I am.seniorlecturer/ researcher in integrated water resources management, Science-Policy interface at the Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Dschang Cameroon , also monitor at the African Academy of Sciences and senior researcher at the Pan-African Institute for Development Cameroon as well.
I am the author of Tchouaffé's theory of change (TToC) which is a novelty and strategic tool to assess the performance of network of stakeholders.
Reference chapter:
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-030-57281-5_8
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How to define and identify lessons learned?
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Norbert TCHOUAFFE TCHIADJE
Senior lecturer / Researcher Pan-African Institute for Development CameroonDo you think the Guidelines respond to the challenges of evaluating quality of science and research in process and performance evaluations?
On February 27 and 28, 2023, I attended a workshop in Rome, Italy about the CGIAR’s Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service (IAES)’s new set of evaluation guidelines. These build on the CGIAR Independent Science for Development Council (ISDC)’s Quality of Research for Development (QoR4D) Frame of Reference, and provide the framing, criteria, dimensions, and methods for assessing QoR4D – both within CGIAR, and in other like-minded organizations. The hybrid online and in-person event was designed to help practitioners across and beyond the CGIAR system to understand and apply the new guidelines in their own evaluative contexts.
I found the workshop informative, resourceful and impactful. The main lessons learnt/takeaways for me from the workshop were:
One challenge remains: how to apply the QoR4D for evaluating contribution to the SDGs
I will use my takeaways from the workshop in my next book chapter entitled Nature-based solution to preserve the wetlands along the critical zone of River Nyong as well as in my MSc lecture.
Dr Norbert Tchouaffe
Pan-African institute for Development
Cameroon