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Evaluation 2022 Equity Working Group Week: The Practice and Business of Equitable Evaluation by Carlos Romero

I’m Carlos Romero from Apex in Albuquerque.  We are systems evaluators working with health, education, and social programs that address the wicked problems of inequity. I aspire to Equitable Evaluation (EE) which the Center for Evaluation Innovation defines as “using evaluation as a tool for advancing equity and involves diversity of teams, cultural appropriateness and …

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Evaluation 2022 Equity Working Group Week: Exploring Liberatory Practice- What if We’re Wrong? By Dr. Zuri Tau

My name is Dr. Zuri Tau and I’m an evaluator, researcher and strategist working, parenting, and making meaning in Atlanta. I am the CEO of Social Insights Research and the founder of Liberatory Research. My practices are informed by Black and third-world feminisms and indigenous methodologies of the Global South. “You’re right.” These may be …

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Evaluation 2022 Equity Working Group Week: Hey Evaluator! Our Liberated Tomorrow Requires We Study Today! by dr. monique liston

Hello, Evaluation Siblings! I am dr. monique liston, the founder, Chief Strategist, and Joyful Militant at UBUNTU Research and Evaluation. We are a Black-founded, Black-owned, and Black-operated afro-futurist learning organization based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Wherever I go, UBUNTU goes, so I speak of us through this blog! As an afro-futurist learning organization, we engage in …

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Evaluation 2022 Equity Working Group Week: (Re)imagining Equity, Social Justice and Decolonization in Evaluation Week by Gabriela Garcia, Libby Smith, Ayesha Boyce, Elizabeth Taylor-Schiro, Dana Wanzer, Aisha Rios, and Stephen Porter

Greetings evaluation community! We are Gabriela Garcia, Libby Smith, Ayesha Boyce, Elizabeth Taylor-Schiro, Dana Wanzer, Aisha Rios, and Stephen Porter, members of the Evaluation 2022 Equity working group. One of the areas of focus for this year’s AEA conference is equity, social justice, and decolonization in evaluation. But to engage in critical conversations about how …

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Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI) Week: Footprint Evaluation Initiative: Incorporating Environmental Sustainability into ALL Evaluations by Alice Macfarlan

I’m Alice Macfarlan, Manager of the BetterEvaluation Knowledge Platfom, part of the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI). The “Rad Resource” that I’m sharing today is the Footprint Evaluation Initiative – an international collaboration supported by GEI, grounded in the premise that all evaluations should include consideration of environmental sustainability, even when this is not a stated goal of the intervention.

Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI) Week: Lessons Learned from an Online Mentorship Program on Rapid Evaluation for Teams from Lusophone Africa and Brazil by Lycia Lima, Gabriela Lacerda and Marina Lafer

Greetings! We are Lycia Lima, Gabriela Lacerda and Marina Lafer, staff members of the Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results for Lusophone Africa and Brazil, hosted at the São Paulo School of Economics, from the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV EESP CLEAR LAB). FGV EESP CLEAR LAB is an implementing partner of the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI), supporting GEI’s mission of strengthening monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems and capacities in developing countries and promoting evidence-based decision-making in the public sector.

Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI) Week: Building Community: How IPDET Creates Evaluation Community – Connections that Last by Laszlo Szentmarjay and Vanessa Krieger

Esteemed colleagues! We are Laszlo Szentmarjay (Global Outreach Coordinator) and Vanessa Krieger (Marketing & Communication Officer), from the Independent Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET), an implementing partner of the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI). Today we want to share with you two “Hot Tips” on how to create spaces for evaluation community members to build connections that last beyond your event.

Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI) Week: Best Practice Analysis to Improve M&E Systems in Pakistan by Myra Imran Rafiq, Muhammad Adnan and Eman Haider

Hi, we are Myra Imran Rafiq (Intern Policy Advisory), Muhammad Adnan (Program Manager Policy Advisory) and Eman Haider (Program Manager Policy Advisory). We are part of EvalPCA, hosted at the Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP), an implementing partner of the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI). Our mission is to improve decision-making through the use of evidence and to build monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacities in Pakistan and the Central Asian region.