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EvalForEarth Summary

Summary: Proving the value of agroecology for farmers and food systems: what methods and evidence do we have?

Issued on 2023 by EvalForward

Ravinder Kumar, associate professor at the University of Greenwich, London, started a discussion on EvalForward aimed at gathering experience of how to assess agroecology and prove its value at farm and food-systems level. The key points that emerged...

EvalForEarth Summary

How are mixed methods used in programme and project evaluation?

Issued on 2023 by EvalForward

Jean Providence Nzabonimpa started a discussion on EvalForward aimed at gathering experience and lessons on the real-life use of mixed methods in evaluation. He drafted this summary based on the 27 contributions received, a selection of publications...

Guidance Document

Sustainability-inclusive evaluation: Why we need it and how to do it

Issued on 2023 by Footprint Evaluation Initiative

This guidance from the Footprint Evaluation Initiative aims to support those doing or overseeing evaluations to include environmental sustainability in feasible and useful ways. It is intended to support people who are planning, managing or...

Technical Paper

Footprint evaluation: Thought experiments

Issued on 2022 by Footprint Evaluation

The Footprint Evaluation Initiative aims to ensure that all evaluations consider environmental sustainability, regardless of whether this is an explicit objective of the project, policy or program being evaluated. This report describes four ‘thought...

EvalForEarth Summary

How to evaluate science, technology and innovation in an R4D context

Issued on 2023 by EvalForward

Svetlana Negroustoueva, Evaluation Function Lead at CGIAR, raised two discussions on EvalForward, in 2022 and in 2023. The discussions aimed at: sharing experience on practices in evaluating science, technology and innovation in a research for...

Evaluation methods

Guidance Document

Impact Evaluation in Practice

Issued on 2016

The second edition of the Impact Evaluation in Practice handbook is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to impact evaluation for policy makers and development practitioners. First published in 2011, it has been used widely across the...

Guidance Document

Learning Links | resources for monitoring and evaluation practitioners and decision-makers

Issued on 2023 by ALNAP

ALNAP Learning Links is a collection of resources and references which can be used for professional development, background reading and/or as part of academic or training programmes or presentations. Key M&E themes include: An overview of evaluation...

Technical Paper

Mixed methods in monitoring and evaluation of development projects: learning from the experience of practitioners

Issued by Oxfam Novib and Wageningen University & Research

This paper explores the practical implications of using mixed methods for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of international development projects, based on experiences of development researchers and practitioners. It shares lessons and insights that...

Evaluation methods

EvalForEarth Summary

Disability inclusion in evaluation

Issued on 2023 by EvalForward

Judith Kaitesi Katabarwa raised a discussion on EvalForward to encourage the sharing of experience and practice on disability inclusion in evaluation. This document provides a summary of key points emerged under each of the three questions proposed.

EvalForEarth Summary

Can visual tools help evaluators communicate and engage better?

Issued on 2023 by EvalForward

Harriet Matsaert raised a discussion on EvalForward aimed at sharing experiences and practices in using visual tools in evaluation. This document provides a summary of key points emerged under each of the four questions proposed.

Knowledge management and communication

Guidance Document

Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Assessment Toolkit

The Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Assessment Toolkit (MECAT) was developed by MEASURE Evaluation, funded by the United States Agency for International Development, and its Kenya associate award, MEASURE Evaluation PIMA, to conduct a standard...

Monitoring & Evaluation

Guidance Document

UNEG Guidance on Disability Inclusion in Evaluations

The United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy (UNDIS) provides the foundation for sustainable and transformative progress on disability inclusion through all pillars of the work of the United Nations. The Strategy consists of a system-wide policy...

Technical Paper

Theory of Change: A short literature review and annotated bibliography

This literature review of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) collates some grey and reviewed literature on the Theory of Change. The document addresses the use of a ToC, and the recommended steps for developing a ToC. In addition, the document...

Theories of Change

Guidance Document

GeneraTOR - Terms of reference generator

Better Evaluation developed 'GeneraTOR, which is a guide to write on the different sections of a Terms of References (ToRs). It is a word document that serves as a template where information can be saved, refined and reviewed. The navigation menu...