Monitoring, evaluation and learning: How can we maximize capacity?
Growing interest in MEL Monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) has recently gained momentum in the context of agricultural innovation and development projects.
Evaluation synthesis: an added boost to corporate learning
The primary aim of evaluation synthesis is to promote learning and collective reflection. A synthesis is a knowledge product and a means of consolidating and sharing acquired knowledge to strengthen evaluation feedback and learning loops.
From the EvalForward communityReporting and supporting evaluation use and influence: Tips from evaluators
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, programme developers, project planners and managers.
Assessing climate-smart farming: a new framework
A recent e-discussion on the EvalForward platform gave me the opportunity to introduce the Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Farm Sustainability Assessment Framework—a monitoring and evaluation tool we are developing at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding
National ownership paramount – 5 lessons from a country-led impact evaluation in Peru
Three years ago, the Government of Peru embarked on a school feeding impact evaluation of its Qali Warma programme. This journey presents a good practice example of how national evaluation capacity can be built through technical advice to a country-led evaluation.
The road ahead: Evaluators must promote learning for adaptive development processes
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 create a better world. The COVID-19 experience showed us the way forward.
From the EvalForward communityHow best to evaluate capacity development?
An insight into evaluating agricultural innovation challenges and prizes
From the EvalForward communityUnderstanding first: Why putting understanding before measurement matters
From the EvalForward communityHow do you communicate difficult evaluation findings?
First thematic interagency humanitarian evaluation identifies 8 good practices for mainstreaming gender equality during humanitarian crises
Insights from participatory outcome evaluation with social forest groups in Myanmar