UNICEF y la Organización Internacional para la Cooperación en Evaluación (IOCE), junto a un número creciente de organizaciones patrocinadoras, pone hoy oficialmente en marcha la Iniciativa Eval... 
How can we effectively evaluate humanitarian programmes and use lessons learned to strengthen organisational policy and practice? 
Columnist Mike Elgan offers tips on how to post to Twitter and Facebook, send a newsletter and more all from a Google+ account. Via callooh 
En estos días, mientras trabajo en una evaluación en la que en más de una ocasión se me ha recordado la importancia de valorar los efectos generados por el proyecto evaluado, así como la contr... 
Escuchaba y leía hace unos días una charla muy movilizadora de Enrique M. Martínez, quien fuera director hasta hace unos pocos meses del INTI en Argentina . La ponencia (disponible en video aquí) giró alrededor del concepto de desarrollo local, y cómo por hacerlo comunicable se lo simplificaba a un extremo que perdía su potencial. 
Blue Avocado is a nonprofit online magazine for community nonprofits. Blue Avocado speaks for and from the people in community-based nonprofits. Nurturing the community organizations movement is Blue Avocado's purpose. 
An independent group has evaluated the impacts of the implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. The evaluation looks at how the principles of aid effectiveness have been put into practice by international development partners and what results this is having in developing countries. The outcomes of this important international joint evaluation include a synthesis report, 21 country evaluations, 7 donor studies and several thematic reviews (see below). The evaluation was managed by an independent reference group that includes country partners and was a key input to the Busan High Level Forum. 
Under the banner of South-South cooperation, Argentina is seeking to consolidate its ties with Africa, starting with countries that are enjoying dynamic economic growth, such as Angola and Mozambique. Via Paola Rattu, Pablo Rodriguez-Bilella 
We've just made available for free download one of our most requested core training manuals: Integrated Monitoring: A Practical Manual for Organisations That Want to Achieve Results. Our aim in sharing it is to take the fear out of monitoring and show that it's easier than many people think, while answering the main questions that arise for non-profits. 
On Creativity, Imagination, and Technology for Researchers and Evaluators... 
In order to make sure that we have an exhaustive list of Evaluation Capacity Development (ECD) characteristics, we need to have an overarching framework for them. Such an inclusive framework could be developed only at the meta-level. I suggest that the meta-level for evaluation capacity development is the development of evaluation into a mature profession. 
I’ve been thinking about my recent trip to Honduras, how change happens, and the discussions there (and with some other country teams since then) about what I am calling the ‘cooperation-conflict cycle’ (see pic). The default mode in Oxfam and most large NGOs is generally uncomfortable with conflict, but research by John Gaventa and others shows that conflict is an essential part of many processes of progressive social change. 
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As the implementation goes ahead it is worth noting some of the risks that will need to managed in this area. A number of observers have noted that there are number of potential concerns about how the focus on results and value for money will be done, see for example Owen Barder’s recent post on ‘seven worries about focusing on results, and how to manage them’. 
Who determines what counts as sufficient or accurate evidence? What values are allowed to shape the choices that are made? What are the implications for everyday development work? The political push and pull around ‘evidence’ will be debated in our conference in April 2013 in Brighton, UK. As part of our conference planning, clarity around participation and purpose is paramount. Here are our thoughts so far... 
“If you’re like most college students, chances are good that you spend more time on Facebook than you do on LinkedIn. But if you’re concerned with furthering your career (and you should be), it’s time to switch over to a more professional network. We’ve shared 20 great reasons why you need to be spending your time on LinkedIn much more than Facebook, and we hope they motivate you to make a change for the better. Via Anita Windisman, ABroaderView 
Seguramente recorres la web y encuentras contenido muy importante pero no sabes como recopilarla y clasificarla por categorías para que lo revises cuando quieras o incluso otros puedan verlo y complementarlo para enriquecerlo aun más, para ello están apareciendo herramientas denominadas “curadoras de contenidos” para seleccionar la inmensa información que tenemos en Internet. El mejor concepto de una red social de curación de contenidos nos la da el creador de Pinterest, Ben Silbermann, el comenta que se le ocurrió la idea siendo un coleccionista de insectos y sellos por lo que los tenía muy bien clasificados, pues bien, esta idea le sirvió para crear lo que se convertiría en Pinterest, con la gran diferencia que los seleccionadores de contenidos que usan estas plataformas pueden aumentar exponencialmente una colección con los aportes de miles de personas que tienen los mismos intereses. También es posible usar estas herramientas para el personal marketing o para marcas.
Las 10 mejores herramientas de Curación de contenidos en http://www.woratek.com/2012/04/28/herramientas-de-curacion-de-contenidos/ Via Bibliotecas Escolares Argentinas, Silvina Carraud , villaves56 
How important is content expertise for an evaluator? We have discussed in a previous post the circumstances under which evaluators require not only evaluation expertise but a deep knowledge of the subject matter itself. 
One problem with the various lists of evaluation competencies we see around is that they cover an enormous range of the skills that evaluators have and use in our work, but FAR MORE than any one evaluator (or even one evaluation team) could or even should have. This leads people to think that: “competent” = “can demonstrate every single one of the competencies” 
En el marco del III Congreso Internacional de Ciencia, Tecnología y Cultura, y con el Patrocinio de la Red de Seguimiento, Evaluación y Sistematización de América Latina y el Caribe -RELAC-; Re... 
Jean argues that facing up to complexity is not an option. Behaving as if the world is stable and predictable when it is not does not make it so. Such mechanical thinking can lead to blindness to change and difficulty in adapting to shocks and fast changes. So a shift in mindset is needed. Don’t assume the world is a smoothly functioning machine: review progress often, pick up on unintended consequences, look for the unexpected, scan for signs of change. 
Las reuniones a distancia (videoconferencias, teleconferencias…) cada vez están más extendidas y son más los que ven sus beneficios. Mucho menos intrusivas y devoradoras de tiempo que las tradicionales, también hay que saber hacerlas para sacar el máximo de cada minuto que “teleconferenciamos” 
“Se ve que son muy pobres, pero la sonrisa de los niños nos muestra los felices que son aquí, ya quisiéramos nosotros ser tan felices como ellos”. 
Rony es un diseñador gráfico de 41 años que vive en Tel Aviv, Israel. Los últimos meses sintió que vivía en un contexto opresivo, dado los mensajes en los medios de comunicación sobre una muy probable guerra de su país con Irán... Entonces... 
Program performance management at USAID is a holistic process that incorporates strategic planning, monitoring, and evaluation. |
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