A 2010 study on TORs and RFPs issued by international development organizations found that rigid evaluation terms of reference (TORs) or requests for proposals (RFP) limit evaluatorsโ ability to determine (i) the best approach and methodology for given evaluation problem and (ii) the most feasible procedures for implementing the evaluation under given (and often unknown) timelines and budgets. On the other extreme, TORs are often vague and provide no budgetary guidelines leaving evaluators guessing as to what evaluation commissioners require. This paper presents real world strategies for international development commissioners to improve the quality of their TORs and RFPs by overcoming common mistakes such as short turnaround time for proposals, rushed start dates, short evaluation timeline, strict familiarity/experience requirements, and rigid guidelines for evaluation conduct. Session participants will be encouraged to share their suggestions for successful evaluation TORs and RFPs. #2011Conference #DiversityandInclusion #developmentevaluation #rfp #internationaldevelopmentevaluation #internationaldevelopment #InternationalandCross-CulturalEval #Tor
TORRFPPres.pdf
This Evaluation 2009 presentation (session 406) offers 14 practical suggestions for improving short-term international development evaluations, especially regarding the use of interviews, document reviews, secondary analysis, and site visits. It ends with several continuing challenges about which international evaluators and their funders need to keep thinking
Hendricks-ILO-Indonesia.pdf
A slide show to present the Heifer Impact Evaluation Model, lessons learned from its application in the past five years, and a reflection about its relevance to the field of international development as an alternative to experimental designs.Heifer International has reached millions of families in 125 countries providing training and livestock to help people improve their livelihood
Chianca - Heifer Impact Eval.pdf
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PowerPoint slides for AEA 2011 Think Tank session on evaluation follow-up from presenters Osvaldo Feinstein, Bidjan Nashat, Mike Hendricks. Session abstract: "This Think Tank will examine key challenges and lessons for international, humanitarian and development, organizations in evaluation follow-up. The utility of evaluations is widely recognized as a fundamental standard of quality evaluations, and evaluations are premised on their potential contribution to organizational effectiveness and learning
AEA Evaluation Follow-up Think Tank - 2011.ppt
This presentations provides an international comparison of evaluation ethical challenges identified by evaluation communities in Canada, United States and Australia. While the dialogue around evaluation ethical challenges has been quieter in Canada, the presentation will highlight results from a 2010 national survey of Canadian evaluators. These will be analyzed against a backdrop of findings from other national surveys โ members of the American Evaluation Association (1993; 2009) and the Australasian Evaluation Society (2003). Based on these findings, the authors (Heather Buchanan and Wayne MacDonald) argue for a more proactive agenda for the Canadian Evaluation Society to support the needs and challenges of its members in dealing with ethical challenges
AEA conference Evaluation Ethics Nov 5 2011 v62.pdf
This session, presented by AEA's representative to IOCE and EvalPartners (Mike Hendricks), AEA's president for 2017 (Kathryn Newcomer), and AEA's Executive Director (Denise Roosendaal), describes the 13 actions AEA is taking to support the brand-new Global Evaluation Agenda 2016-2020
AEA-Support-for-Global-Evaluation-Agenda-2016-2020.pptx
Poverty Measurement and Evaluation Practice in Mexico #GovernmentEvaluation #2013Conference #internationalevaluation #Mexico #IndependentConsulting #InternationalandCross-CulturalEval #povertymeasurement
AEA 2013 Conference Paper Arturo Fuentes.pdf
The effectiveness of such communication is difficult to evaluate. Efforts to assess the effectiveness of T-HANs have ranged from formative evaluation through focus groups with international travelers and physicians who might see patients with recent international travel history to outcome research through a cross-sectional survey of travelers arriving from Haiti during the cholera outbreak. A review of T-HAN evaluation methods, challenges and successes, and lessons learned will be presented, and ideas for methods and collaboration will be sought
227860_McWhorter_AEA poster_Final.pdf
This paper summarizes key points from Abt Associates' evaluation of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program (IRFP). The program supports early career U.S. scientists and engineers to spend 9 to 24 months pursuing a postdoctoral fellowship in another country. The evaluation used propensity score matching to compare funded IRFP applicants to a matched comparison group of unfunded IRFP applicants
AEA Govt NSF International Fellowships_uploaded.pdf
This entry contains slides from Holly Karakos's presentation at the 2013 AEA Meeting. The presentation highlights a rapid ethnographic assessment conducted in a community in Cape Town, South Africa to consider the issue of high school drop out. The presentation highlights the approach to the...
Karakos Presentation.pptx