A critical friend: Monitoring and evaluation systems, development cooperation and local government. The case of Tuscany

2015 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 63-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serena Rossignoli ◽  
Fabrizio Coticchia ◽  
Annarosa Mezzasalma
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
Critical Friend

scholarly journals Local government and community events in New Zealand: a case study of two neighbouring cities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joany Grima
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Physical Capital ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
The North ◽  
Capital Building

The objectives for this research project were to examine the quality and type of support offered to community events through a case study of two neighbouring councils in the North Island of New Zealand; and to determine the impacts of events staged in the communities of both councils, including their influence on social capital building. The study found that both councils are supportive of the delivery of events by both council and non-council event organisers. The councils are providing human, financial and physical capital to enable the output of events. Event impacts – specifically social and economic impacts – were considered to be positive in nature. However, there is scope for greater strategic planning around community event delivery both by individual authorities and collaboratively, including the establishment of formal monitoring and evaluation systems. There is also scope to incorporate key lessons in regard to good practice, as identified by this study.

Collecting High-Quality Data

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Kay Gugerty ◽  
Dean Karlan
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Measurement Errors ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Social Desirability Bias ◽  
High Quality ◽  
High Quality Data ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
Demand Effect

Without high-quality data, even the best-designed monitoring and evaluation systems will collapse. Chapter 7 introduces some the basics of collecting high-quality data and discusses how to address challenges that frequently arise. High-quality data must be clearly defined and have an indicator that validly and reliably measures the intended concept. The chapter then explains how to avoid common biases and measurement errors like anchoring, social desirability bias, the experimenter demand effect, unclear wording, long recall periods, and translation context. It then guides organizations on how to find indicators, test data collection instruments, manage surveys, and train staff appropriately for data collection and entry.

The use of routine monitoring and evaluation systems to assess a referral model of family planning and HIV service integration in Nigeria

AIDS ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. S97-S103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nzapfurundi O Chabikuli ◽  
Dorka D Awi ◽  
Ogo Chukwujekwu ◽  
Zubaida Abubakar ◽  
Usman Gwarzo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Service Integration ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
Routine Monitoring

Evaluating complex interventions: A theory-driven realist-informed approach

Evaluation ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boru Douthwaite ◽  
John Mayne ◽  
Cynthia McDougall ◽  
Rodrigo Paz-Ybarnegaray
Keyword(s):  
Complex Interventions ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
Program Monitoring ◽  
Evaluation Approach ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Theories Of Change ◽  
Design And Methods ◽  
After Action Reviews

There is a growing recognition that programs that seek to change people’s lives are intervening in complex systems, which puts a particular set of requirements on program monitoring and evaluation. Developing complexity-aware program monitoring and evaluation systems within existing organizations is difficult because they challenge traditional orthodoxy. Little has been written about the practical experience of doing so. This article describes the development of a complexity-aware evaluation approach in the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems. We outline the design and methods used including trend lines, panel data, after action reviews, building and testing theories of change, outcome evidencing and realist synthesis. We identify and describe a set of design principles for developing complexity-aware program monitoring and evaluation. Finally, we discuss important lessons and recommendations for other programs facing similar challenges. These include developing evaluation designs that meet both learning and accountability requirements; making evaluation a part of a program’s overall approach to achieving impact; and, ensuring evaluation cumulatively builds useful theory as to how different types of program trigger change in different contexts.

scholarly journals SUMBER DAYA IKAN PERAIRAN UMUM DARATAN DI INDONESIA-TERABAIKAN

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Endi Setiadi Kartamihardja ◽  
Kunto Purnomo ◽  
Chairulwan Umar
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Ecological Function ◽  
Inland Waters ◽  
Flood Plains ◽  
Fisheries Resources ◽  
Natural Lakes ◽  
Function Management ◽  
Fisheries Statistics ◽  
Potential Area

Perairan umum daratan Indonesia mempunyai luas 13,85 juta ha yang terdiri atas 12,0 juta ha sungai dan paparan banjiran (flood plains), 1,8 juta ha danau alam (natural lakes) dan 0,05 juta ha danau buatan (man made lakes) atau waduk (reservoirs). Potensi perikanan tangkap di perairan umum daratan ditaksir mencapai 3.034.934 ton per tahun. Perairan umum daratan berperan penting sebagai sumber protein dan ketahanan pangan, sumber ekonomi masyarakat, sumber lapangan kerja, sumber plasma nutfah dan genetik, sumber devisa dan pendapatan asli daerah, serta obyek wisata alam (ecoturism). Perairan umum daratan yang terabaikan akan berdampak terhadap penurunan potensi luasnya, keanekaragaman jenis ikan, produksi ikan, kesempatan dan peluang kerja (peningkatan pengangguran), pendapatan asli daerah, dan fungsi estetika. Pengelolaan perairan umum dengan benar akan berpengaruh terhadap peningkatan produksi minimal 20% dan fungsi ekologis, sehingga perikanan perairan umum daratan dapat dijadikan tumpuan pembangunan perekonomian masyarakat, khususnya nelayan. Berbagai upaya yang dilakukan untuk membangun perikanan perairan umum daratan antara lain mempromosikan akan penting dan peranan sub sektor perikanan, memberikan perhatian terhadap riset di bidang sumber daya perikanan, melakukan valuasi sumber daya, melaksanakan monitoring dan evaluasi (termasuk perbaikan statistik perikanan), mengembangkan ko manajemen dan kapasitas sumber daya manusia.Inland waters of Indonesia has a total area of 13.85 million ha composing of 12.0 million ha rivers and flood plains, 1.8 million ha natural lakes and 0.05 million ha man made lakes/ reservoirs. Total of fish potential yields of the inland waters was estimated to be 3,034,934 ton per yr. The inland waters plays an important role as source of protein and food security, source of economic and supporting livelihood of the peoples, source of employment, sources of genetics and germ plasm, contributing to foreign exchange and local government earning, and eco-tourism. The neglecting inland waters has affected on the decreasing potential area, fish potential yields, fish species diversity, employment opportunity, and local government earning and the ecological function. Management of the resources could impact on the increasing fish yields at least 20% and its ecological function, so that the inland waters fisheries can be used as a based of economic development of the peoples especially for the fishers. Some efforts which should be done in development of the inland waters fisheries are promotion of the role and importance of fisheries between other sectors, prioritizing research on fisheries resources, valuation of inland waters fisheries, monitoring and evaluation (including fisheries statistics), development of fisheries co-management and capacity building of the human resources.

scholarly journals Gender responsiveness diagnostic of national monitoring and evaluation systems – methodological reflections

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madri S. Jansen van Rensburg ◽  
Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Diagnostic Tool ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
Diagnostic Study ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
National Monitoring ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Gender

Background: This article reflects on the implementation of a diagnostic study carried out to understand the gender responsiveness of the national monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems of Benin, South Africa and Uganda. Carrying out the study found that the potential for integrating the cross-cutting systems of gender and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) are strong. At the same time, it highlighted a range of challenges intersecting these two areas of work. This article explores these issues, which range from logistical to conceptual.Objectives: This article aims to share reflections from the gender diagnostic study to enable more appropriate capacity building in the field of gender responsiveness in national M&E systems. Developing more sophisticated tools to measure gender responsiveness in complex contexts is critical. A better understanding of how gender and national M&E systems intersect is important to understanding firstly how we can more accurately measure the gender responsiveness of existing systems and secondly how better to engender capacity development initiatives.Method: As part of the Twende Mbele programme, Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results (CLEAR) commissioned Africa Gender and Development Evaluator’s Network (AGDEN) to coordinate teams of researchers in Benin, Uganda, and South Africa to collaboratively develop the diagnostic tool, and then implement it by conducting a review of key documentation and to interview officials within the government wide monitoring and evaluation systems as well as the national gender machinery in each country.Results: The study found that the gender responsiveness of M&E systems across all three systems was unequal, but more importantly, it is important to do more work on how M&E and gender are conceptualised, to ensure this can be studied in a more meaningful way. To strengthen national monitoring and evaluation systems, gender responsiveness and equity must serve as a foundation for growth. However, intersection M&E with gender is complex, and riddled with gaps in capacity, conceptual differences, and challenges bringing together disparate and complex systems.Conclusion: A stronger understanding of the linkages between M&E and gender is an important starting place for bringing them together holistically.

The system of monitoring and evaluation of school nutrition

2020 ◽  
pp. 42-46
Author(s):  
L.N. Rozhdestvenskaya
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
School Nutrition ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
National Plan ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
Nutrition Programs ◽  
National School ◽  
Operational Management

The article summarizes international approaches to creating effective management tools that enable operational management of school nutrition programs of various scales — monitoring and evaluation systems. M&E system, as a project management tool, is the most relevant and appropriate way to reduce the level of uncertainty and ensure the effectiveness of management decisions, using the possibilities of digitalization. The paper suggests ways to create basic tools of the system for monitoring and evaluating national school nutrition programs and the national plan for the M&E system of the school nutrition program in Russia.

Policy monitoring and evaluation systems:

2018 ◽  
pp. 69-80
Author(s):  
Rômulo Paes-Sousa ◽  
Aline Gazola Hellmann
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Systems
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