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REAL WORLD EVALUATIONS Conducting evaluations under budget, time, data and political constraints. Live Webcast Knowledge Sharing Event 12 May 2009. DevInfo. This series of webcasts are based on the book published by UNICEF in partnership with key international institutions. Authors:
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REAL WORLD EVALUATIONSConducting evaluations under budget, time, data and political constraints Live Webcast Knowledge Sharing Event 12 May 2009 DevInfo
This series of webcasts are based on the book published by UNICEF in partnership with key international institutions • Authors: 21 global evaluation leaders • Partnership: UNICEF, WB, UNECE, IDEAS, IOCE, DevInfo and MICS Available for free download at: http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/resources_10597.html
The recording of the previous webcast events are available athttp://www.unicef.org/ceecis/resources_11137.html • First event on Country-led M&E systems with: • the editor of the book, Marco Segone, Regional Chief, Monitoring and Evaluation, UNICEF CEE/CIS; • Oumul Ba Tall, President, IOCE; • Denis Jobin, Vice President, IDEAS • Second event on Strengthening country-led M&E systems. Good practices in using Devinfo, with: • Nicolas Pron, Global DevInfo Administrator • Kris Oswalt, President, CSF
REAL WORLD EVALUATIONSConducting evaluations under budget, time, data and political constraints Introduction and kick-off questions Marco Segone, Regional Chief, Monitoring and Evaluation, UNICEF CEE/CIS, and former Vice President, IOCE E-mail: msegone@unicef.org
Evidence into practice: Increasing the uptake of evidence in policy making Data Users (Policy Makers) Data Providers (Statisticians, Evaluators, Researchers) Need to improve dialogue How? What ? Why? When? Getting appropriate buy-in Incentives to use evidence Reliable and trustworthy evidence Improving “usability” of evidence Effective dissemination Wide Access
The “quality” challenge: How to match technical rigour and policy relevance? Technical rigour but no policy relevance Policy relevance but no technical rigour Better evidence, technically rigorous and policy relevant.
Country-led M&E systems(CLES):a strategy to matchtechnical rigour with policy relevance Technical rigour but no policy relevance Better Policies Better Development Results Policy relevance but no technical rigour Better evidence, technically rigorous and policy relevant
Key questions • What are the key features of the Real World Evaluation (RWE) approach and how can it contribute to developing country-led M&E systems? • How can RWE contribute to improving the quality of impact evaluations when working under real-world budget, time, data and political constraints?