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Jun 10, 2013
In this document, four organizations - ACDI/VOCA, Catholic Relief Services, Mercy Corps and Save the Children - provide a brief description of their approach to measuring agency-level results and answer the following questions:What were the initial drivers to exploring agency-level measurement?Who are the chief consumers of this information? How is it being used and how is it contributing to organizational learning or improvement?What are some key lessons – or challenges - you have encountered - either from the data collected, or from the process?What resources are required for developing/ maintaining your systems? Are there any changes in store for your agency’s approach?
Jun 10, 2013
In a context where donors and implementers are increasingly advocating for experimental studies as the best way to show program value, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is seeking to highlight the importance of mixed methods assessments to track and inform development programming. Over the last several years, AKDN has developed and implemented a Quality of Life assessment that aims to capture changes not only in material standards of living but health, education, the natural and built environments, culture, and civil society. AKDN is also exploring values and norms vital to sustaining improvements in the overall “Quality of Life”, such as pluralism and cultural tolerance, gender and social equity and good governance.In this presentation, AKDN’s Director of the Quality of Life program, Dr. Nazneen Kanji, shares findings from her research on Quality of Life and some of its implications for AKDN's multiple-input area development strategy.
Jun 10, 2013
Presented by Sophie Walker and Alison Hemberger, Mission Measurement*A growing number of NGOs are engaging in agency-level measurement to aggregate, analyze, and improve their impact across programs. However, this effort continues to present many challenges. In this webinar, which builds on the 2012 InterAction Forum session on this topic, Mission Measurement shares findings from its research and client experiences about the successful implementation of agency-wide measurement approaches such as “core indicators,” as well as practical solutions that have worked for NGOs. By integrating effective measurement practices across programs, organizations are able to capture and broadly demonstrate value, make course corrections, influence resource allocation, and drive strategy.*Mission Measurement is a strategy consultancy that helps its clients measure and improve their social impact. Sophie Walker and Alison Hemberger have worked with a range of NGOs and funders to help build M&E capacity as well as use measurement to drive organizational strategy, investment decisions, and program design.
[Forum 2011] What Really Matters: Perspectives On Organizational Evaluation, Disclosure And Learning
Jun 10, 2013
Jun 10, 2013
At InterAction's 2012 Forum, several InterAction members presented on their organization’s efforts to measure agency level results. On April 10, three of those organizations shared the progress they have made since then and what they’ve learned throughout the process. The three presenters were:· Hap Carr, Senior Technical Advisor for M&E at Catholic Relief Services;· Maby Palmisano, Senior Director of Monitoring and Evaluation at ACDI/VOCA; and· Barbara Willett, Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning at Mercy Corps.This presentation is from Hap Carr of Catholic Relief Services.
Jun 10, 2013
Combined presentation from an InterAction Forum 2012 workshop on Measuring Agency-Level Results. The desire for "agency-level" results has been expressed and explored by international NGOs for many years, but it is frequently still unclear how such results can be used in a meaningful - and nonpromotional - way. This workshop explored some approaches used by different NGOs to measure and capture these types of results. Speakers reflected on challenges such as vague missions, diverse programmatic interests, insufficient resources and conflicting agendas. They also addressed how agency-level results can work, and most importantly, what analyzing them can mean to an organization and what role that analysis can play in internal learning and improvement.
Jun 07, 2013
This week’s edition includes updates on the FY2014 appropriations process as well as a summary of the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, “A Crisis Mismanaged: Obama’s Failed Syria Policy.”
Jun 07, 2013
U.S.-based NGO alliance InterAction welcomed the release on Friday of the G8’s annual accountability report on development issues, but urged world leaders to make a more concerted effort to fulfill promises on agriculture and food security.
Jun 07, 2013
Members of the NGO alliance InterAction have pledged to invest more than $750 million in nutrition programs over the next five years, the U.S.-based group said in a joint statement with the 1,000 Days Partnership.
Jun 07, 2013
InterAction member NGOs will spend more than $750 million in private funds over the next five years to improve nutrition. These programs include efforts that focus on the critical 1,000-day window between a woman’s pregnancy and her child’s 2nd birthday.
