Mois : juin 2010

Evaluation Portal

Are you searching for information about the topic evaluation? – a separat website for a project of Lars Balzar, see also his main website.

At this Evaluation Portal you find hand-picked, human-edited, categorized information about the topic « evaluation » (and a bit about social science methods) I found to be useful during my work in this field … (full text Overview /Homepage Evaluation Portal).

Panel; Calendar; Books;
Link Collection (Home for Lists, another special website): New, Popular, Randoms, Suggest; Advanced Search;
Contact (contactpage of Lars Balzar’s website).

What does a successful evaluation project need? (again on Lars Balzer’s website) – GOALS OF THE STUDY: Continuer la lecture de « Evaluation Portal »

Measure Evaluation

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. – (Found on Weitzenegger’s Newsletter/websites of the moment, June 2010).

MEASURE Evaluation provides technical leadership through collaboration at local, national, and global levels to build the sustainable capacity of individuals and organizations to identify data needs, collect and analyze technically sound data, and use that data for health decision-making … (full text Homepage).

Networks; Employment; Publications; Tools /(Topics); All tools; Training;
Physical Address: MEASURE Evaluation, 206 West Franklin Street, 2nd Floor, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA;
Mailing Address: MEASURE Evaluation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 8120, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA;
Map and Contact.

Our Work: MEASURE Evaluation works to improve collection, analysis and presentation of data to promote better use of data in planning, policymaking, managing, monitoring and evaluating population, health and nutrition programs.  Continuer la lecture de « Measure Evaluation »

Measuring the Progress of Societies

en français – The OECD hosted Global Project on ‘Measuring the Progress of Societies’ seeks to to measure, assess and foster societal progress – going beyond economic measures and investigating what really makes life better, for everyone (found on Weitzenegger’s Newsletter/websites of the moment, June 2010).

Is life getting better? Are our societies making progress? Indeed, what does “progress” mean to the world’s citizens? There can be few questions of greater importance in today’s rapidly changing world.  And yet how many of us have the evidence to answer these questions? … (full text Homepage).

Why; How; Future Events; Partners; Newsletters; FAQs; Network of Networks;
Contact.

What we are doing /Mission statement: Global Project on Measuring the Progress of Societies exists to foster the development of sets of key economic, social and environmental indicators to provide a comprehensive picture of how the well-being of a society is evolving.  Continuer la lecture de « Measuring the Progress of Societies »

Institutional Learning and Change ILAC Initiative

(Found on Weitzenegger’s Newsletter/websites of the moment, June 2010).

The mission of the ILAC Initiative is to strengthen the capacity of collaborative programmes to promote pro-poor agricultural innovation and to ensure that research and development activities are managed more effectively to contribute to poverty reduction. The specific focus of ILAC is on those collaborative arrangements that target and actively engage poor farmers and other poor people. (Mission).

Homepage;
Activities; Resources; Studies, reports; Evaluating capacity; e-learning; Links; Blog;
Address: Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) Initiative, c/o Bioversity International, Via dei Tre Denari 472a, 00057 Maccarese, Fiumicino RM, Italy;
Contact.

About us: The ILAC Initiative brings together a group of national and international partners who are committed to strengthening the contributions of collaborative applied R&D programs to pro-poor agricultural innovation. Continuer la lecture de « Institutional Learning and Change ILAC Initiative »

Communication Initiative Network CI

(Found on Weitzenegger’s Newsletter/websites of the moment, June 2010).

Our focus, editorially, is on communication initiatives and events, materials, reports, etc. that focus on the use and support of communication to impact development, as well as trends in communication worldwide, regionally and by specific country. We strive to keep the information on our site non-promotional (with the exception of our Classifieds sections). Our policy is to provide informational summaries, with as much contact information as possible for people who seek further details and connection with the implementers/originators/authors/publishers. Very occasionally we will post full documents to the site … (full text CI’s Editorial Policy).

Homepage, Global;
Networks; Classifieds; Policy blogs; Africa; Latin America;
Left column: knowledge sections, e-magazines, CI partners; Events; Training; Vacancies; CI stories;
Address: The Communication Initiative, 5148 Polson Terrace, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada  V8Y 2C4;
Contact.

About CI global: The Communication Initiative (The CI) network is an online space for sharing the experiences of, and building bridges between, the people and organisations engaged in or supporting communication. Continuer la lecture de « Communication Initiative Network CI »