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Development evaluations in Uganda 2000-2018: A country evaluation map
Evaluation Synthesis
This Synthesis Working Paper is a report on the first of its kind country evaluation map for a single country. The map identifies 617 evaluations in multiple sectors in Uganda. Nearly 60 per cent of the studies contain process evaluation evidence and over 40 per cent are impact evaluations. This...
Discussion
Gender sensitive evaluation to feed the world: what is your experience?
Hello EvalForward members, In the context of the webinar of 17 June on Good practices in gender-sensitive assessment to feed the world: agriculture, food security, rural development (in French), during which I will present my experience, I would like to invite those of you interested to discuss the...
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Bonnes pratiques en matière d’évaluation sensible au genre
Guidance Document
Cette publication présente les bonnes pratiques et les pratiques prometteuses en matière d'approches et de méthodes d'évaluation sensibles au genre en présentant des évaluations sensibles au genre d'ONU Femmes et d'autres entités de l'ONU. En mettant l'accent sur l'inclusion, la participation et la...
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The road ahead: Evaluators must promote learning for adaptive development processes
A step back in time If we go back to the turn of the century, we can see how much the development assistance paradigm shifted from the 1990s to the 2000s. Rather than seeing development as something that should be taught and provided, it was recast as a largely home-grown process that could be...
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Evidence Summary on COVID-19 and Food Security - Briefing note
Evaluation Brief
This briefing note highlights the main findings of the Evidence Summary on COVID-19 and Food Security published by UNEG and carried out by the evaluation offices of FAO, WFP, IFAD and UNIDO. Prepared by EvalForward as a background for the gLOCAL event: “Building forward better on food security...
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How best to evaluate capacity development?
From the EvalForward community
In our last EvalForward Talks session on 30 April, I shared my experience of how to conduct a capacity-development project review from a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) perspective, and I would like to thank all those who participated for their comments and insight. Herewith a brief overview of the...
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9th Kenya National M&E Conference
Evaluation conference
This years' Kenya M&E Conference will be held online, from 17 to 19 May. The theme of the Conference is: “M&E within the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives, Practices, and Evidence”. Link for registration to the plenary sessions on Monday 17 May and Wednesday 19 May: https://bit.ly/2RwNtbX...
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An insight into evaluating agricultural innovation challenges and prizes
Innovation challenges and prizes are mechanisms that use incentives and rewards to encourage innovation. They generally have one problem, however. While they should aim to bring about innovation that is sustainable long term, they generally fall short because of their limited timeframes and one-off...
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Forum international francophone de l'évaluation
Evaluation conference
La 4e édition du Forum international francophone de l’évaluation (FIFE) se déroulera les 7, 9, 14 et 16 décembre 2021. Le thème de cette édition est « L’évaluation face aux nécessaires transformations ». À contexte sanitaire exceptionnel, FIFE exceptionnel puisque l’événement est lui amené à se...
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Community Engagement for Measuring Impact
Webinar
The webinar Community Engagement for Measuring Impact aims at exploring the use of community engagement in qualitative and mixed methods research when assessing the results and impact of development interventions. Speakers will showcase their experiences in using participatory methods to evaluate...
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Making data collection meaningful and useful to farmers: what is your experience?
I am part of a team at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) that is currently developing a survey-based tool to support the monitoring and evaluation of farm production sustainability, in alignment with the principles of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and the SDGs...
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Outcome Mapping and Outcome Harvesting: common concepts, differences and uses
Guidance Document
This brief describes the commonalities and differences of Outcome Mapping and Outcome Harvesting. It presents the main concepts shared by the approaches, how they differ and what to consider when deciding which approach to use or whether to use them together. This brief was co-produced by the...