AEA365 Contributor, Curated by Elizabeth DiLuzio

Greetings from around the world! We are Denis Jobin, Florence Etta, Roxana Gomez, Hayat Askar, and Mariia Matsepa, a group of evaluators deeply involved with EVALSDGs, mainly focusing on our experiences in developing countries, especially the need to embed practical evaluation and evaluation systems in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). EVALSDGs aims to form a …

EVALSDGs Week: Collaborating for a Sustainable Tomorrow: Our Journey with EVALSDGs by Denis Jobin, Florence Etta, Roxana Gomez, Hayat Askar, Mariia Matsepa Read More »

My name is Rajib Nandi, serving as the Chairperson of the Community of Evaluators South Asia. Our mission is to promote the effectiveness of evaluation practices in the region, fostering positive social change and inclusive, equitable growth. As an evaluator and development researcher from India, I have observed a growing debate among the young members …

Transformational Eval Week: Transformation Matters? An Indian Perspective by Rajib Nandi Read More »

Greetings! I am Andrealisa Belzer, President of the Canadian Evaluation Society and a Credentialed Evaluator employed with the Atlantic Region of Indigenous Services Canada. I have practised health and social services evaluation since 1995 in Canada and internationally. She embraces evaluative practice that facilitates social and ecological thrivability.

My name is Matodzi M Amisi and I am a research associate with CLEAR-AA. I have a keen interest in evaluation and evidence use within the violence prevention sector. Since 2016, I have actively participated in the Violence Prevention Forum, which aims to foster collaboration between the government, academia, and civil society in generating evidence …

Transformational Eval Week: How Can Problem Questioning be Useful in Decolonized Evaluation Practice? by Matodzi M Amisi Read More »

Today there’s a buzz about decolonizing evaluation. But then who owns and drives monitoring evaluation and learning (MEL)? My name is Rituu B Nanda, a member of the International Evaluation Academy, and I am humbled to share what I have learned from communities on community ownership, Community-led M&E, and my role at Global Fund for …

Transformational Eval Week: Decolonizing M&E: Shifting Power to Communities by Rituu B Nanda Read More »

Welcome to our exploratory journey of evaluation’s transformative role in engaging with the multiple crises of today’s world. We are Beverly Parsons and Katie Winters, two white women with a cumulative 60 + years of evaluation experience. We have plunged deeply and broadly into system theories, thinking, and practice for many years. Yet in the …

Transformational Eval Week: Thinking in System Patterns by Beverly Parsons and Katie Winters Read More »

We are Michael Quinn Patton and Weronika Felcis, both Board Members of the International Evaluation Academy, on which Weronika serves as Vice President. This post presents a work-in-progress on Principles for Evaluating Transformation. These principles illustrate the kind of global thinking and engagement that constitutes a core part of the vision of the International Evaluation …

Transformational Eval Week: Principles for Evaluating Transformation by Michael Quinn Patton and Weronika Felcis Read More »

We are Ian Goldman (President of the IEAc, Advisor Global Evaluation Initiative), Candice Morkel (IEAc Board member and Director CLEAR Anglophone Africa, Edoe Dimitrij Agbodjan (Director CLEAR Francophone Africa) and Thokozile Molaiwa (Chief Director: Evaluation, Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, South Africa). In today’s post, we build upon a seminar organised by the Academy …

Transformational Eval Week: Decolonising National Evaluation Systems by Ian Goldman, Candice Morkel, Edoe Dimitrij Agbodjan, and Thokozile Molaiwa Read More »

¡Hola! Salam aleikoum! Salut!, Bozho! Olá! Osiyo! Wilujeng enjing! Sawubona! My name is Brandon Youker and I am the founding director of the Evaluation Lab, which is housed in The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Evaluation Lab employs undergraduate and graduate students to design and conduct evaluations with Kalamazoo area public …

The Evaluation Center at WMU Week: Managing Student-evaluator Anxiety and Interpersonal Communication by Brandon Youker Read More »

Hello, we are Kelly Robertson and Lori Wingate. We work at The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University. We’re here to tell you about our journey into new territory – developing elearning – and our lessons learned along the way. Valeo is The Evaluation Center’s new evaluation elearning program. We worked to combine evaluation theory, …

The Evaluation Center at WMU Week: Developing Evaluation Elearning: Our Journey and Lessons Learned by Kelly Robertson and Lori Wingate Read More »