scholarly journals Evaluation Capacity Building and Improvement of Monitoring and Evaluation practice among Non- Governmental Organizations in Central Eastern Counties of Kenya

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kithinji Cavens
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Capacity Building ◽  
Evaluation Capacity ◽  
Evaluation Practice ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Central Eastern

scholarly journals Measuring the effect of Evaluation Capacity Building Initiatives in Africa: A review

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Candice Morkel ◽  
Mokgophana Ramasobana
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Evaluation Capacity Building ◽  
Evaluation Capacity ◽  
Evaluation Practice ◽  
Rigorous Research ◽  
Effective Models ◽  
Short Courses

Background: The growing demand for evidence to support policy decisions, guide resource allocation and demonstrate results has elevated the need for expertise in monitoring and evaluation (M&E). Despite the mushrooming of short courses in M&E, their impact on improving the capacity to meet the demand has not been adequately and comprehensively measured or evaluated. The purpose of this article was to highlight the need for improving the measurement of evaluation capacity building (ECB) to better understand what works in building M&E capacity in Africa.Objectives: This article provides important insights into the need for empirical and rigorous measurement of ECB interventions and their role in strengthening evaluation practice.Method: The study was primarily a desktop review of existing literature, corroborated by a survey of a few senior representatives of organisations responsible for capacity building across the African continent.Results: The review found that there remains little empirical evidence that indicates whether ECB processes, activities and outcomes are ultimately effective. There is also very little empirical evidence that helps to interpret how change happens, and how this may shape ECB efforts. Training is acknowledged as only one element of ECB, and there is a need for a multi-pronged approach to ECB.Conclusion: Much more empirical and rigorous research is needed to build a clear understanding of what conditions are needed in ECB in Africa to strengthen evaluation practice. This article is useful for guiding further research into measuring the effect of ECB, as well as implementing more effective models of ECB towards strengthening evaluation practice in Africa.

scholarly journals Facing up to (online) fashion and fads … Face-to-face contact is here to stay in M&E capacity building. Evidence from 35 National Evaluation Societies

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Dewachter ◽  
Nathalie Holvoet
Keyword(s):  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Capacity Building ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Evaluation Capacity ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Middle Income Countries

Background: Over the years, Communities of Practice have gained popularity as a capacity-building method among Monitoring and Evaluation practitioners. Yet, thus far, relatively little is known about their effectiveness.Objectives: This article focuses on National Evaluation Societies as Communities of Practice that aim to contribute to the monitoring and evaluation capacity building of their members.Method: Drawing upon a survey of 35 National Evaluation Societies in 33 low- and middle-income countries, we explore to what extent capacity building efforts have been successful and what factors explain the relative success or failure in capacity building. We rely upon Qualitative Comparative Analysis as we are particularly interested in different pathways to ensure successful National Evaluation Societies.Results: Our findings highlight that regular face-to-face contact is a particularly important element. This does not entirely come as a surprise, as monitoring and evaluation capacity building often implies tacit knowledge that is most effectively shared face-to-face. Furthermore, capacity building in conducting and, particularly, using evaluations entails building networks among the monitoring and evaluation supply and demand side which can most easily be done through regular face-to-face interaction.Conclusion: Our findings are not only theoretically interesting, they are also policy relevant; they hint at the fact that in an era of quick advances in technology, investing in face-to-face contact among members remains important.

Evaluation Capacity Building in the Context of Military Psychological Health

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 393-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara Hilton ◽  
Salvatore Libretto
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Evaluation Capacity Building ◽  
Military Health ◽  
Evaluation Capacity ◽  
Evaluation Practice ◽  
Military Health Care ◽  
Sustainable Evaluation ◽  
Post Traumatic

The need for evaluation capacity building (ECB) in military psychological health is apparent in light of the proliferation of newly developed, yet untested programs coupled with the lack of internal evaluation expertise. This study addresses these deficiencies by utilizing Preskill and Boyle’s multidisciplinary ECB model within a post-traumatic stress disorder treatment program. This model outlines a theoretical framework, offers practical strategies, and emphasizes both context and culture, which are paramount in military health-care settings. This study found that the model provides a highly applicable ECB framework that includes ways to identify ECB objectives, tailor activities, and understand outcomes. While there was high utilization of ECB activities by program staff, there was misaligned evaluative thinking, which ultimately truncated sustainable evaluation practice. Based on this research, evaluators can better understand how to provide an ECB intervention in a complex cultural and political environment and assess its effectiveness.

scholarly journals Exploring what motivates evaluation capacity building in early learning services: “What are the children getting out of this?”

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 71-95
Author(s):  
Elena F. Moretti
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Early Learning ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Evaluation Capacity Building ◽  
Internal Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Capacity ◽  
Evaluation Practice ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand

This article describes a research project focused on evaluation capacity building and internal evaluation practice, in a small sample of early learning services in Aotearoa New Zealand. Poor evaluation practice in this context has persisted for several decades, and capacity building attempts have had limited impact. Multiple methods were used to gather data on factors and conditions that motivated successful evaluation capacity building and internal evaluation practice in five unusually high-performing early learning services. The early learning sector context is described and discussed in relation to existing research on evaluation capacity building in organisations. This is followed by a brief overview of the research methodology for this study, with the majority of the article devoted to findings and areas for future exploration and research. Quotes from the research participants are used to illustrate their views, and the views of the wider early learning sector, on evaluation matters. Findings suggest that motivation is hindered by a widespread view of internal evaluation as overly demanding and minimally valuable. In addition, some features of the Aotearoa New Zealand early learning context mean that accountability factors are not effective motivators for evaluation capacity building. Early learning service staff are more motivated to engage in evaluation by factors and conditions related to their understandings of personal capability, guidance and support strategies, and the alignment of internal evaluation processes to positive children’s outcomes. The strength of agreement within the limited sample size and scope of this study, particularly considering the variation in early learning service contexts of the research participants, supports the validity of the findings. Understandings of evaluation capacity building motivators in this context will contribute to discussions related to organisation evaluation, internal evaluation, social-sector evaluation, and evaluation capacity building.

An analysis of the operative capacity of non-governmental organizations in the Southern region of Punjab Province, Pakistan

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 310-328
Author(s):  
Sadia Jabeen ◽  
Nighat Yasmin
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Southern Region ◽  
Democratic Process ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Punjab Province ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Core Areas ◽  
And Control

Abstract This study explores the operative capacity of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the Southern region of Punjab Province, Pakistan. Data from all functional NGOs registered with the Social Welfare and the Bait-ul-Maal Department, Punjab under the provisions of the Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies (Registration and Control) Ordinance, 1961 were collected. A questionnaire based on basic information about NGOs, namely about membership, elections, services offered and opportunities for capacity building, was used for data collection. The results of the study identify education, health, and vocational and technical training as the three major areas of activity for NGOs in the Southern region. The study also found that NGOs do not have an adequate democratic process for elections. Women’s participation is less than men’s in general and in particular regarding membership of executive bodies. The core areas where gaps in capacity building were found are in governance and leadership, financial and human resource management, record maintenance and reporting. On the basis of the findings of this study, it is suggested that NGOs should extend their areas of operation and field of services, and that the democratic process could be ensured by concerned departments through proper monitoring and surveillance.

scholarly journals A research and evaluation capacity building model in Western Australia

2016 ◽  
pp. daw088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roanna Lobo ◽  
Gemma Crawford ◽  
Jonathan Hallett ◽  
Sue Laing ◽  
Donna B Mak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Evaluation Capacity Building ◽  
Evaluation Capacity ◽  
Building Model

Evaluation Capacity-building: A Tale of Value-adding

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Beere
Keyword(s):  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Organisational Culture ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Evaluation Capacity Building ◽  
Evaluation Capacity ◽  
Police Service ◽  
Internal Evaluators ◽  
Integrate Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Work

Evaluation capacity-building entails not only developing the expertise needed to undertake robust and useful evaluations; it also involves creating and sustaining a market for that expertise by promoting an organisational culture in which evaluation is a routine part of ‘the way we do things around here’. A challenge for evaluators is to contribute to evaluation capacity-building while also fulfilling their key responsibilities to undertake evaluations. A key strategy is to focus on both discerning value and adding value for clients/commissioners of evaluations. This paper takes as examples two related internal evaluation projects conducted for the Queensland Police Service that have added value for the client and, in doing so, have helped to promote and sustain an evaluation culture within the organisation. It describes key elements of these evaluations that contributed to evaluation capacity-building. The paper highlights the key role that evaluators themselves, especially internal evaluators, can take in evaluation capacity-building, and proposes that internal evaluators can, and should, integrate evaluation capacity-building into their routine program evaluation work.

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