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PD Presenters: Kerry Zaleski, Mary Crave and Tererai Trent on Whose Judgment Matters Most? Using Child-to-Child approaches to evaluate vulnerability-centered programs

1 Comment / Youth Focused Evaluation / August 11, 2014 August 10, 2014

Hi Eval Friends! We are Kerry Zaleski and Mary Crave of the University of Wisconsin-Extension and Tererai Trent of Tinogona Foundation and Drexel University. Over the past few years we have co-facilitated workshops on participatory M&E methods for centering vulnerable voices at AEA conferences and eStudies. This year, we are pleased to introduce participatory processes …

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CLEAR Week: Boubacar Aw on Evaluation Capacity Building in Francophone Africa: Development of teaching materials through training of trainers (TOT)

I am Boubacar Aw, Coordinator of the Regional Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results (CLEAR) for Francophone Africa hosted at Centre Africain d’Etudes Superieures en Gestion (CESAG) in Senegal, Dakar. I am writing today to offer practical tips on how to develop teaching materials through a Training of Trainers (ToT) model. These tips are …

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CLEAR Week: Gemma Stevenson on Building M&E Skills and Knowledge: Lessons from Pakistan

Leave a Comment / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / June 18, 2014 June 15, 2014

Hello – My name is Gemma Stevenson. I am Associate Director for the Center for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP) where we run rigorous research projects and deliver evaluation trainings as part of CLEAR South Asia. So what have we learnt over the last three years delivering trainings on M&E to the Pakistani government and …

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CLEAR Week: Tim Clynick on Beyond Rhetoric: Africa’s National Evaluation Movement

Leave a Comment / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / June 17, 2014 June 15, 2014

Tim Clynick, Acting Director of the Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results in Anglophone Africa, (University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, Ghana Institute of Public Administration and the Kenya School of Government) Greetings from CLEAR Anglophone Africa! We are often asked where our programme – now in its third year – is having the …

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CLEAR Week: Diva Dhar and Urmy Shukla on Designing Courses for M&E Capacity Building: Lessons from South Asia

3 Comments / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / June 16, 2014 June 15, 2014

We are Diva Dhar (Program Director) and Urmy Shukla (Capacity Building Manager) at the CLEAR South Asia Regional Center, based at J-PAL South Asia at the Institute for Financial Management and Research. We work to strengthen M&E skills in South Asia, focusing on India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. As part of our work, …

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APC TIG Week: Rhonda Schlangen on Monitoring and Evaluation for Human Rights Organizations

Leave a Comment / Advocacy and Policy Change / March 10, 2014 March 12, 2014

Hello! My name is Rhonda Schlangen and I’m an evaluation consultant specializing in advocacy and development. By sharing struggles and strategies, evaluators and human rights organizations can help break down the conceptual, capacity and cultural barriers to using monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to support human rights work. In this spirit, three human rights organizations candidly …

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Viengsavanh Sanaphane and Katie Moore on Dynamic Data Presentation and Recording for an Empowerment Evaluation Approach

Leave a Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Qualitative Methods / January 13, 2014 January 12, 2014

We are Viengsavanh Sanaphane and Katie Moore from Catholic Relief Services. We are working on an Inclusive Education (IE) project in Southeast Asia. Currently, IE efforts are expanding. Experienced partners that have worked on IE for years in the local context were planning to share qualitative data about their project with stakeholders new to the …

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ICT4D for MEAL Week: Suzanne Andrews and Shaun Ferris on Farmbook

Leave a Comment / Research, Technology and Development Evaluation / November 22, 2013 November 16, 2013

Greetings from Catholic Relief Services (CRS)! We, Suzanne Andrews and Shaun Ferris, from the Baltimore-based Agriculture and Livelihoods Program, presented at the American Evaluation Association’s Annual Conference in Washington DC on a Farmbook suite of on/off line tools to help us to better build capacity, gather data and develop business plans with smallholder farmers. Lesson …

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ICT4D for MEAL Week: Marianna Hensley on Beware the Lure of Real-time Data!

Leave a Comment / Research, Technology and Development Evaluation / November 21, 2013 November 16, 2013

Hi, my name is Marianna Hensley, Program Quality Manger for Health with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in India. I currently support the Reducing Maternal and Newborn Deaths (ReMiND) project that CRS implements in partnership with Dimagi, Inc. and Vatsalya. The ReMiND project works with government community health workers (CHW) to improve the frequency and quality …

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ICT4D for MEAL Week: Shenkut Ayele on Early Warning and Response System Innovation through SMS in Ethiopia

2 Comments / Research, Technology and Development Evaluation / November 20, 2013 November 16, 2013

Hi, my name is Shenkut Ayele, Early Warning Assessment and Response Manager with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) for the Joint Emergency Operation (JEOP) in Ethiopia. JEOP is a USAID-funded emergency food assistance program that over two years is providing food aid to almost 1 million people. The program operates across Ethiopia and is a partnership …

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