Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
Shutt, C. and McGee, R. CDI Practice Paper 1 March 2013 Publisher IDS Available as pdf (109kb)
Abstract
This CDI Practice Paper is based on an analysis of international NGO (INGO) evaluation practice in empowerment and accountability (E&A) programmes commissioned by CARE UK, Christian Aid, Plan UK and World Vision UK. It ...
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Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
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Dear Friends
You may be interested in following next week's Impact, Innovation and Learning conference, whose principle panel sessions are being live-streamed. Keynote speakers and panellists include:
Bob Bob Picciotto (King's College, UKES, EES), Elliot Stern, Editor of 'Evaluation', Bruno Marchal (Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp), John Grove (Gates Foundation), Ben Ramalingan ...
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2013
This post title was prompted by my reading of Daniel Ticehurst's paper (below), and some of my reading of literature on complexity theory and on data mining.
First, Daniel's paper: "Who is listening to whom, and how well and with what effect? Daniel Ticehurst, October 16th, 2012. 34 pages
Abstract:
"I am ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2012
From results-based management towards results-based learning
Jan Van Ongevalle (HIVA), Huib Huyse (HIVA), Cristien Temmink (PSO), Eugenia Boutylkova (PSO), Anneke Maarse (Double Loop)
November 2012. Available as pdf
This document is the final output of the PSO Thematic Learning Programme (TLP) on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) of Complex Processes of Social Change, ...
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
The 2012 Pan Africa-Asia Results-Based M&E Forum
Bangkok November 26-28
Sixteen presentations over three days listed and available online here.
Monday 26 November, 2012
Dr John Mayne, Independent Public Sector Performance Adviser, ”Making Causal Claims” (9.15 – 10.15am)
Jennifer Mullowney, Senior RBM&E Specialist, CIDA. ”How to Apply Results-Based Management in Fragile States and Situations: Challenges, Constraints, ...
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Relationships, Responsibilities, Relevance
26th Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Conference: October 24-27, 2012
Workshops: October 22, 23, 24, 28
"Evaluation takes place in complex global and local ecologies where we evaluators play important roles in building better organizations and communities and in creating opportunities for a better world. Ecology is ...
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Mid-term results of a collective action research process.
Authors: Jan Van Ongevalle, Anneke Maarse, Cristien Temmink, Eugenia Boutylkova and Huib Huyse. Published January 2012
Praxis Paper 26, available as pdf
(Text from INTRAC website) "Written by staff from PSO and HIVA, this paper shares the first results of an ongoing collaborative action research ...
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Monday, February 13th, 2012
April 29- May 1, 2012 (Sunday-Tuesday)
Seaview Resort, Galloway, NJ, USA. (http://www.dolce-seaview-hotel.com)
Organised by the Eastern Evaluation Research Society, a Regional Affiliate of the American Evaluation Association. Flyer available here
Keynote Speaker: Jennifer Greene, University of Illinois and President of AEA Featured Speakers: Eleanor Chelimsky, U.S. Government Accountability Office and former AEA President ...
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Monday, January 9th, 2012
by Scott Page, 2011. Available on Google Books Princeton University Press, 14/07/2011 - 296 pages
Abstract: This book provides an introduction to the role of diversity in complex adaptive systems. A complex system--such as an economy or a tropical ecosystem--consists of interacting adaptive entities that produce dynamic patterns and structures. Diversity ...
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011
October 26, 2011 by Chris Roche.
On 19 October 2011, Oxfam Australia hosted a ‘Big Push Forward‘ event in Melbourne with the co-conveners of this initiative – Rosalind Eyben and Irene Guijt. Sixty development practitioners, including AusAid staff and academics came together to discuss whether the concerns voiced by the Big ...
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