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‘Communicating independence’ or ‘independently communicating’, that is the question
Posted on 17/03/2022 by Alexander Voccia For many of us, working in the field of evaluation, the construct of ‘independence’ lies at the heart of what we do.
Topics: Knowledge management and communication
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Reporting and supporting evaluation use and influence: Tips from evaluators
Posted on 04/10/2021 by Gordon Wanzare Evaluation use is a key issue for the evaluation community. The aim of evaluation is to be influential, so it should be of use to policymakers...
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The road ahead: Evaluators must promote learning for adaptive development processes
Posted on 03/06/2021 by Masahiro Igarashi As evaluators, we are faced with the growing complexity of the times in which we live and the challenge of making our mark on development efforts to...
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Behind the glossy cover: six reflections on communicating evaluations
Posted on 22/02/2021 by Alexander VocciaBlog
Evaluation questions the value of aid interventions. We need to keep warranting the value of evaluation.
Posted on 02/12/2020 by Aurelie Larmoyer, Veridiana Mansour Mendes As evaluators, do we know what value we bring? The question is not new, nurtured by the rise of the ‘post-truth politics” (KALPOKAS, 2019). Despite...
Guidance Document
Engaging your audience. Creative communications for evaluation dissemination.
This interactive report has been produced to disseminate the findings of the study on evaluation dissemination at DG DEVCO, EU Delegations and non-EU...
Guidance Document
A guide: integrating communication in evaluation
The guide explains how to use communication to support evaluation, It is structured around three broad phases of the evaluation process: before...
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Can visual thinking facilitate evaluation? WFP’s innovative approach to validation workshops
Posted on 27/05/2020 by Yumiko Kanemitsu, Keisuke Taketani Since the advent of the Internet, we have been living in a time of information explosion. As the amount of available data grows, managing all of that...
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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...
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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.