Archive for the ‘Workshops’ Category

Meeting: Complexity and evaluation

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Date: 15th April 2009 Venue: Diana Memorial Fund offices on the South Bank, London Dear All, The next event in the ongoing series exploring how complexity is useful in the aid and development sectors will focus on evaluation. The meeting will be hosted by Panos London on Wednesday April 15th (9am-5pm) at the ...

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 ...

Annual Praxis Commune on Participatory Development

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Date: 19th – 28th August, 2008 Venue: KILA Campus, Thrissur (Kerala), India This residential workshop acts as a forum for participants from across the world to come together for reflection and learning. It provides both, a theoretical understanding of participatory approaches/tools as well as the opportunity to apply them in the field. ...

Event: Navigating Complexity – An innovation dialogue

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Date: May 26-27, 2008 Venue: Wageningen International, Netherlands. [Ten presentations given at this event are now available online] What does complexity thinking mean for development interventions? This innovation dialogue offers a unique opportunity for exploring how emerging insights from the complexity sciences and systems thinking, combined with field practice, could reshape ...

Two MSC workshops: for first time and experienced users

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Date: 24-28 November 2008 Venue: New Delhi - India Dear Friends and Colleagues, We would like to inform you of the following forthcoming, PRAXIS-promoted training workshops: Innovations in the use of the “Most Significant Change” (MSC) Technique. REVIEW WORKSHOP: For Experienced Users. 24-25 November 2008, New Delhi - India. More info The “Most Significant Change” ...

ODI Seminar: Exploring the Science of Complexity in Aid Policy and Practice

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Date: July 9th 2008 Venue: ODI, London Dear All, I am very pleased to be able to share with you all the agenda for the forthcoming Seminar at ODI on "Exploring the Science of Complexity in Aid Policy and Practice" (see below). [July 9th, ODI, London] The aim of this first Seminar is ...

Event: Does UK development aid work?

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Date: 17 July 2008 Venue: Wellcome Trust, London ALL YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE THE EVALUATION OF BRITISH AID - BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK… 3.30pm to 6.00pm (Registration from 3.00 pm) Book now – places limited! Does British aid to poor countries work? Is the Department for International Development accountable for ...

Workshop: Standards & Practices in Evaluating Development

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 ...

Round Table on Impact Evaluation: meeting and online

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 ...

“Is Your Campaign Making A Difference”

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

...has just been published by the Campaigning Effectiveness Programme at NCVO The book, written by Jim Coe and Ruth Mayne, seeks to advance the case that simple and effective monitoring and evaluation can, if implemented well, become a powerful tool for social and political change. It is aimed at campaigners and ...