If you read this year only one set of papers useful for SDG related evaluation, let it be this ISC/Nilsson et al. series on the interactions between the SDGs, developed between 2016 and 2018, as well as the subsequent paper on the interactions of SDG 14 by Gerald Singh
What dominates the world we live in today is the highly unsustainable fossil fuels addiction that is inducing upon us natural catastrophes that are abnormally speeding up migration crises, food and water shortages, wildfires, military conflicts and more. Indeed, infinite growth is impossible on a finite planet. The natural and
What is the responsibility of evaluators in the era in which we live today? This is one of the issues I raised in my keynote presentation at the UK Evaluation Society earlier this year, and which I want to address here. This question has been with me for a long
Deborah is a highly successful, dynamic and influential evaluation professional with boundless energy that inspires wherever she goes - including many young people, as I observed when I had the pleasure of teaching earlier this year in her Executive Leadership Programme for Evaluation and the SDGs at the Claremont Evaluation Centre
My top tips are a bit different from those you have been reading about lately in this series. They're less about the intellectual process of becoming a great evaluator, and more about the things that facilitate (or detract from) the journey. I absolutely loved reading all of the
Have you ever worked with a Research Maturity Model? Or an Evaluation Maturity Model? A 'maturity model' with well-designed sets of evaluative rubrics can be very useful in framing the level of maturity of almost anything in an organisational context. Progress made from one level to the
Others in this series will, I trust, give you useful technical tips on evaluation designs, methods, data collection and analytical techniques - the tools in the evaluator's toolbox. Here, however, is a set of hard-won and generally practical lessons to using those tools effectively as an evaluation practitioner.
Top Tip 1. Do not compromise your standards of integrity. Janis Joplin is famously quoted as saying, "Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got." Be true to yourself. Do what you feel is right and honest in your work, though it may not
There is a lot to learn as a Young and Emerging Evaluator. You need to know methodological alternatives. You need to ground your work in evaluation standards, principles, and competencies. You need to keep up with new developments in the evaluation profession. You need to network and cultivate professional relationships.
In this short series of posts about the NICE Framework I argue for more intensive and creative research and innovation in evaluation - especially research that is rooted in, and respectful of important nuances in different societies. We need to create a strong research agenda for evaluation with solid linkages to
