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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
By Nigel Simister with Rachel Smith. Published by INTRAC.
"Whilst few doubt the importance of capacity building, and the need for effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to support this work, the M&E of capacity building is as much a challenge now as it was two decades ago. This paper examines both ...
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Saturday, June 13th, 2009
Why, what and when to measure?
An opinion paper prepared for IIEP, by Alfredo Ortiz and Peter Taylor, INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (IDS), 25th July, 2008
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Abstract
Many capacity development (CD) programs and processes aim at long?term sustainable change,
which depends on seeing many smaller changes in at times almost invisible fields (rules, incentives,
behaviours, power, coordination etc.). Yet, most evaluation processes of CD tend to focus on short?
term outputs focused on clearly visible changes. This opinion paper will offer some ideas on how to
deal with this paradox, by examining how monitoring and evaluation (M&E) does, or could, make a difference to CD. It explores whether there is something different and unique about M&E of CD that
isn’t addressed by predominant methods and ways of thinking about M&E, and which might be
better addressed by experimenting with learning?based approaches to M&E of CD.
Contents
1. INTRODUCTION—WHAT SHOULD MONITORING &EVALUATION (M&E) TELL US ABOUT
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT (CD)? ................................. 1
2. CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT MEANS AND ENDS—“WHAT ARE WE MEASURING AND WHEN
SHOULD WE MEASURE IT?” .... 5
2.1. IN SEARCH OF PERFORMANCE AND IMPACT .. 5
2.2. STANDING CAPACITY .... 10
3. WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM M & E OF CD DILEMMAS? ... 13
3.1. DEVELOPMENT BEING A PROCESS ALREADY IN MOTION ........ 13
3.2. LINEAR VERSUS COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS (CAS) THINKING, PROGRAMMING AND MEASUREMENT ....... 14
3.3. ATTRIBUTION ... 17
3.4. DONOR ACCOUNTING FOCUS VERSUS OPEN ...
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Sunday, June 7th, 2009
provided by Denis Jobin (IDEAS VP 2006-2009), in a posting on the MandE NEWS email list...
“Getting to Results: Evaluation Capacity Building and Development”
The IDEAS Global Assembly, Birchwood Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa, March 17-20, 2009.
The International Development Evaluation Association‘s Global Assembly focused on the issues involved in evaluation capacity building, and how ...
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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, ...
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