• The Asian Development Bank
  • Asian Development Bank Operations Evaluation Department
    • Online Reports - easy to search by year, country, type of report, and sector/topic
    • Annual Evaluation Reports - a summary retrospective on portfolio performance and outcomes
    • Annual Work Program - evaluations that are under preparation
    • Methods

• European Commission
  • EuropeanAid Cooperation Office (07/07/04)
    • Evaluation The Evaluation Unit is in charge of the evaluation of the Commission's cooperation and development programmes in third countries, with the exception of enlargement candidate countries and humanitarian aid.
      • This site includes links to Mission Statement, Work Programme (by year), Reports, Methodological Tools, and Contacts
  • ECHO - Humanitarian Aid Office (07/07/04)
    • Evaluation service
      • There are links to Evaluation Programme (by year), Reports, Expression of Interest applciations, and Contact information

• The Global Environment Facility[second site] "was established to forge international cooperation and finance actions to address four critical threats to the global environment: biodiversity loss, climate change, degradation of international waters, and ozone depletion. Related work to stem the pervasive problem of land degradation is also eligible for GEF funding". Within the Results and Findings section there are three relevant sub-sections
  • Results at a Glance including Portfolio Summary & Project Stories
  • Monitoring & Evaluation including: M&E Procedures | Overall Performance Studies | Project Performance Reports | Evaluations/Studies/ Thematic Reviews/ | Implementing Agency Evaluation Report | GEF Lessons Notes | Feedback
  • Experiences and Lessons
  • There is also another seperate but similar section on the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit
    • Including: GEFME Primary Tasks | Who is who at GEFME | GEFME Activities 2004-2005
  • And another section on M&E under Operational Guidelines which includes Standards and Guidelines | Draft Studies and Reports | Publications | Feedback | Lessons Learned (last updated 07/07/04)

• Inter-American Development Bank
  • Inter- American Roundtable on Evaluation and Performance Management The Inter-American Roundtable is an activity of the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) regional technical cooperation ATN/SF-5574-RG executed by Brazil's Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) with the support and collaboration of the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) at the IDB. (Posted 14/08/2002)
    • See also Resources > Methodologies 11 documents in .pdf format

  • Office of Evaluation and Oversight * Undertakes independent and systematic evaluations of the Bank's strategies, policies, programs, activities, delivery support functions and systems. * Disseminates findings of the evaluations so that recommendations for improvement can be used in the design, appraisal and execution of new operations. * Provides oversight and support for the enhancement of the effectiveness of the bank's evaluation system.
    • ABOUT OVE
    • OVE DOCUMENTS
    • INTER-AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE
    • EVALUATION HANDBOOK
    • LINKS
    • OVE STAFF

• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) (updated 07/07/04)
  • Office of Evaluation (OE) IFAD is a specialised agency of the United Nations which provides loans and grants for rural poverty alleviation in developing countries. The Office (OE) evaluates IFAD-financed projects and programmes and carries out studies, drawing lessons from IFAD's experience.
    • Sections: | about office of evaluation | what we do | policy and strategy | process & methodology | evaluation knowledge | a guide for project m&e | evaluation help desk | what's new? | links |independent external evaluation

• International Service for National Agriculural Research (ISNAR)
  
  • Evaluating Capacity Development in Research & Development Organizations
    "This site promotes the use of evaluation as a tool to advance the development of organizational capacity and performance. Its main purpose is to support a group of managers and evaluators who are evaluating capacity development efforts in their own organizations, in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This group makes up a global project on "Evaluating Capacity Development Project (The ECD Project)". (Posted 25/07/03)
    • Sections: Publications | Project | Concepts & Terms | References | Links | Contact Us

• OECD
  • OECD Development Assistance Commitee The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation made up of 29 democratic nations with advanced market economies. The OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) is the principal body through which the Organisation deals with issues related to co-operation with developing countries. The DAC is one of the key forums in which the major bilateral donors work together to increase the effectiveness of their common effort to support sustainable development.
    • Sections: About Evaluation | Key Documents | Publications and Documents | Information by Country | Evaluation Links| Contact us
    • Especially worth reading: Searching [for] the Impact and Methods: NGO Evaluation Synthesis A study commissioned by the OECD/DAC Expert Group on Aid Evaluation at its Paris meeting in October 1996.

• UNDP (updated 07/07/04)
  • Evaluation Office "The mandated responsibility of the Evaluation Office is to support the Administrator in his substantive accountability function and contributing to organizational learning through provision of systematic and independent assessment of results, effectiveness and impact of the substantive activities of the programme, including the special purpose funds under the Administrator's responsibility".
    • About the Evaluation Office
    • Methodology
    • Publications and Reports
    • Planning and Managing an Evaluation
    • Evaluation Database
    • Evaluation Office_Internal_Sites
      • Inter-agency working group on evaluation
    • Evaluation Links (external)

• United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) (updated 07/07/04)
  • Monitoring and Evaluation Resources
    • Mandate and work
    • Reports on Findings of Thematic Evaluations, audit and evaluation activities of the UNFPA.
    • The Programme Manager’s Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: A collection of tools which provide hands on information on basic Monitoring and Evaluation concepts and approaches.
    • Evaluation Network
    • Links to useful Monitoring and Evaluation Websites

• UNESCO (updated 07/07/04)
  • Internal Oversight Office
    • ORGANISATIONAL DESIGN & STRUCTURE
    • ONGOING ACTIVITIES
    • EVALUATION REPORTS
    • EVALUATION TOOLS

• UNHCR
  • "UNHCR’s Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit (EPAU) was established on 1 September 1999. The unit is committed to the systematic analysis and assessment of UNHCR projects, programmes, practices and policies. EPAU also promotes rigorous research on issues related to the work of UNHCR and the welfare of displaced people, and encourages an active exchange of ideas and information between humanitarian practitioners, policymakers and the academic community. All of these activities are undertaken with the purpose of enhancing UNHCR’s capacity to fulfil its mandate on behalf of refugees and other beneficiary groups" There are four main sections:
    • Evaluation reports "Electronic versions of all evaluation reports produced by UNHCR since 1996 are available in full text on this site. Hard copies of earlier reports are also available upon request" Reports can be searched by theme and country. They are also listed on the main page in chronological order. A total of 24 reports to date.
    • Current projects
    • New Issues in Refugee Research
    • EPAU’s evaluation links
    • Evaluation handbooks

• UNICEF (Updated 07/07/04)
  • Evaluation and good practices
    • Evaluation Database
    • Evaluation Policy
    • Evaluation Methods and Tools
    • Good practices
    • Evaluation Links

• World Bank (22/06/03)
  • World Bank Operations Evaluation Department
    • About_OED
    • Publications
    • Ongoing Evaluations Websites
    • Evaluation Tools and Approaches
    • Evaluation Partnerships
    • Related Links

• World Bank Institute (07/07/04)
  • Evaluation
    • About Evaluation (includes contact info)
    • Services provided
    • Publications
    • Evaluation Tools, oriented towards evaluation of training

PS: See AusAid's Review of the Evaluation Capacities of Multilateral Organisations. Evaluation No. 11, May 1998 at http://www.ausaid.gov.au/publications/pdf/qas11.pdf

• AusAid
  • Quality Assurance "In the aid policy statement Better Aid for a Better Future the Government has placed significant stress on improving the quality of the aid program. The adoption of the single aid objective in the policy statement and the key principles underpinning the program provide the broad framework through which a higher quality aid program can be planned and delivered. The priorities for the program, particularly the stronger emphasis on key sectors, support a more rigorous focus on defining strategic and program objectives as well as allowing better measurement and reporting of aid quality."
  • [New text reads] AusAID is committed to the assessment and improvement of all aspects of its functions. AusAID's Strategic Plan, December 2001, highlights the important role of quality assurance in achieving AusAID's new strategic directions. The Strategic Plan focuses on several key areas of program quality ie. program strategies and choices, the quality of designs, improving contracting, greater focus on in-country management, and program performance information. (09/09/02)
    • Managing quality assurance in AusAid
    • Defining aid quality and criteria for assessment
    • Collecting and reporting performance information
    • Multilateral assessment framework
    • Quality assurance and evaluation reports
  • View related evaluation reports
  • Lessons Learned database

• USAID (updated 07/07/04)
  • EvalWeb "is a central resource for evaluation practitioners as well as those generally interested in evaluation and program assessment". EvalWeb contains: | tools and resources to help you with evaluations; | contact information and links to other evaluators and evaluation organizations; | lists and links to recent and upcoming evaluations; | and a collaborative online community where practitioners and others can exchange ideas and resources.
    • "An impetus for this site is the decline in evaluations and assessments that are submitted to USAID's document repository, the Development Experience Clearinghouse. From 529 in 1994 to a projected 135 in 2003. A report, "Evaluation of USAID Evaluation Experience," addresses possible reasons".
  • See also: FAQs | Evaluation Officers and Advisers | USAID Evaluation Publications
  • And Development Experience System The Development Experience System (DEXS) is a family of bibliographic databases that contains records for about 100,000 Agency technical and program documents. The purpose of the DEXS is to strengthen USAID's development projects, activities, and programs by making these development experience documents available to USAID offices and mission staff, other donor agencies, LDC government agencies, LDC institutions, and the public worldwide.

• CIDA

• Aid Workers Forum
  • Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation (01/07/04)

• Design Monitoring and Evaluation (DME) in CARE International This site has a large amount of material. There are five main sections
  • • Home: A front page summary of the contents of the website. A good quick overview
    • Care resources: Internet Resources | Guidelines | Global Reports | Training Materials | DME-MIS | Español | Francaise
    • Web resources: Documents from the web | Links to More Documents | Books on M&E | Internet Libraries | Training Resources
    • Internet Links: Internet to M&E Indicators | Evaluation of Humanitarian Action | Other Interesting Links
    • M&E Events: CARE Events | M&E Conferences | Training Opportunities

  (Updated 07/07/04)

• euforic: Europe's Forum on International Cooperation- is the focal point on the Internet and beyond for communities involved in Europe's international cooperation. (updated 07/07/04)
  • Aid Evaluation Dossier
  • Aid Evaluation Briefing
  • Evaluation Forum

• INTERACTION
  • InterAction Evaluation Resources & InterAction Monitoring and Evaluation Working Group
  • Other associated sections: Evaluation Books and Articles | Gender and Evaluation | Tips and Best Practices | Discussion Lists to Join

• IUCN
  • The IUCN - World Conservation Union Monitoring and Evaluation Initiative "For the past three years IUCN has been working with its regional partners and an International Assessment Team to develop new methods and tools for assessing sustainability at the project/programme, system and institutional levels. The site contains publications from the M&E Initiative, along with workshop reports and news. Many documents are also available in French and Spanish. The site will be updated regularly as new tools and training materials are developed."

• MSF Holland have provided an overview paper on "Monitoring and Evaluation Practices in MSF Holland". This five page document includes a list of evaluations are undertaken by MSF Holland since 1997, and notes that "most of these reports are public and available on request. (Posted 9/7/99)

• "Water Aid Evaluation Summaries: Evaluations are used to examine the performance of a project to find out whether or not aims and objectives have been achieved, and the effects and impact it has had on local people and their environment. WaterAid has been commissioning independent evaluations of its overseas programmes since 1989. During this time, thirteen evaluations have been carried out. The evaluation reports produced over this time reflect the institutional development of WaterAid, as well as the changes in implementing integrated water, sanitation and hygiene promotion projects. In order to share the lessons learnt from these evaluations with a wider audience, the reports have been summarised using a standard format. These summaries may now be viewed on the Global Applied Research Network (GARNET) website: "http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/cv/wedc/garnet/allcasewateraid.html " [13 evaluation summaries dating from 1989 to 1998]

• United Kingdon: Cabinet Office: Regulatory Impact Unit
  • Monitoring, Evaluation and Review (01/07/04)

• The Performance Assessment Resource Centre (PARC) was set up in mid March 2001 with 3 year's initial funding support form DFID. It will provide information, advice, training, and consultancy services to DFID personnel and other development partners. A detailed business plan will be developed during a three month Inception Phase allowing for initial consultation with the wide range of potential users. If you are interested in receiving further information about the PARC as it develops, please contact the Director, Juliet Pierce, email parc@iod.uk.com PARC is managed by International Organisation Development Ltd (IOD) with a core team which includes the Development Planning Unit at University College London, the Centre for Development Studies at Bath University, Cathy Gaynor, Laurence Taylor. It is supported by a wider group of associating organisations and individuals from the North and South." (Updated 07/07/04)
  • Sections: news | evaluation links | meanings | guidelines | finding reports | e-learning

• The Centre for Program Evaluation "is an evaluation and research centre located within the Department of Education Policy and Management in the Faculty of Education at The University of Melbourne, Australia. Staff associated with the Centre have wide and complementary interests in the practice and study of evaluation in areas such as education, health, welfare and training. Objectives of the CPE are to (a) undertake commissioned program evaluations on a consultancy basis across a wide range of policy areas. (b) act as a focus for the practice and theory of evaluation. (c) teach and coordinate graduate courses in evaluation and teaching research methods in the Faculty. (d) provide developmental actitivities, such as specialised training courses, for clients outside the University." (updated 07/07/04)
  • Sections: Course Information | Projects | Publications | Staff Details

• ELDIS Eldis is a gateway to on-line information on development in countries of the South. Coverage includes social, economic, political and environmental issues. Eldis makes a qualitative selection of materials and structures it for easy access.
  • ELDIS Participatory M&E Page - ELDIS selection of on-line documentation and other resources on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation.
  • ELDIS Evaluation Reports Page Is there a directory of evaluation reports covering all organisations? No, but, this page comes close it.

• The Evaluation Center,at Western Michigan University. "The EVALUATION CENTER'S mission is to provide national and international leadership for advancing the theory and practice of program, personnel, and student/constituent evaluation, as applied primarily to education and human services. The Center's principle activities are research, development, dissemination, service, instruction, and leadership."
  • Main sections include: About The Evaluation Center | Evaluation Center Projects | Tools and Resources | Publications

• International Development Research Centre
  • Evaluation Unit . "IDRC recognizes that evaluation makes an essential contribution to learning and decision-making about research. We will focus on promoting evaluation as a planning and management tool, building capacity for evaluation, and assessing the use and impact of research for development. At the same time as developing the Centre’s own capacity and system for evaluation, we will work to expand evaluation partnerships with Southern institutions and other donors. Most importantly, IDRC will seek to strengthen the evaluation capacity of its research partners. This reflects an increased demand, resulting from the findings of studies on the potential of evaluation to assist in research planning and management. This should also contribute to redressing the pervasive control of the evaluation agenda by donor agencies. The emergence of evaluation associations in the South is evidence of strong interest and of a base on which IDRC’s efforts can build. We will also respond to increased demand for follow-up on our past work on organizational self-assessment, which has generated great interest and considerable recognition."
    Main contents headings are: Who we are, What we do, Our publications, Southern partners, Outcome mapping, Organisational assessment, Resources and Links, Contact Us. (posted 5/10/98)

• The Programme for Public Sector Evaluation: "An interdisciplinary group engaged in teaching, research and consultancy in public sector evaluation, particularly program evaluation, with RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia." (updated 07/07/04)
  • International students resources | Teaching program| Research program | CIRCLE [Collaborative Institute for Research Consulting and Learning in Evaluation]

• NRM-Changelinks.net (links for developing change in Natural Resource Management) - "an on-line resource guide for those seeking to improve the use of collaborative and learning-based approaches... This site aims to provide a practical resource for those who work with communities (in the wider sense of the term) to help them identify and adopt more sustainable natural resource management practices".Documents classified under the following categories: || sustainable development and the environment || capacity building (esp. social capital) || learning and change || collaborative planning and management || participatory monitoring and evaluation || general resources on participation || knowledge and information management || integrated models/DSSs || conflict management || action research || individual growth and change || on-site papers || Making the most of the Internet: || the growing role of the Internet || sharing through discussion groups || developing your own site || using search engines/other research services || env/dev job opportunities ||

• Evaluation Review, described as "A Journal of Applied Social Research". The focus is on practice in developed countries, especially USA. The site provides a list of articles in the 1995 and 1996 issues, and hopefully will do the same for 1997. Abstracts are also provided for a smaller range of listed contents. Instructions are given as to how to get (non-digital?) copies of individual papers

• Evaluation and Program Planning An International Journal . Evaluation and Program Planning is based on the principle that the techniques and methods of evaluation and planning transcend the boundaries of specific fields and that relevant contributions to these areas come from people representing many different positions, intellectual traditions, and interests. In order to further the development of evaluation and planning, we publish articles from the private and public sectors in a wide range of areas: organizational development and behavior, training, planning, human resource development, health and mental, social services, mental retardation, corrections, substance abuse, and education. The primary goals of the journal are to assist evaluators and planners to improve the practice of their professions, to develop their skills and to improve their knowledge base.

• Evaluation The International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice In association with The Tavistock Institute, London, UK Editor Elliot Stern EDRU, The Tavistock Institute, London, UK ...publishes original evaluation research, both theoretical and empirical, as well as reviews of relevant literature and overviews of developments in evaluation policy and practice.

• Gene Shackman, USA
  • Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research"This page lists FREE resources for methods in evaluation and social research. The focus is on "how-to" do evaluation research and the methods used: surveys, focus groups, sampling, interviews, and other methods. Most of these links are to resources that can be read over the web. A few, like the GAO books, are for books that can be sent away for, for free (if you live in the US), as well as read over the web". (posted 24/1/2000)

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