Hi! I am Jeanette Tocol, and I am a Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer from Research, Evaluation and Learning Division of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI). Hot Tip: In a recent internal evaluation I conducted, I used contribution analysis (CA) to assess the extent of contribution of a court automation …
Hi – we are Martina Hrvolova and Elizabeth Lenz Jedwab, part of the program teams for Europe and Eurasia at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). As a democracy organization, we see collective action coalitions as natural partners for us in many countries. After spending more time with these groups, we found we needed …
Hi, I’m Giovanni Dazzo, evaluator with the Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL). As an evaluator embedded within a program office, I often hear questions from our staff and grantees on whether we are valuing the right outcomes or measuring what matters. In this post, I’ll outline how we questioned …
Hello, and welcome to the Democracy and Governance (DG) TIG Evaluation Week! This is Denise Baer, DG TIG Chair, adjunct faculty in the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University and Director of Evaluation for the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). Hot Tip: This week is designed to showcase some of the …
DG TIG Week: Our Coming “Inflection” Point by Denise Baer Read More »
We are “the Lauras:” Laura Adams, Institute for International Education, USAID Democracy Fellow in Learning Utilization, and Laura Ahearn, Dexis Consulting Group, Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning Specialist with the USAID LEARN contract. We both made mid-career moves from university faculties in the social sciences to the Learning Division of the Center of Excellence …
Hi, we are Catherine Kelly and Jeanette Tocol from the Research, Evaluation and Learning Division of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) in Washington D.C. Democracy, rule of law, and governance practitioners often speak about the benefits of “holistic” and “systems-oriented approaches” to designing and assessing the effectiveness of programming. Yet …
Happy Wednesday! I’m Natalie Trisilla, Senior Evaluation Specialist at the International Republican Institute (IRI). IRI is a non-profit, non-partisan organization committed to advancing democracy and democratic principles worldwide. Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) are critical to our work as these practices help us to continuously improve our projects, capture and communicate results and ensure that project …
DG TIG Week: M&E: An Intervention Itself by Natalie Trisilla Read More »
My name is Linda Stern, Director of Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) at the National Democratic Institute. One challenge to evaluating democracy assistance programs is developing comparative metrics for change in political networks overtime. The dynamism within political networks and the fluidity of the political environments make traditional cause-and-effect frameworks and indicators superficial for capturing …
DG TIG Week: Evaluating Political Networks for Democratic Change by Linda Stern Read More »
I’m Giovanni Dazzo, co-chair of the Democracy & Governance TIG and an evaluator with the Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). I’m going to share how we collaborated with our grantees to develop a set of common measures—around policy advocacy, training and service delivery outcomes—that would be meaningful to them, …
Greetings from D.C.! I am Denise Baer, a political scientist and professional evaluator who directs the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) evaluation unit. I wanted to share some lessons about program evaluation of democratizations projects, as democratization is both challenging and distinctive compared to other areas of evaluation practice. Lessons Learned: Development in emerging …
DG TIG Week: Distinctive Factors in Evaluating Democratic Development by Denise Baer Read More »
