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A pragmatic guide to monitoring and evaluating research communications using...
Here is a very comprehensive post from the On Think Tanks blog that explains an approach for using digital tools to monitor and evaluate research communications for a think tank (ODI). The approach...
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Advocacy evaluation – top resources
Today I spoke to the students of the Executive Certificate of Advocacy in International Affairs at the Graduate Institute of Geneva on advocacy evaluation. I promised the students to list the top...
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advocacy evaluation: influencing climate change policy
Often I don’t get to share the findings of the evaluations I undertake, but in this case of an advocacy evaluation, an area that I’ve written about before, the findings are public and can be shared. I...
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New advocacy evaluation guide
Bond, the UK alliance of NGOs, has produced an interesting guide on advocacy evaluation: Assessing effectiveness in influencing power holders (pdf) The guide looks at the challenges of influencing...
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BetterEvaluation – great resources for M&E
Here is a new website (well, new for me), that I recently discovered: BetterEvaluation “An international collaboration to improve evaluation practice and theory by sharing information about options...
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Visualizing Information for Advocacy
Just came across this interesting guide(pdf) to using visuals for advocacy from the Tactical Technical Collective – here is an explanation from the authors: Visualising Information for Advocacy(pdf):...
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Insights into NGO advocacy evaluation
A group of leading NGOs have published a comparative study (pdf) on what they are doing in practice on advocacy evaluation. Participating NGOs are: ActionAid International, Amnesty International, Bread...
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A guide to monitoring government policies
We often focus on the evaluation of advocacy that aims to influence government policies – but another important aspect is to monitor government policy as it develops (or not). Here is a useful guide...
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more resources on advocacy evaluation
Below are some resources on advocacy evaluation that I’ve come across recently (they may not be *new* but they are to me!) Advocacy evaluation: Review and Opportunities (pdf): Justin Whelan (2008)...
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Advocacy evaluation: mini tool kit
Really great concise advocacy evaluation mini-tool kit (pdf) – some very useful ideas on activity tracking and measuring support for a given issue.
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New publication: Learning about Measuring Advocacy and Policy Change: Are...
IDS have produced an new paper “ Learning about Measuring Advocacy and Policy Change: Are Baselines always Feasible and Desirable?” (pdf). Here is a summary from the author: This paper captures some...
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Advocacy M&E: examples from Global Witness, Save, Amnesty and CDKN
Below are some useful examples – presentation posters – of how leading NGOs are tackling advocacy monitoring and evaluation: Developing a Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (PMEL) System for...
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Training course on advocacy evaluation, London UK
Here is an interesting two day training course on advocacy evaluation taking place in London in May, September & November 2014: “Over two days this new course takes participants on a journey...
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Evaluation report – Oxfam’s GROW campaign
For readers interested in campaign evaluation, Oxfam has just published a mid-point external evaluation report (pdf) of their GROW campaign – of which I was part of the evaluation team. Often...
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Advocacy and Policy Influencing Blended Learning programme – March to April 2014
Here is an interesting course from INTRAC on advocacy influence – online blended learning that can be taken from anywhere in the world: “Is developing and implementing an advocacy strategy critical to...
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Insights into global advocacy: Oxfam’s GROW campaign
I recently spoke at the Graduate Institute in Geneva for the students of the Certificate in Advocacy in International Affairs – presenting a case study on Oxfam’s GROW campaign - drawing insights on...
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New resource: Monitoring and evaluation of policy influence and advocacy
A new very comprehensive working paper on advocacy evaluation has just been published by the UK-based ODI: View the working paper here (pdf)>> A short description: Policy influence and advocacy...
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Six lessons from successful advocacy projects in the Global South
The Stanford Social Innovation Review has posted an interesting blog post on “Lessons from successful advocacy projects in the Global South“. The post lists three lessons for successful advocacy in the...
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New resource: the value iceberg: weighing the benefits of advocacy and...
Rhonda Schlangen and Jim Coe (independent evaluation consultants) have just published a very interesting paper “The value iceberg: weighing the benefits of advocacy and campaigning” on the...
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Advocacy evaluation using contribution analysis
A challenge of advocacy evaluation is in analysing and interpreting data and information in a systematic and rigorous manner. For a recent advocacy evaluation I carried out with my colleague Patricia...
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