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New evaluation training courses
Some interesting courses coming up, in London UK:
Results in Advocacy
It is increasingly important for organisations to effectively measure the impact of their advocacy work, not only to inform programming, but for purposes of accountability to a range of stakeholders, including beneficiaries, donors, staff and volunteers. With competition for limited resources a reality, organisations which fail to demonstrate their impact, are arguably at increased risk of funding shortfalls and limit their ability to learn, adapt and evolve.
London – 13-15 April 2015
Further information>>
Participatory Action Research, Planning and Evaluation
This three-day workshop in London (UK) engages people in hands-on learning and practice using flexible and rigorous PAR tools developed and tested by an international community of practice in settings around the world. Participants will learn and apply practical tools for exploring problems, knowing the actors and assessing options. These tools and associated skills provide people with opportunities to mobilize knowledge from various sources and support collaborative thinking and planning for social change. Coaching support as follow-up to the workshop will help participants adapt and sequence tools for specific organizational contexts including monitoring and evaluation and grassroots capacity building initiatives (campaigns, advocacy, etc.).
London – 22-24 April 2015
Further information>>
ALNAP’s first webinar on humanitarian evaluation – 26 June 2014
For those interested in humanitarian evaluation, ALNAP’s Humanitarian Evaluation Community of Practice, is organising its first webinar:
The webinar will feature a presentation of the evaluation capacities framework from the popular ALNAP Study Using evaluation for a change and will include a discussion with two members of the Community of Practice – Wartini Pramana (Canadian Red Cross) and Mikkel Nedergaard (Danish Refugee Council) – who have been exploring and working on these issues in their respective organisations and will share their experience and learning on this topic.
Presenters:
· Francesca Bonino, Research Fellow – Evaluation (ALNAP)
· Alistair Hallam, Director (Valid International)
Discussants:
· Wartini Pramana, Manager, Planning, Evaluation and Knowledge Management (Canadian Red Cross)
· Mikkel Nedergaard, Adviser, Monitoring and Evaluation (Danish Refugee Council)
Outcome mapping lab 2014, Tanzania, September 2014
Outcome mapping is an evaluation technique that is growing in use and interest. The Outcome Mapping Learning Community is hosting their third annual event this year in September in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The OM Lab 2014 is a three-day training and knowledge sharing event to explore the value Outcome Mapping can add to monitoring and evaluation in complex programmes.
Learn more about the three-day programme>> (pdf)
Advocacy and Policy Influencing Blended Learning programme – March to April 2014
Here is an interesting course from INTRAC on advocacy influence – online blended learning that can be taken from anywhere in the world:
“Is developing and implementing an advocacy strategy critical to success in your project or programme? Do your staff and partners need support to achieve your advocacy objectives? In this capacity building programme, you will have the opportunity to develop and troubleshoot the implementation of an advocacy strategy as well as build your knowledge and confidence.
This programme will give you the knowledge and skills to influence policy and practice in your own context. You will learn skills to help you plan and deliver an effective advocacy strategy; enhance your ability to lobby decision makers; and gain confidence in the ways in which you relate to different audiences. You will also have the skills to analyse power dynamics and choose your advocacy activities so they have maximum impact.”
Training course on advocacy evaluation, London UK
Here is an interesting two day training course on advocacy evaluation taking place in London in May, September & November 2014:
“Over two days this new course takes participants on a journey through the advocacy evaluation landscape. The course begins by highlighting the unique challenges faced in advocacy evaluation, supporting participants to understand which approaches, methods and tools will work best for their contexts and in assessing the impact of their work. Participants will be given a useful monitoring and evaluation framework to help design their evaluation plans, and through group work, have the opportunity to experiment with a range of unique advocacy data collection tools”
Workshop on evaluation and complexity – Berne, June 5-6 – registration open
Registration is now open for the workshop on Evaluating Complex Interventions in Complex Environments – June 5 to 6, 2014.
The workshop will be run by Professor Patricia Rogers and will take place in Berne at the Federal Office of Personnel, Eigerstrasse 71.
Fees for the 2-day workshop are CHF650.00 for SEVAL members and CHF700.00 for non members, exclusive of travel and meals. Registration is now open online at:
Integrating Communication in Evaluation workshop, Berne 2014 – registrations open
1) Integrating Communication in Evaluation
Two evaluation workshops in Switzerland – 2014
An often-overlooked step in evaluation is ensuring that findings are communicated, understood and acted upon. Equally important, however,is what, how and when we communicate with different stakeholders throughout the evaluation process. Communicating effectively implies using different means,messages and methods to reach different groups with very different needs and expectations.
2) Addressing complexity in evaluation – June 5 and 6, 2014
Increasingly evaluations have to address programs, projects and policies with complex aspects. The activities and objectives of these interventions are fundamentally dynamic and emergent in response to needs and opportunities, and they often involve multiple organisations with emergent and unpredictable roles. These characteristics present challenges to traditional evaluation approaches.
The workshop will examine the particular challenges that complexity presents and explore practical strategies for evaluation, including developmental evaluation, use of non-linear logic models, and emergent evaluation design. The workshop will include case studies of successful and unsuccessful attempts to address complexity in evaluation. It will also provide opportunities to analyse participants’ own examples in terms of identifying the particular challenges that complexity presents and how the different strategies might be applied.
The workshop will be facilitated by Professor Patricia Rogers, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia.
Both courses will will be held in the Federal Office of Personnel, Bern, Switzerland. Please note that there are no scholarships or travel funds available for these courses.
Webinar – Presenting evaluation findings and evidence-based organizational learning
I’m happy to announce that next week – Friday April 26th – I’ll be participating in a webinar presented by SEA Change community of practice. Further details and link to registration:
This webinar titled “Presenting evaluation findings and evidence-based organizational learning” has been developed based on requests by SEA Change CoP members to learn more about presenting evaluation findings and the pre-requisites for their organization to better learn from evaluation findings.
Mr. Glenn O’Neil, evaluation expert and communications professional, will look at how to present evaluation finding with a focus on different messages for different stakeholders in order to improve the use of evaluation findings. After that he will discuss what it takes to become an evidence-based learning organization and give some guidance on how to improve evidence-based learning in your organization.
Join us for a Webinar on April 26 (14:00 ICT / 9:00 CET).
Eight short webinars on evaluation
The BetterEvaluation website is partnering with the American Evaluation Association to present a series of short webinars (20 minutes each) on evaluation in May 2013, subjects covered include:
- Define What Is To Be Evaluated
- Understand Causes of Outcomes and Impacts
- Synthesise Data from One or More Evaluations
- Report and Support Use of Findings
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