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Dia-blogging: Evaluators Can’t Do It Alone; Need to Build New Partnerships

by editor editor | Dec 8, 2014 | Blog

Riitta Oksanen is the Vice-President of the EES. She works as a senior advisor at the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Development Evaluation Unit. In this post Riitta diablogues with Rakesh Mohan who is the Director of the Office of Performance Evaluations...

Shaking evaluation conferences with un-conference events.

by editor editor | Jul 19, 2014 | Blog

Evaluation conferences are a great way of learning and networking. I really think so, anyway. And yet, I believe they could and should be even better. I’m not sure exactly how, but I’m quite convinced that by adopting some of the so-called “open spaces technologies”...

The V in Evaluation

by editor editor | Mar 3, 2014 | Blog

“It is the value feature that distinguishes evaluation from other types of inquiry, such as basic research, clinical epidemiology, investigative journalism, or public polling” (Fournier, 2005 ). Evaluation has developed a wide range of methods and analytical tools;...