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DME for Peace and Search for Common Ground Reflect on AEA 2014
Every year, the American Evaluation Association (AEA) brings together evaluators, practitioners, and data enthusiasts to discuss the state of evaluation theory and practice. This year, in Denver, Colorado, participants were asked to think about how evaluation affects the systems in which they...
Data, Data, Everywhere: Leveraging Technology for better Data Management
Charles Guedenet, M&E Advisor at IREX, explores how, 'Technology is helping us collect more data, more quickly but how do we manage it effectively so that it can be used for better decision-making and learning?' The list of online and offline database...
Evaluating the Impact of Participatory Media for Conflict Transformation
When planning peacebuilding interventions, the direct role that different communication channels can play in transforming conflict and achieving social change is seldom acknowledged. Here, I want to introduce a framework for both researchers and practitioners, which highlights the potential of Communication for...
Notes from the Field: Using Story Centered Learning to Monitor your Work
In 2009 I was at a networking meeting with some of our program donors. One of them posed a question on how the networking partners monitor and evaluate their program activities. I was representing Vijana Amani Pamoja (VAP), an organization that uses...
Have You Looked at Humanitarian Guidance Lately? ALNAP Shares Resources You May Have Missed
Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding have a lot more in common than first comes to mind. We thought this would be an opportune time to highlight some of our current evaluation work that could be of particular interest and relevance to the DME...
A Challenge: Create Significant, Positive, and Lasting Change
Any intervention, including peacebuilding, development and humanitarian aid, should align with the priorities that local people have for their own futures. Today, on World Humanitarian Day, it is ever more important for us to notice the voices of those we dedicated to...
Notes from the Field: Conducting a Baseline Survey – Six Tips from Jos-Nigeria
Search for Common Ground Jos-Nigeria recently conducted a baseline survey in a state in north Eastern Nigeria for an exciting human rights and peacebuilding program that will be launching in two states. The baseline survey lasted ten days, and was a great...
The Network for Peacebuilding Evaluation Reflects on the AfP Annual Conference
Members of the Network for Peacebuilding Evaluation reflect upon lessons learned from the Alliance for Peacebuilding 2014 Annual Conference This May, the Alliance for Peacebuilding brought over 400 peacebuilders and international development professionals together in Washington D.C. to engage in a...
Notes from the Field: Outcome Mapping Evaluation Approach in Peacebuilding – Case Study in Tanzania
What is Outcome Mapping? Measuring the results of programming for social change can be difficult, particularly at the behavioral level. Outcome mapping captures the casual connections between behavior and programming in order to support organizational learning. Here, we will use our...
Notes from the Field: Reflections from AfrEA 2014 Part I
Given my background as a former “conflict sensitivity programs coordinator” in eastern DRC for Search for Common Ground, I was immediately attracted to the “Aid in Conflict” session listed on the so-very-busy conference Afrea agenda. The presenters were not able to...
Notes from the Field: Reflections from AfrEA 2014 Part II
I attended my first Africa Evaluation Association (AfrEA) Conference in Yaounde, Cameroon this March. This was my first international conference experience and I was overwhelmed by the series of paper presentations and panel discussions. Every topic on the programme seemed really...
Learning and Accountability: Behind the Buzzwords and Debate
If you’ve dabbled in M&E literature, you’ve probably noticed the words “learning” and “accountability” pop up time and again. But what’s the real story behind these words? What do donors mean when they say they want accountability? What does learning mean...