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Remote Management, Monitoring & Verification #RMMV4Dev – KfW offers Tools and Community

by SDS EditorEvaluation, Germany 05/04/2023Comments are Disabled

KfW Development Bank has been working for some years on co-creating together with our colleagues and partners a set of Remote Management, Monitoring & Verification (RMMV) approaches, tools, and practical instructions for the International Financial Cooperation. These recommendations based on our collective experience have been recently published in the KfW RMMV Remote Management, Monitoring, and …

Impact Evaluation – A MAP OF USES

by SDS EditorEvaluation 07/03/2023Comments are Disabled

How to choose the appropriate approach? The Impact Evaluation “Map of Uses” designed by Agence Française de Développement’s evaluation unit, Quadrant Conseil and Strategic Design Scenario is to help evaluation officers understand the nature of evaluation needs and propose possible solutions. This impact evaluation map of uses has been produced for evaluation officers, to help them understand the nature of evaluation …

Experience capitalisation: Learning by doing

by SDS EditorEvaluation 06/03/2023Comments are Disabled

One of the major benefits of an experience capitalisation process is that it involves all those who are -or were- part of the experience. As in a systematisation process, this approach is believed to help identify specific innovations and practices, and -above all- to understand the reasons behind their successes or failures. Wageningen University made …

The future of impact evaluation – CEDIL conference concludes

by SDS EditorEvaluation 28/02/2023Comments are Disabled

CEDIL (Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning https://cedilprogramme.org) was established in 2017 with UK aid funding from the UK government. CEDIL develops and tests innovative approaches to impact evaluation and evidence synthesis in low-income countries. The CEDIL Conference 2023 gathered some key players in impact evaluation as speakers and session Chairs: Annie Duflo, Arianna …

DeGEval Guidelines for Remote Evaluation

by SDS EditorEvaluation 17/02/2023Comments are Disabled

Guidelines for Remote Evaluation – From practice for practiceDiscussion Paper of the Subgroup on Remote Evaluation of theWorking Group on Evaluation of Development Policy and Humanitarian Aid,Gesellschaft für Evaluation e.V. (DeGEval)October 2021 Remote_Evaluation_ENG_AK_Epol_HuHi_DeGEval_02_2022.pdf Since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, remote evaluations have been part of everyday practice in the evaluation of development cooperation and humanitarian …

Reaching the poorest and moving to scale:  Exploring emerging practice and trade-offs

by adminDevelopment 08/02/2023Comments are Disabled

In recent years there has been a surge in government-led economic inclusion programs. Economic inclusion’s roots are grounded in approaches that are shown to be effective in reaching people living in extreme poverty. Yet one of the biggest challenges as programs scale up is determining the target groups to be included and how to prioritize …

Formative Evaluation of the integration by UNDP of the Principles of “Leaving No One Behind” – UNDP IEO

by SDS EditorEvaluation 06/02/2023Comments are Disabled

The commitment to ‘Leave No One Behind’ (LNOB) is a central transformative promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and one of three organizational ‘directions of change’ for UNDP. This formative evaluation report sets out the extent to which the LNOB principles of equality, equity and non-discrimination permeate key areas of UNDP programmes and …

Enhance evaluation use through communications and knowledge management

by SDS EditorEvaluation 06/02/2023Comments are Disabled

Relevant, timely, targeted, efficiently & strategically communicated #evaluation evidence is vital to influence change? Learn how UNFPA is enhancing #evaluation use & beyond through communications & knowledge management. https://www.unfpa.org/admin-resource/strategy-enhance-evaluation-use-through-communications-and-knowledge-management-2022 The strategy provides a dedicated framework to strengthen the use of evaluation using communications and knowledge management as a strategic approach. The strategy focuses on providing …

Innovations in Impact Evaluation: What Have We Learned?

by SDS EditorEvaluation, Research 31/01/2023Comments are Disabled

The Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) 2023 conference Tuesday 21 – Friday 24 February 2023 Online event, free Register for CEDIL2023 What have we learned about applying innovative methods to examine complex, development-related questions? Join us for the final CEDIL conference between 21 and 24 February 2023 to unpack this question …

Estonia’s Voluntary National Review 2020

by adminEurope, European Union, SDGs 19/01/202319/05/2024Comments are Disabled

Estonia is devoted to the UN Agenda 2030 both domestically and internationally. In addition to the 17 SDGs, Estonia is also focusing on maintaining the viability of the Estonian cultural space pursuant to the “Sustainable Estonia 21” strategy. The SDGs are the basis for the “Estonia 2035” strategy that lays down Estonia’s long-term strategic objectives …