About
The focus of this website is on methods of monitoring and evaluating the progress and outcomes of development aid programs, big and small. But many of the methods discussed here are also relevant to the practice of evaluation when applied to policies and programs implemented by government and civil society organisations in richer countries, not just countries receiving international aid.
Site management
The editor and manager of this website is Rick Davies, living in Cambridge, U.K.
You can contact me by email at rick at mande.co.uk , or by phone in the UK, on +44 1223 841367
My personal website can be found at http://richardjdavies.wordpress.com/
My CV is available online, but you will require a password from me to open it.
Current aims
The move to this 2008 version of the MandE NEWS website was driven by three ambitions:
1. To simplify the administration of the website, while the content grows and grows. WordPress provides an excellent means for doing this, while retaining a great degree of flexibility over design and functioning of the website. WordPress is Open Source software, supported by a wide community of users and developers.
2. To expand the opportunities for visitors to engage with the website contents and each other. This website now runs like an expanded blog, with comment facilities underneath all postings. And the old interactive features (Open Forum, Email lists, Visitors Links, Online Opinion Surveys) have been retained.
3. To increase the amount of user generated content. Already a large number of the news items come from postings on M&E email lists, especially the MandE NEWS email list, which I moderate.
Current supporters
SOS Children’s Villages (UK), based in Cambridge, are covering the annual website hosting costs, and the costs of occasionally needed technical advice on improving specific functions on the website.
James, at FreshlyPressed.net, is providing ongoing help with technical challenges associated with the use of WordPress. FreshlyPressed are now hosting the MandE NEWS website.
Ros MacDonald, of IMA International, has been producing monthly summaries of the postings on the MandE NEWS email list, including links that were mentioned in the postings. This work is now being continued by Nicky David, also of IMA International.
Past supporters
MandE NEWS was funded from 1997 to 2005 by: Oxfam (GB) , Save the Children Fund (UK) , ActionAid (UK) , Christian Aid , CAFOD (UK), CIIR (UK), IDRC (Canada), Water Aid (UK), World Vision (UK), WWF (UK) and Exchange via BOND.
Your support
If you want to make (even a tiny) donation to support the MandE NEWS website, use the PayPal button below (they also accept credit cards). Please be patient, the PayPal button can be slow to respond.
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3 Responses to “About”
This is wonderfull website for the M& E
By Ahmed Abdilahi on Sep 5, 2008
I have been looking for a website like this for a very long time. Thanks for seeting up this!!
I am looking forwward to learn a lot, am working in a local NGO in Kenya as M & E officer.
By Kevo on Jun 5, 2009
My thanks to “sioned sims” for their generous donation made to MandE NEWS on 29th August 2009
By rick davies on Sep 23, 2009