Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Book by J. De Coninck, K. Chaturvedi, B. Haagsma, H. Griffioen, M. van der Glas
Paperback: 220 pages Publisher: SAGE India (31 May 2008) Language English ISBN-10: 8178298570 ISBN-13: 978-8178298573. Also available on Amazon
Effective planning, monitoring and evaluation (PME) is essential for organisational survival and for sustainable development, but remains a ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Pim Kuipers, Sheila Wirz and Sally Hartley
Published: 6 March 2008
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2008, 8:3
Full text via this page > 1472-698X-8-3.pdf
Abstract
Background: This paper presents the methodology and findings from a proof-of-concept study
undertaken to explore the viability of conducting a systematic, largely qualitative synthesis of
evaluation reports emanating from ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
The two days gathering entittled Mapping the Measures of Success: An Expert Round Table on Impact Evaluation for Strengthening Governance of WASH Services has been officially opened. This gathering and online discussion will be held until Wednesday 14 of May -2008. IRC will send a hard copy of the Thematic ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Evaluation News, Operations Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank, 7 May 2008
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – On 21–24 April 2008, the Evaluation Cooperation Group (ECG) met in Tunis. Its
working groups discussed the standards, practice, and use of evaluation vis-vis the private sector, country strategies and programs, technical assistance, and the public sector. They ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
(Referred to by Richard Margoluis, on Mande NEWS email list, 8 May 2008)
Miradi - a Swahili word meaning "project" or "goal" - is a user-friendly program that allows nature conservation practitioners to design, manage, monitor, and learn from their projects to more effectively meet their conservation goals. The program guides ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
(From the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development website)
Description
In the absence of much discussion on the subject, it remains rather sensitive, and one that people therefore try to avoid. Meanwhile, external pressures are growing, for more information; they are coming from donors (e.g. through the Paris Declaration, the MDG deadline), new ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
(from Alnap email list)
Training Course (in English): The Dynamic COMPAS and the Quality COMPAS
(quality assurance method and software for humanitarian projects)
23 - 27 June 2008 in Plaisians (Provence)
The Quality COMPAS method and Dynamic COMPAS software are project and information management tools for humanitarian projects. They will be the subject ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
(From ELDIS Poverty Reporter)
Authors: Gunewardena,D.
Produced by: Centre for Poverty Analysis, Sri Lanka (2005)
Recently, conceptual advances in poverty measurement have been made:
acceptance of the multidimensionality of poverty
parallel use of monetary, capability, social exclusion and participatory approaches
better measurement of the dynamics of poverty and vulnerability
a rudimentary but growing agenda for the measurement ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Date: July 3 and 4, 2008
Venue: European Parliament in Strasbourg, France
Dear Sir or Madam,
It is our pleasure to send you the enclosed programme of the Société Française de l’Évaluation’s next symposium, entitled “The evaluation of public policies in Europe: cultures and futures”. It is available here : http://www.sfe.asso.fr/fr/strasbourg2008/programme.html
The symposium ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
Net-Map Tool- Training for Research and Impact Management
Net-Map is a visualization approach to Social Network Analysis that was developed by IFPRI post-doc Eva Schiffer in her research on multi-stakeholder water governance in northern Ghana. Net-Map is a tool for understanding and improving complex social situations with multiple actors, diverse ...
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