se presentan las principales conclusiones de la evaluación realizada por el CONEVAL del sistema de política y monitoreo social de México.
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