Workshops

BACKGROUND The workshop aimed to contribute to a better understanding of different modes and instruments of evidence-based policy-making. It will examine recent developments in evidence-based policy-making, data science and policy evaluation, including various tools of impact and implementation assessment, scientific evaluation, strategic foresight, the policy-oriented use of large data resources and data visualization. The main purpose of this workshop is to provide fresh ideas on how to develop a convincing toolbox for providing evidence for policy-makers, including critical assessments of the limits of empirical and data evidence in defining new policies. Through presentations, case studies, and ‘hands on’ work,…

Target group Mid and junior level researcher/project and program managers Target group IntroductionA theory of change (ToC) is a system of ideas intended to explain how we think change happens or will happen in the area we want to address, and how we intend to work to influence these changes. It can be a powerful approach to support programmatic and organizational learning and adaptation processes. ToC locates a project/program within a broader ‘bigger picture’ analysis of how development happens, acknowledges that change is complex and rarely, if ever, linear and considers all the factors necessary for it to come…

Target group Exclusively for Young & Emerging Evaluators (YEE) of Bangladesh Structure of the Event The contents of the half-day workshop are as follows: The conceptual background to Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and the need for it in the Development Programmes (Justification).  What is Monitoring and what are Evaluation and the conceptual complementarities between the two? How Development Programs benefit with the use of M&E?The importance of a participatory process in M&E: Identify the different partners to be involved. Understand the need for a process which involves all partners concerned. At what stage the different partners play their role?The need for specific methods and tools to enable a participatory process. (Basic Understanding of available Methods and tools)…

Background Evaluations in the time of crises [challenges in evaluations and methods needed in times of crisis; how do we adapt ourselves to have credible evaluations in times of crises? Evaluations undertaken during crisis, including the current COVID-19 Pandemic require standard processes and approaches to be reconsidered to address new challenges and constraints. These evaluations may require real-time information and assessment, evaluation of on-going programming to identify areas to adjust or ways to respond and adapt. The current pandemic has introduced new constraints and restrictions on evaluation and evaluative activities, including restrictions to travel and field missions for data…