sustainability

Evaluation as Pathway to Transformation for a Sustainable Future by Jaideep Visave

Hello, I am Jaideep Visave, part of a team of passionate evaluators who are concerned about our planet. If you are interested in evaluating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to combat climate change problems, then this blogpost is for you. Our team is led by Scott Chaplowe and Adam Hejnowicz. Through “Transformations Conference 2021: Enabling …

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Ex-post Eval Week: Exiting For Sustainability by Jindra Cekan

Hello. My name is Jindra Cekan, and I am the Founder and Catalyst of Valuing Voices at Cekan Consulting LLC. Our research, evaluation and advocacy network have been working on post-project (ex-post) evaluations since 2013. I have loved giraffes for decades and fund conservation efforts (see pix). Our planet is in trouble as are millions of …

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Ex-post Eval Week: Measuring sustainability post-program –go in and stay for the learning! By Holta Trandafili

Greetings, I am Holta Trandafili, a researcher and evaluator captivated by sustainability theories and the sustainment of results. I believe that a thoughtful, systematic inquiry of what happens after an intervention ends adds value to what we know about sustainability. Since 2015 I have co-led ten post-program evaluations (also known as ex-posts) in Uganda, Kenya, …

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Ex-post Eval Week: Evaluating Peace for Sustainability by Peter Kimeu Ngui

Peace is with you. My name is Peter Kimeu Ngui, the Founder and CEO of Decent Living Institute of Organic Farming with extensive experience on reflective peace and partnership building in Africa. Is there anything like a ‘just world’? Can peace be ‘sustainable’? These two closely related questions must be in mind of evaluators of peace …

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Ex-post Eval Week: Are we serious about project sustainability and exit? By Abu Ala Hasan

I am Abu Ala Hasan, an independent consultant. I am an anthropologist, have been working in the NGO sector for 17 years. A large portion of my work are evaluations and research. In 2018 we (Jindra Cekan and I) were selected to design exit strategy and learning documentation for a client. When we started, we …

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Ex-post Eval Week: Exiting For Sustainability by Jindra Cekan

Hello. My name is Jindra Cekan, and I am the Founder and Catalyst of Valuing Voices at Cekan Consulting LLC. Our research, evaluation and advocacy network have been working on post-project (ex-post) evaluations since 2013. Do we exit global development projects knowing our impacts are sustained? We hope so. As Professor Bea Rogers of Tufts said after evaluating 12 …

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Any independent evaluator can have an environment impact by Lisa Kaczmarczyk

Hi, my name is Lisa Kaczmarczyk, owner of an evaluation consultancy that focuses on Computer Science and Engineering Education, and an Adjunct Faculty in the Computer Science department at Harvey Mudd College. For years I wondered how I could do something professionally to address our growing environmental problems. Not long ago I realized that as …

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BH TIG Week: Learning from Learning Collaboratives: Part II Sustainability by Amy Herschell

Hello! I am Amy Herschell, PhD, Senior Director of Research Strategy and Outcomes Management for Community Care Behavioral Health Organization, UPMC Insurance Services (Community Care). In Part I of this series submitted by Shari Hutchison, MS, PMP, we talked about supporting implementation of best practice through the Institute of Healthcare Improvement’s Breakthrough Series Learning Collaborative Model. …

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EPE TIG Week: Sustainability at AEA by Heather Dantzker

Hi, I’m Heather Dantzker, Past Chair of AEA’s Sustainability Working Group, serving as Chair 2015-2017.  I currently serve as Program Co-Chair of AEA’s Environmental Program Evaluation TIG. AEA’s environmental sustainability working group has been implementing recommendations from the Green Audit that AEA commissioned in 2015. The Green Audit provided a road map for moving forward …

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EPE TIG Week: Five Types of Sustainability Metrics You Can Incorporate into your Next Evaluation by Kara Crohn and Matt Galp

Kara Crohn and Matt Galport here – we’re consultants with EMI Consulting, an evaluation and consulting firm based in Seattle, Washington that focuses on energy efficiency and renewable energy programs and policies. More than ever, evaluators must consider how their clients’ programs impact the well-being of the communities and environments in which they are embedded. …

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