Practical Skills for Conducting Evaluations in Development Cooperation
Dates: 15 - 16 December 2011
Location: Kaiser-Friedrich-Strasse 13, Bonn
Venue: EADI Secretariat
As an interactive workshop, this Masterclass will focus on key aspects of evaluation in the context of development projects and programs. Training participants will be able to discuss tasks to conduct during an evaluation in the planning, implementation and reporting phase.
Methodological as well as organizational aspects will be highlighted. Exercises during the workshop will facilitate practical skills-building for participants' future work. Examples will illustrate the training content and will cover evaluations with the focus on measuring impacts.
Trainer
The trainer will be Mrs. Nicola Reade-Soh, a freelance consultant with six years of experience in the field of evaluation & training in development cooperation. Her special interest lies in impact evaluation and results based monitoring. During her time working at the Center for Evaluation she acquired solid practical and theoretical experience in conducting impact evaluations using quantitative and qualitative data collection methods and applying rigorous evaluation designs. She has worked in various sectors such as education, vocational training, water, health, natural resources, energy, forestry and in various countries such as China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Thailand, Uganda, USA, Vietnam and Zambia.
Program
Day 1: 09:00 - 18:00
09:00 - 09:30 Introduction, Workshop Overview
09:30 -11:00 What is Evaluation?
- Reasons for Evaluating
- Ex-ante, ongoing, ex-post Evaluation
- Evaluation Criteria
- Discussion & Presentation
11:00 - 11:20 Coffee
11:20 - 12:45 Evaluation Designs
- Focus of Evaluations: Processes, Goals, Impacts, System?
- Evaluation Designs & Approaches
12:45 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Group Work & Discussion: Evaluation Design
15:00 - 15:20 Coffee
15:20 - 17:00 Quality Standards for Evaluation
- Requirements for the Evaluator
- Evaluation Planning & Process
- Data Collection
- Reporting
- Discussion & Presentation
17:00 - 18:00 Recap & Outlook
Day 2: 08:30 - 16:00
8:30 - 10:30 The Evaluation Cycle: Steps to follow and tasks to conduct during the evaluation process
- Planning Stage
- Implementation Stage
- Analysis & Reporting Stage
- Discussion & Presentation
10:30 - 10:50 Coffee
10:50 - 12:30 Group Work & Discussion: Evaluation Steps
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:40 Planning Evaluation Ressources - What to Consider
- Frame
- Calculation of Days
- Further Expenses to Calculate
- Discussion & Presentation
14:40 - 15:00 Coffee
15:00 - 15:30 Group Work & Discussion: Planning Evaluation Resources
15:30 - 16:00 Recap & Final Questions
Participants will leave the workshop armed with lots of ideas and tools they will be able to put to immediate use.
The workshop will be held in English.
Participants will receive
- Access to wiki with publications and training session documentation
- Certificate of participation provided by EADI
The workshop will be in English.
Terms and conditions:We reserve the right to cancel any class with insufficient registration, in which case, the tuition fee will be refunded.
Registration
For registration please complete this form and send it to us via email or fax. The participation fee is 650 EUR. There is a special discount of 100 EUR for EADI members and partners and also for students with valid student ID. Lunch and refreshments are included. Please be aware that EADI does not offer any funding.
Contact
Golo Kronenwerth and Miriam Zeh
European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) Kaiser-Friedrich-Str. 11
D-53113 Bonn
Tel.: (+49) 228/26 18-102
Fax: (+49) 228/26 18-103
E-mail: masterclass(AT)eadi.org
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