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KStoolkit: Fishbowl technique
This webpage from the KnowledgeSharing Toolkit website offers a guide on how the Fishbowl Technique can be used for stakeholder engagement in a variety of settings.Overview of impact evaluation
This paper, written by Patricia Rogers for UNICEF, outlines the basic ideas and principles of impact evaluation.Présentation de l'évaluation d’impact
La présente note donne un aperçu des différents éléments de l’évaluation d’impact et des diverses options qui s’offrent aux responsables de programme de l’UNICEF pour chacun de ces éléments, et précise les étapes nécessaires pour la planifiSinopsis de la evaluación de impacto
Esta síntesis recoge una visión general de los distintos elementos de la evaluación de impacto y las diferentes opciones de que disponen los directores de programas de UNICEF para cada uno de estos elementos, con relación a las fases de plaDeveloping and implementing an effective evaluation maturity model
This 90-minute webinar organised by the Canberra Regional Network of the Australian Evaluation Society focuses on the use of evaluation maturity models, which provide a roadmap for improving evaluation capability and culture within an organEvaluación participativa
From the evalparticipativa website:Evaluación participativa
Del sitio web de evaluaciónparticipativa:Preguntas de evaluación clave (PEC) para orientar las evaluaciones de la huella ecológica (Footprint Evaluations)
Las preguntas de evaluación clave (PECs) están diseñadas para apoyar la inclusión de la sostenibilidad ambiental al incorporar la consideración del medio ambiente en cada pregunta, en lugar de agregar consideraciones ambientales como una prKey Evaluation Questions (KEQs) to guide Footprint Evaluations
The key evaluation questions (KEQs) are designed to support the inclusion of environmental sustainability by embedding consideration of the environment in each evaluation question rather than adding environmental considerations as a standalAdvocacy and policy change: Theory and practice
This book provides an evidence-based guide, toolkit and collection of evaluation cases for conducting effective advocacy and policy change evaluations.Conditions to consider in the use of randomized experimental designs in evaluation
This paper, written by George Julnes, University of New Mexico, Melvin M. Mark, Penn State University, and Stephanie Shipman, U.S.Designing and facilitating creative conversations & learning activities
This resource is a companion to The Barefoot Guide 2: Learning Practices in Organisations and Social Change, providing a practical support guide for designing and facilitating engaging and productive conversations and learning experiences.Cases in outcome harvesting
This report from The World Bank documents the pilot of a program that examines the use of outcome harvesting and the Bank's results management approach to understand how change happens in complex environments.Time to listen: Hearing people on the receiving end of international aid
The book Time to Listen: Hearing People on the Receiving End of International Aid provides a rich overview of international aid, from the perspective of those who receive financial assistance.Multi-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.AES guidelines for the ethical conduct of evaluations
These guidelines from the Australasian Evaluation Society (AES) were designed to ensure ethical behaviour and decision-making are incorporated into evaluation practice.The importance of a methodologically diverse approach to impact evaluation
This statement from the European Evaluation Society (EES) argues that randomised control trials are not necessarily the best way to ensure a rigorous or scientific impact evaluation assessment (IE) for development and development aid.Methods for estimating the costs of family planning
This report summarises an expert meeting discussing issues related to methods of estimating family planning program costs.Assessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework
This discussion brief considers the benefits of using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) to assess the impact of research on agricultural poverty.FAO: Sampling in marketing research
This guide facilitates the decision about how to collect research data and how to select a sample of the population of interest so that it is truly representative.Evaluation tools
This website offers a toolkit for evaluators. Available on the EuropeAid website on evaluation, it details 13 key evaluation tools explaining what, why and when they should be used and how to implement them.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.Capturing changes in women’s lives: The experiences of Oxfam Canada in applying feminist evaluation principles to monitoring and evaluation practice
This article describes Oxfam Canada's efforts to develop a mixed-methods approach to monitoring, evaluation, and learning rooted in feminist evaluation principles.Learning from research: Systematic reviews for informing policy decisions
This guide from the Alliance for Useful Evidence is an introduction to systematic review and the necessary steps that should be considered as a part of the process.Developmental 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.Planning a program evaluation
This guide from the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension is designed to support the planning of a program evaluation.African monitoring and evaluation systems: Exploratory case studies
This publication is an analysis of six monitoring and evaluation (M&E) case studies from Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, and Uganda.Agricultural innovation systems: An investment sourcebook
Drawing on the emerging principles of Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) analysis and action, this sourcebook was developed by the World Bank to strengthen innovation systems and promote agricultural innovEvaluation methods for the European Union's external assistance
This volume presents most of what needs to be known to manage or carry out an evaluation, using standardised terminology in three languages (English, Spanish and French) that contribute toward the OECD Development Aid Committee's efforts atEvalPartners website
The EvalPartners website is both a source of knowledge about monitoring and evaluation practices and a network to connect practitioners from around the world.