Archive for January, 2009

PARTICIPATORY MONITORING AND EVALUATION WORKSHOP

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Date: July 27-August 1, 2009 Venue: Held at the University of  Ottawa, Canada This Six-Day PM&E Workshop will show you how to: *Rethink your own monitoring & evaluation strategies and approaches; *Master and learn new innovative participatory PM & E tools for the workplace; *Facilitate PM & E processes for your project, programme or organization; *Develop ...

Results-based Management, Appreciative Inquiry and Open Space Technology Workshop

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Dear Rick Mosaic.net International will be organizing two workshops on the theme of results-based management and participatory monitoring and evaluation. Results-based Management, Appreciative Inquiry and Open Space Technology Workshop Venue: Held at the University of Ottawa, Canada Date: July 20-24, 2009Venue: The five day workshop grounds you on three topic areas: results-based management, ...

Country-led monitoring and evaluation systems. Better evidence, better policies, better development results

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to inform you that the book "Country-led monitoring and evaluation systems. Better evidence, better policies, better development results" is now available ...

Who Answers to Women? GENDER & ACCOUNTABILITY

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Progress of the World's Women 2008/2009. Full Report. Published by United Nations Development Fund for Women. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Progress of the World's Women 2008/2009: Who Answers to Women? Gender and Accountability shows that realising women's rights and achieving the Millennium Development Goals depends on strengthening accountability for commitments to women and gender ...

Symposium: “Getting to Results: Evaluation Capacity Building and Development”

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

International Development Evaluation Association Date: March 17-20, 2009 Venue: Johannesburg, South Africa) CALL FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPER PROPOSALS. Submission Deadline: January 12, 2009 Please note that scholarships for individuals from developing or transition countries are available. Introduction: The Board of the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) is pleased to announce its next Global Assembly on March 18-20, ...

MAPPING OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION PRACTICES AMONG DANISH NGOS

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Final Report May 2008, Hanne Lund Madsen, HLM Consult As a first step in the follow-up to the Assessment of the Administration of the Danish NGO Support, the Evaluation Department of the Ministry in cooperation with the Quality Assurance Department and the NGO Department wished to map the existing evaluation and monitoring ...

International Course on ‘Participatory Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation. Managing and Learning for Impact”

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Date: 02-20  March 2009, Venue: Wageningen, The Netherlands This course is organised by Wageningen International, part of Wageningen University and Research Centre. The course focuses on how to design and institutionalise participatory planning and M&E systems in projects, programmes and organisations for continuous learning and enhanced performance. Particular attention is ...

The Logic Model Guidebook: Better Strategies for Great Results

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Authors Lisa Wyatt Knowlton (Ed.D.) and Cynthia C. Phillips (Ph.D.) Published October 2008. Available on Amazon.  Recommended by Jim Rugh Excerpt: "We approach logic models as important thinking and inquiry tools, and logic modeling as a process that contributes to clarity about a sequence of interactive relationships. Logic models display ...

Complexity in Aid Workshop series: Strategy in a complex world

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

Date: January 14, 2009, all day (9-5) Venue: CAFOD offices in London (Stockwell). The world is becoming increasingly inter-related, complex and fast-changing and yet many organisations continue to use traditional methods for strategy development, organisation change and leadership - even when they have questionable success. Why is this? What has to happen ...