Topics: Evaluation process

Blog

How useful are theories of change in development programmes and projects?

Posted on 24/02/2020 by Carlos Tarazona

In the past few years we have witnessed an increased application of theories of change (ToC) in the design and evaluation of development projects.

Guidance Document

The road to results

This text, authored by Linda G. Morra Imas and Ray C. Rist, is intended as a tool for use in building development evaluation capacity. It aims to help...

Guidance Document

Evaluation to connect national priorities with the SDGs

Issued on 2020 by International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Local and national evaluators need support if they are to use SDG evaluation as an opportunity to improve policies and programmes closer to home...

Guidance Document

Revised OECD DAC evaluation criteria

The document " Better criteria for better evaluation" describes how the OECD DAC Network on Development Evaluation (EvalNet) revisited the definitions...

Blog

In evaluation, there is no substitute for good listening skills

Posted on 18/11/2019

We spoke to WFP evaluation team leader Nick Maunder about leadership challenges, engaging affected populations in evaluations and the personal rewards...

Discussion

Youth in agriculture: what lessons can we draw from evaluations?

Posted on 31/10/2019 by DOROTHY LUCKS

Dear all, Most of us working in agriculture have been aware of the rising average age of farmers, both men and women. There have been efforts over the...

Event

Webinar: Use of synthesis and meta-analysis in development evaluation

Webinar, Oct 30, 2019 - Oct 30, 2019

Following EvalForward’s recent online discussion, we would like to invite you to a webinar on the use of evaluation synthesis and meta-analysis in...

Event

Learning event: 2019 Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD Operations

IFAD headquarters, Rome, Italy, Oct 28, 2019 - Oct 28, 2019

The objectives of the learning event are to share and further discuss the findings presented in the 2019 ARRI, with a particular emphasis on the 2019...

Report

EVALUATION FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE

Since 2015, the world has shown great enthusiasm for the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030.However, after more than four years since the launch of...

Blog

Evaluating Priority SDGs: Nigeria moving ahead

Posted on 23/09/2019 by Bala Yusuf Yunusa

In Nigeria, we have begun evaluation of our progress towards achievement of specific Sustainable Development Goals on which our country has decided to...

Guidance Document

OED Capacity Development Evaluation Framework

This document serves as guidance on how the FAO Office of Evaluation can assess the processes and outcomes of FAO capacity development interventions...

Event

Evaluation and the 2030 Agenda

E-Learning , Sep 2, 2019 - Sep 13, 2019

EVALSDGs network and UNITAR have joined forces to launch this FREE e-learning course on Evaluation and the 2030 Agenda. The course scheduled from...

Discussion

Supporting smallhoder agriculture: what are your experiences in using evaluation?

Posted on 26/07/2019 by Richard Tinsley

Dear Community of Practice, I have been working for nearly 40 years with smallholder farmers and their communities and have witnessed some recurring...

Technical Paper

Breaking the Mould. Alternative approaches to monitoring and evaluation

This paper looks at a range of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) innovations that are designed specifically to provide input to ongoing iterative...

Blog

Fail Better, Fail Forward – How learning organizations learn from their mistakes

Posted on 16/07/2019 by Roberto Borlini

The digital economy has revolutionized business models in a way that was inconceivable just a few years earlier.

Guidance Document

10 things to know about evaluation

This publication presents the essential 'things to know' about evaluation in 10 infographics. It was prepared by ODI's Research and Policy in...

Blog

Why use facilitation in evaluation?

Posted on 04/07/2019 by Federica Bottamedi

Soft skills are essential assets for every evaluator; we all know it. What we might not realize is how far soft skills can go in supporting the...

Book

Leaving a footprint: Stories of evaluations that made a difference

This book compiles seven evaluation stories in development contexts, which in a diversified and innovative manner, produced positive effects in the...

Blog

What can evaluation do in terms of capacity development?

Posted on 20/06/2019 by Luisa Belli, Lavinia Monforte

The learning benefits of evaluations can go a long way in in developing capacities. EvalForward recently hosted a discussion on the connection between...

Blog

Dissemination of decentralized evaluation results through an innovative and participatory approach: drawings

Posted on 08/05/2019 by Giovanna Vacca

When communicating with rural communities with their own dialect, WFP Colombia gets creative, with pens, paint and paper.

Event

Evaluation and Complexity in the SDGs era - Part 2

Online, May 28, 2019

Organised by UNICEF Evaluation Office and EVALSDG, this webinar is the second in the Series aiming at unpacking and discussing how to evaluate...