"The overall purpose of this guide is twofold. To help grantmakers think about and talk about measurement of advocacy and policy, this guide puts forth a framework for naming outcomes associated with advocacy and policy work as well as directions for evaluation design. The framework is intended to p
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rovide a common way to identify and talk about outcomes, providing philanthropic and non-profit audiences an opportunity to react to, refine and adopt the outcome categories presented. In addition, grantmakers can consider some key directions for evaluation design that include a broad range of methodologies, intensities, audiences, timeframes and purposes." (Introduction, page 1)
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"The purpose of the manual is to introduce peacebuilding practitioners to the concepts, tools, and methods needed to incorporate better design, monitoring, and evaluation practices into peacebuilding programming. As an introductory volume, the target audience is front-line peacebuilding practitioner
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s from around the world with minimal formal training in design, monitoring, and evaluation. It assumes the audience has experience, training, and access to resources on conflict assessments, which are a prerequisite to participating in conflict transformation program design [...] The manual offers general information on learning and change in addition to chapters dedicated to specific issues such as baselines, indicators, monitoring, and evaluation. It is organized so that readers can easily jump from one chapter to another. However, we strongly urge jumpy readers to start with the chapter on understanding change because it frames the thinking for most of the discussions in the other chapters." (Page 2)
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"This working paper was conceived to stimulate debate on new trends in the evaluation function within the Post-Paris new Aid architecture and the UN Reform, and to explore the status of the evaluation function in CIS countries. Though this paper is not a technical manual or handbook, the authors mad
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e every effort to offer practical proposals on how to implement a democratic approach to evaluation.
The paper is divided into three parts. In the first part, Segone presents the evolution of the evaluation function in the context of UN Reform and a changing Aid architecture. This part is mainly based on the discussion and outcomes of the IDEAS 1st Biennial Conference held in New Delhi in 2005 and conceptual discussions within the UN. Samuel Bickel presents an assessment of the status of the evaluation status worldwide, based on the address he delivered at the 2005 IPEN Conference held in Kazakhstan. Quesnel introduces how the growing professional evaluation organizations are instrumental to strengthen the evaluation function worldwide. Segone then presents thoughts on the scope of the evaluation function.
In the second part Segone proposes a strategy for improving the evaluation function through strengthening a pro-evaluation culture and a democratic approach to evaluation. Kushner, one of the world’s leading thinkers on Democratic evaluation, presents his thinking on the relationship between Evaluation and Democracy.
In the third part, six members of IPEN, coordinated by Kuzmin, analyse the evaluation function in CIS countries, giving important information on its status and trends. This piece is particularly important as it is one of the few existing documents on the evaluation function in CIS countries. Finally, the annexes give practical information on how to access international evaluation resources via the Internet and present the UN Evaluation Norms and Standards and guidelines on how to develop evaluation ToR." (Introduction, page 8)
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"The perspective that informs this important book is that every evaluation of a capacity development effort should itself contribute to the capacity development effort and ultimately to the organization’s performance. This is a revolutionary idea in evaluation. With the idea have come the question
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s: Can it be done? And, if it is done, what will be the consequences? This book elucidates and deepens the idea, shows it can be done, and examines the consequences, both intended and unintended, of engaging in capacity development evaluation." (Foreword)
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"This is a practical guide to evaluation and impact assessment of information projects, written in the form of an informal letter to a project manager. It does not elaborate on theory but proposes nine "how-to" steps instead. Short and to the point, it includes worksheets for use by managers and oth
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ers when processing data from their own projects." (Publisher description)
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"This book provides a detailed introduction to the process of developing monitoring and evaluation systems which will provide a foundation on which to develop personal and organisational learning. It is based on INTRAC’s research, consultancy and training work and is rooted in real experiences. Th
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e guide will enable people who have limited experience of M&E to grasp its core concepts, and to apply them to the development of an M&E system. The guide is sufficiently concise to be read from cover to cover and will equally function as a reference work. Reference sections provide information about different approaches, tools and methodologies which will enable readers to fine-tune their approach to their particular set of needs and circumstances." (Publisher description)
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"This publication addresses the monitoring and evaluation of development results. It is intended to support country offices in aligning their monitoring and evaluation systems with results-based management (RBM) methodology—specifically in tracking and measuring the performance of UNDP interventio
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ns and strategies and their contributions to outcomes. It aims to provide simple, flexible and forward-looking tools." (Preface)
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"This book is the product of 30 years of experience with program evaluation. During this time, both service recipients and educational and social programs have experienced major cultural and political shifts in service delivery philosophy, including a focus on quality, mainstreaming, deinstitutional
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ization, community inclusion, and an emphasis on measurable outcomes. Recently stakeholders of these programs have demanded more than just the provision of service, forcing program administrators to evaluate their programs’ effectiveness and efficiency. The “era of accountability” is here, and my major goal in writing this book is to help current and future program administrators understand that they need to look beyond simply the provision of service. Indeed, they need to be competent in outcome-based evaluation, which I define as a type of program evaluation that uses valued and objective person-referenced outcomes to analyze a program’s effectiveness, impact or benefit-cost." (Preface to the first edition)
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"Peu d'acteurs du développement, que ce soient des ONGN, des bailleurs de fonds publics, des institutions du Sud ont une idée claire de ce qu'est une évaluation. Peu connaissent la grande variété des évaluations, que ce soit au niveau des finalités, des différents acteurs concernés ou encor
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e des modalités de mise en oeuvre. Les connaissances sont parcellaires, floues, voire erronées et souvent sources d'attentes inadaptées et de malentendus. C'est pourquoi le guide est composé d'une première partie qui éclaircit les différents concepts ainsi que les conditions et implications pour une ONGN qui veut se lancer dans l'évaluation. La deuxième partie, plus opérationnelle, reprend pas à pas les différentes démarches pratiques qui incombent à l'ONGN durant le processus d'évaluation réalisée par des évaluateurs externes à celle-ci." (Page 8)
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"L’évaluation, enfin considérée comme un outil irremplaçable pour améliorer la qualité des actions, devient une pratique courante dans les milieux du développement. Mais elle reste un exercice délicat, et génère souvent plus de frustrations que de progrès. Comment en accroître l’effi
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cacité ? En s’adressant à la fois aux commanditaires d’évaluations, aux évaluateurs et aux évalués, pour qu’ils se comprennent mieux, malgré les enjeux qui parfois les opposent, pour qu’ils partagent le langage et les méthodes de l’évaluation, et surtout pour qu’ils s’approprient plus complètement cet outil. Ils doivent l’utiliser sur mesure en fonction des spécificités de l’action évaluée, à l’opposé d’un exercice académique reproduit indépendamment de son contexte. Mais le sur mesure n’exclut pas certaines règles." (Page 1)
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"This manual is intended as an introduction to the theory and concepts of Outcome Mapping and as a guide to conducting an Outcome Mapping workshop. Although Outcome Mapping may be appropriate in various contexts, it has primarily been tested by development research organizations and programs working
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in Canada, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. This manual reflects that perspective and Outcome Mapping may have to be adapted to be used with groups other than our constituency of researchers, scientific organizations, government officials, policymakers, and NGOs (for example, communities). Outcome Mapping has been developed in organizations where monitoring and evaluation are primarily intended to help with program learning and improvement. The tenor of a program’s approach to Outcome Mapping will necessarily be influenced by its own and its donor’s perspectives on monitoring and evaluation. Outcome Mapping will only be as empowering, participatory, and learning-oriented as the program that implements it. Outcome Mapping takes into consideration the threats and anxiety that can be associated with planning, monitoring and evaluation, especially in a donor/recipient relationship. It offers a participatory methodology that can help programs develop a system that can meet both accountability and learning needs." (Preface)
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"Dieses Arbeitsheft ist eine empfehlenswerte Einführung für alle, die sich erstmals mit Evaluierung im Entwicklungsbereich beschäftigen. In klar abgegrenzten Schritten beschreibt die Broschüre die Voraussetzungen für eine Erfolgskontrolle von Projekten, die Planung und die Durchführung von Eva
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luationen. Schaubilder fassen die zentralen Aspekte der einzelnen Kapitel zusammen." (commbox)
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"This book is the most comprehensive and accessible short guide to evaluations available. It explains clearly what evaluations are, how they can be used most effectively, and outlines the strengths and pitfalls of different evaluation methods. Each chapter comes with tasks to demonstrate the practic
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al importance of the issues covered and to lead the reader through the steps necessary to carry out a successful evaluation [...] Stakeholder models are compared and contrasted with other models of involvement, such as participatory evaluation and practitioner-centred action research. Ethical and political considerations are placed in context. Designs for different purposes are systematically considered [...] The book is aimed at anyone who is faced with the task of doing small-scale evaluations for the first time, wether or not they have a professional background in the field." (Cover)
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