Posted on Friday, May 30th, 2008
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2008 to Friday, May 30, 2008
Venue: The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC
Event Summary: Bill Easterly and Jessica Cohen of Brookings recently convened a conference with leading development experts to explore one of the most vexing issues of global development: what do we really know about what works and what doesn’t when fighting global poverty? The conference focused on the ongoing debate over which paths to development really maximize results: a big-picture approach focusing on the role of institutions, macroeconomic policies, growth strategies and other country-level factors; or a more grassroots approach focusing on particular microeconomic interventions such as conditional cash transfers, bed nets, teaching materials and other micro-level improvements in service delivery on the ground. The conference objective was to shed light on both schools of thought, with the goal of achieving a consensus on how to best leverage limited resources and time in the race to lift the lives of the world’s poorest.
Evaluation related papers, amongst others:
The New Development Economics: We Shall Experiment, But How Shall We Learn?
Author: Dani Rodrik (Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government)
Discussants: Sendhil Mullainathan (Harvard University) & Martin Ravallion (World Bank)
Pricing and Access: Lessons from Randomized Evaluations in Education and Health
Author: Michael Kremer (Harvard University and the Brookings Institution)
Discussants: David Weil (Brown University) & Paul Romer (Stanford University)
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Posted on Friday, May 30th, 2008
Date: 29 – 30 May 2008
Venue: Oslo, Norway
Norad’s Evaluation Department and Oslo University College is planning to hold a two-days conference entitled Evaluating the Complex. The purpose of this conference is to promote interest in and discussions about the role of evaluations in Norway. The main target group is people working professionally with evaluation on different levels; as evaluators, researchers, administrators and users. The conference will take place in Oslo, 29-30 May 2008 at Oslo University College in Pilestredet 35.
CONCEPT PAPER
Conference presentations here
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Posted on Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Date: August 3-8, 2008
Venue: University of Bamako, Mali
Organizer: Association pour la Promotion de l’Evaluation au Mali (APEM) – Bamako - Mali
Mamadou Keita – President (mkeita@delta- c.org)
Workshop Coordinator: Ahmed Ag Aboubacrine, DME Coordinator, CARE International in Sierra Leone,
ahmed1996@yahoo. fr
This event is part of the 5th Mali Symposium on Applied Sciences, to be held at the University of Bamako from August 3-8, 2008.
Abstract
Monitoring and evaluation of development intervention and policies’ implementation has become an absolute necessity after the setting of international norms of evaluation practices by donors as well as private sector, governments and local constituencies.
Evaluation has not become only a cross-cutting academic area (studied and subject of scientific researches) but also a basic requirement in almost all sectors: health, education, finance, infrastructure, social, agriculture, livestock, water and sanitation, urban planning, habitat, HIV/AIDS, transport, gender, corruption, governance.
Besides the standards set by independent organizations such as African Evaluation Association (www.afrea.org) and also IDEAS (http://www. ideas-int. org/ ); there are other specific evaluation mechanisms:
* African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
* Governance Index of Mo Ibrahim foundation
* Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) National Evaluation Mechanisms supported by World Bank, African Development Bank, UNDP and other UN agencies.
Each of the above mentioned organizations has its norms and standards in monitoring and evaluation which are most of them very similar.
This mini-symposium objective is to promote monitoring and evaluation practices in Mali in order to ensure the effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact of development interventions undertaken by the state, local constituencies, donors, NGOs and private sector.
The specific objectives are three:
* Sharing of existing evaluation standards (state-of-art)
* Exchanging on current practices of evaluation in Mali
* Finding out the strategies for generalization / institutionalization of evaluation practice by state actors
Submission of papers
Papers should be submitted in an A4 format and should not exceed four pages. All papers related to the standards and practices of evaluation in any area could be accepted.
For more details, visit our website:
http://www.msas. maliwatch. org/msas2008/ msas2008_ 018.html
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Posted on Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Date: July 3 and 4, 2008
Venue: European Parliament – Strasbourg (France)
Last news ! Reduction of registration fee until the 1st June
Registration on line for the symposium: http://www.sfe.asso.fr/fr/strasbourg2008/registration-form.html
Click here for the programme: http://www.sfe.asso.fr/fr/strasbourg2008/programme.html
Pre-sessions: Meetings to improve connections between evaluators
National School of Administration – Strasbourg (France), July 2, 2008
The pre-session programme is available :Click here: http://www.sfe.asso.fr/docs/site/pdf/strasbourg/programme_pre-sessions.pdf
Registration :Click here: http://www.sfe.asso.fr/docs/site/pdf/strasbourg/sfe_pre-session_bulletin_inscription.pdf
The written texts of speakers will be available on our web site in the next few days.
Best regards,
French Evaluation Society
65 Avenue des Gobelins
75013 PARIS
France
00 33 (0) 1 45 41 58 40
Contact : sfe.strasbourg2008@orange.fr
Web : www.sfe.asso.fr
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Posted on Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Date: June 05-07, 2008
Venue:
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning System (MEAL)
Introduction
The principle of Monitor what You want to Manage has implications at two critical levels: one, that each monitoring system should be customized to the needs of the project; and second, the monitoring system should be robust and have the flexibility to adapt to changing capacities of the project over a period of time. Monitoring Evaluation and Learning System (MEAL) seeks to retain the basic principles of project management yet allow the project to identify, develop and evolve their own monitoring and review systems.
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Posted on Monday, May 19th, 2008
Please note:
- If you are looking for M&E training opportunities please consider taking part in the online survey of training needs.
- If you are a training provider, please look at the cumulative results to date of that survey.
- If you want your details (as a training provider) included on this web page, use the Comment form at the bottom of this page
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Posted on 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 Overview Paper produced using the inputs from this event to the active participants of the Online Discussion.
The purpose of the Round Table is to map the existing knowledge, practices, experiences and challenges related to evaluating the impact of development interventions in the context of governance of WASH services.
Topics
This event will bring together around 30 experts (by invitation) from different organisations and sectors (universities, (I)NGOs, water sector implementing agencies, resource centres as well as representatives of government and financial agencies) to share knowledge, experience and ideas through a round table platform. Through this facilitated learning and sharing event, the organisers seek to give voice to different perspectives on the following topics:
1. Why do we do impact evaluation? Who is the consumer of impact evaluation results and for what purpose do they need the information?
2. What are the main challenges when trying to identify and measure impact of an intervention focusing on development or institutional change?
3. What can be defined as meaningful ‘measures of success’ or indicators of a project that seeks to strengthen local governance?
4. What can be defined as suitable methods of a project that seeks to strengthen local governance?
5. What limitations and gaps exist in the current impact evaluation discourse?
Online discussion
In order to enable the participation of interested parties not in attendance, a facilitated discussion will also be conducted online through a dedicated blog. Through this it will be possible to comment on the ongoing discussion and access the materials and proceedings related to this event. For more information: Deirdre Casella, e-mail, or Sandra Segura, e-mail.
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Posted on 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 of a short training course to be held in Plaisians (Groupe URD’s head office) from 23rd to 27th June 2008.
The course will be conducted in English.
Project and information management is essential to ensure the quality of humanitarian projects. Many of the weaknesses which have been identified in projects over the last decade do not come from a lack of technical knowledge on the part of humanitarian actors but rather because qualitative factors have not been properly taken into account.
Drawing its content from the COMPAS method, the course will cover subjects such as (1) conducting a situation analysis which goes further than a simple needs analysis, (2) designing a project beyond the logical framework, (3) defining objectives and indicators in keeping with all the quality criteria, (4) developing and implementing a monitoring system, (5) understanding the difference between monitoring and evaluation, etc.
The course is organised around a case study which gives participants practical experience of quality management and using the COMPAS method and the Dynamic COMPAS software (to download it and/or to know more about the COMPAS: http://www.compasqualite.org/en/index/index.php)
This course has been designed for national and international aid workers involved in project management activities like needs assessment, design, monitoring, self-evaluation and evaluation.
Do not hesitate to contact us for further information.
Pierre Brunet
Training Unit Coordinator
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Posted on 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 shall take place on July 3 and 4, 2008 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. It is an official event of the French Presidency of the European Union 2008.
The event has been planned for all actors involved in the evaluation of public policies, and more generally for all those engaged in improving the effectiveness of public sector activities.
Its ambition is to share good practices, methods and cultures in evaluation on a European scale, as is borne out by our partnership with DeGEval - Gesellschaft für Evaluation (http://www.degeval.de), as well as the contribution of around ten other national societies for evaluation. We aim to use the diversity of European practices as a collective strength and a resource for everyone.
We are thus looking forward to welcoming a large audience, from six hundred to eight hundred participants, representing a vast diversity of the European spectrum, consisting of experts, representatives of international organisations, national, regional and local civil services and authorities, as well as academics and representatives of civil society. The exchanges of views throughout the symposium shall be facilitated through simultaneous translation between French and English.
We would be very honoured if you could come and contribute to the exchanges of those assembled with your own experience and thoughts.
For practical information and registration :
http://www.sfe.asso.fr/fr/strasbourg2008/registration-practical-information.html
It is our hope that we will have the pleasure of welcoming you at the European Parliament next July 3 and 4.
Yours sincerely,
President of the SFE,
Guy CAUQUIL
http://www.sfe.asso.fr
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Posted on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Date: 07 May 2008 - 09 May 2008
Venue: London, UK
Training event organised by INTRAC
Course fee: £475.00
Number of days: 3
Description:
With increased pressures on delivery and accountability, the need has never been greater for Civil Society and other development organisations to assess the long-term impact of their work. In three fruitful days you will explore the current state of the debate about impact assessment as well as reviewing current practice and methodologies. Learn to assess the effectiveness of your work.Course objectives
• Understand what is meant by impact assessment and how the concept has emerged
• Explore the relationship between impact assessment and other forms of evaluative activity
• Explore different approaches and alternative methodologies in conducting impact assessment
• Identify ways of getting a representative picture e.g. case studies, sampling methods, and triangulation between quantitative and qualitative data
• Consider impact assessment in different contexts e.g. in programmes and projects, organisationally, and in advocacy work
Link to application form
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