And what you’re doing to get yourself there? This is going to sound obvious to some of you, but it is useful to remind ourselves every now and then about some of the basics. It is far too easy to get caught up in day-to-day work and chasing funding and Read more…
Oh yes it is! I know you’re thinking that sounds weird: evaluation isn’t about management is it? It’s about the programme or project and about reporting to donors and the board and about generating evidence, isn’t it? No, not really. Let me clarify: yes evaluations are used for all of Read more…
These days monitoring and evaluation are often bundled together with research, learning and accountability. Agencies and NGOs come up with ever more complicated acronyms such RMEL, PEARL, MEAL, etc. Most of the time most people can’t remember what the various letters stand for. Of course this is all done with Read more…
Some people might say that there is no such thing as a difficult client. Instead the consultant, or supplier, just hasn’t provided the right solution. I disagree with that point of view. I don’t think agencies set out to be difficult and I don’t think that suppliers set out to Read more…