Capacity development in both evaluation & communication: proven benefits and future directions
[This blog post was written by Ricardo Ramirez & Dal Brodhead, Principal Investigators of the project Designing Evaluation and...
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Clara Richards
- Oct 1, 2015
- 2 min
Monitoring, evaluation and learning to manage and implement research projects at think tanks
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Rezarta Delibashzade, Project management/Researcher at the Democracy for Development Institute...
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Clara Richards
- Sep 29, 2015
- 3 min
M&E&L for a think tank: test drive or driving test?
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Andriy Andrusevych, Senior Policy Expert at the Resource & Analysis Center “Society and...
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Clara Richards
- Sep 9, 2015
- 2 min
Seeking a place for Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning within a think tank’s institutional strategy
The online course on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning has been a valuable and in the same time – challenging experience. The...
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Clara Richards
- Aug 27, 2015
- 4 min
Reflections on developing a MEL framework
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Dena Lomofsky from of Southern Hemisphere. It emerges from reflection from P&I´s online course...
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Clara Richards
- Aug 4, 2015
- 3 min
Is influencing policy itself the Holy Grail?
By Linda Bullock at flickr.com under CC Within current debates on what is policy influence and how to assess whether a policy research ...
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Clara Richards
- Jul 2, 2015
- 3 min
Strenghts of think tanks for MEL: it’s time to make better use of them
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Dena Lomofsky from of Southern Hemisphere. It emerges from reflection from P&I´s online course...
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Clara Richards
- Jun 25, 2015
- 4 min
What influences our thinking about MEL on policy influence?
By Anne Adrian under CC at flickr.com [Editor’s note: This post was written by Kristie Evenson, a research practitioner on development of...
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Clara Richards
- Jun 4, 2015
- 3 min
Starting from where you are to evaluate, monitor and learn from policy influence: is it that simple?
Many policy research organizations are grappling with how to assess their policy influence in a sustainable, viable and meaningful...
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Clara Richards
- May 26, 2015
- 3 min
An active and sustainable organization to promote development
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Elena Polo, Research Analyst at AGENDA Institute, Albania. It is part of a series of...
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Clara Richards
- May 19, 2015
- 3 min
RAC´s takeaways on how to monitor and evaluate policy influence: the importance of starting small
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Zoryana Kozak, co-founder and Senior Policy Expert of the Resource & Analysis Centre “Society...
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Clara Richards
- Mar 30, 2015
- 5 min
e-Reflections on M&E&L and lessons from P&I´s online course
By Anne Davis 773 under CC at flickr.com Editor’s note: This post was written by Ulviyya Mikayilova, Policy Unit manager at the Center...
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Clara Richards
- Oct 30, 2014
- 6 min
Learning from and with others: an experience with the Think Tank Initiative
By Denise Krebs under CC license In June 2014 the Think Tank Initiative (TTI) commissioned Politics&Ideas to undertake a ‘light touch...
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Clara Richards
- Oct 24, 2014
- 4 min
To more complexity, more dagu!
Courtesy of nero vivo under CC at flickr.com This is the second post of a series focusing on how we can better incorporate the complexity...
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Clara Richards
- Jun 9, 2014
- 4 min
Cry for help: monitoring, evaluating and learning in the South, how can we do it better?
By kat m research at flickr.com under CC license Catherine Fisher´s post on our Lessons learned paper as well as Antonio Capillo´s points...
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Clara Richards
- May 20, 2014
- 2 min
How to link theory and practice for relevant research
[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series devoted to tools and frameworks for researchers to plan better projects right from the...
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Clara Richards
- May 8, 2014
- 2 min
Lesson # 17: M&E is very different if it´s embedded in a learning approach
Monitoring and evaluating capacity building (CB) is still a challenge to many similar endeavors. There is no single response to this...
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Clara Richards
- May 2, 2014
- 4 min
Lesson #16: Bring others into monitoring, evaluation and learning of capacity building activities
At Spaces for Engagement, our M&E approach was linked to the way the programme was developed: since we presented yearly plans on...
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Clara Richards
- Feb 24, 2014
- 2 min
Openness to continuous learning: one of the most important leadership skills
[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series that brings together reflections from a year-long leadership strengthening programme that...
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Clara Richards
- Jul 29, 2013
- 3 min
Online training is THE thing!
This post was written by Ravi Murugesan, INASP Associate, as a response to Vanesa Weyrauch’s post titled “Is online training THE...
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