Patricia Rogers

April 23, 2012 Rome

IMPROVING EVALUATION BY SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT METHODS

WHY

Wikipedia: Evaluation Methods

WEBSITE

COMMUNITY

Examples

Descriptions

ToolsGuides

Comments

R & D

Documenting

Sharing

Events

WHAT

6

Co-creation by practitioners, researchers, sector experts, method experts

Reflection, processes for quality and authenticity

Rooted in practical experience

Task oriented taxonomy: Support to navigate options

Phot

o: D

avid

Mas

ters

13

MANAGE

DEFINE

FRAME

UNDERSTAND CAUSES

SYNTHESIZE & VALUE

REPORT AND SUPPORT USE

DESCRIBE

CDC Evaluation Framework with BetterEvaluation components overlaid

Methodological pluralism

Simon Kneebone ‘Show Me The Change” http://www.flickr.com/photos/smtc/sets/72157624112171834/

15

Spotlight on invisible evaluation tasks and less well known methods

17

Respectful, inclusive and constructive discussion

18

04/10/23RMIT University 19

04/10/23RMIT University 20

04/10/23RMIT University 21

Who is BetterEvaluation?

Founding partners– Institutional Learning and Change initiative,

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

– Overseas Development Institute– Pact– RMIT University

Financial supporters – International Fund for Agricultural Development– Rockefeller Foundation

How could you benefit from BetterEvaluation?

How could you contribute to BetterEvaluation?