Meetings and Events

Gain the skills and knowledge to more effectively shape policy with evidence.

There is increasing pressure on government officials, research programmes and NGOs to make better use of evidence to produce viable policy options. Influencing decision makers and contributing to policy formulation and implementation with research requires an explicit focus on power and politics – seeking ways to promote positive change in highly complex policy environments.

You will join research programme managers, government officials and policy advocates to explore what we mean by evidence, whose knowledge really counts and how you can more effectively engage and shape policy with evidence. You will acquire conceptually rigorous tools for analysing policy context, identifying and assessing policy relevant research and framing it for policy. The course attracts a diverse range of evidence producers and users, advisors and advocates, which provides you with a unique opportunity to share learning and reflect on your own organisational context and how to make better use of research.

Read more about the course.

Course fees are £995 per person.

IDEAS is proud to present its much awaited and timely book on “Evaluation in Contexts of Fragility, Conflict and Violence”. With the Covid-19 pandemic this book is relevant all across the globe, but it could be specifically targeted to the two billion people living in countries where development outcomes are affected by multiples layers of fragility. This book presents an interesting argument that ‘evaluation’ – like development aid itself – can unintentionally exacerbate tensions in ways that can negatively affect people and institutions if care is not taken in designing and approaching it with conflict sensitivity.

This book presents real time case examples and practical guidance from evaluation professionals of various organisations and regions, showing a diversity of perspectives and experiences on sensitive issues when measuring change in unpredictable, complex, and violent situations. Mitigating these challenges can entail significant effort, and can sometimes require redefining the direction, purpose, or scope of the evaluation. Read more about it in this book of its own kind.

Hur Hassnain provided overall leadership and management in writing and developing the book. The book’s co-authors were Anupam Anand, Inga-Lill Aronsson (IDEAS board member), Sarah Davies, Gabrielle Duffy, Lauren Kelly, Wanda Krause, Keiko Kuji-Shikatani, Marco Lorenzoni, Rhiannon McHugh, Emma Rotondo, Wendy Rowe, Simona Somma, Melinda Sutherland and Serge Eric Yakeu (IDEAS Vice-President).

Launch Event 1 (Americas): Thursday, June 24^th at 10.00-11.30 a.m. EDT – Eastern Daylight Time, e.g., NYC (16.00-17.30 p.m. CEST – Central European Summer Time) 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvfuqoqD0pHNMAaW4r9pdp1_-Pth7lfLK5 

This book is available to order at https://linktr.ee/EvaluationFCV and will be soon made available to download on the IDEAS website.

For any questions, please email Hur Hassnain hurhassnain@hotmail.com cc: Lana Mitrofanova mitrofanovalana@gmail.com

IDEAS is proud to present its much awaited and timely book on “Evaluation in Contexts of Fragility, Conflict and Violence”. With the Covid-19 pandemic this book is relevant all across the globe, but it could be specifically targeted to the two billion people living in countries where development outcomes are affected by multiples layers of fragility. This book presents an interesting argument that ‘evaluation’ – like development aid itself – can unintentionally exacerbate tensions in ways that can negatively affect people and institutions if care is not taken in designing and approaching it with conflict sensitivity.

This book presents real time case examples and practical guidance from evaluation professionals of various organisations and regions, showing a diversity of perspectives and experiences on sensitive issues when measuring change in unpredictable, complex, and violent situations. Mitigating these challenges can entail significant effort, and can sometimes require redefining the direction, purpose, or scope of the evaluation. Read more about it in this book of its own kind.

Hur Hassnain provided overall leadership and management in writing and developing the book. The book’s co-authors were Anupam Anand, Inga-Lill Aronsson (IDEAS board member), Sarah Davies, Gabrielle Duffy, Lauren Kelly, Wanda Krause, Keiko Kuji-Shikatani, Marco Lorenzoni, Rhiannon McHugh, Emma Rotondo, Wendy Rowe, Simona Somma, Melinda Sutherland and Serge Eric Yakeu (IDEAS Vice-President).

Launch Event 2 (Asia Pacific): Tuesday, June 29^th at 17.00-18.30 p.m. ICT – Indochina Time, e.g., Bangkok (12.00-13.30 p.m. CEST– Central European Summer Time)

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkcO2prT4qHNK7woZQabTVc5V6-G6UEJZ5

This book is available to order at https://linktr.ee/EvaluationFCV and will be soon made available to download on the IDEAS website.

For any questions, please email Hur Hassnain hurhassnain@hotmail.com cc: Lana Mitrofanova mitrofanovalana@gmail.com

Gain the skills and knowledge to more effectively shape policy with evidence.

There is increasing pressure on government officials, research programmes and NGOs to make better use of evidence to produce viable policy options. Influencing decision makers and contributing to policy formulation and implementation with research requires an explicit focus on power and politics – seeking ways to promote positive change in highly complex policy environments.

You will join research programme managers, government officials and policy advocates to explore what we mean by evidence, whose knowledge really counts and how you can more effectively engage and shape policy with evidence. You will acquire conceptually rigorous tools for analysing policy context, identifying and assessing policy relevant research and framing it for policy. The course attracts a diverse range of evidence producers and users, advisors and advocates, which provides you with a unique opportunity to share learning and reflect on your own organisational context and how to make better use of research.

Read more about the course.

Course fees are £995 per person.

In July 2021, IDEAS plans to present its latest volume on discussions held at and follow-up of what was discussed at its Global Assembly in Prague in October 2019: Transformational Evaluation for the Global Crises of Our Times. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the enormous challenges humanity is facing. It has been facilitated by other crises as climate change, biodiversity loss, economic exploitation, and increased inequity and inequality. The Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change call for transformational change of our societies, our economies and our interaction with the environment. Evaluation is tasked to bring rigorous evidence to support transformation at all levels, from local to global. This book explores how the future of the evaluation profession can take shape in 18 chapters from authors from all over the world, from North and South, East and West, and from Indigenous and Decolonized voices to integrative perspectives for a truly sustainable future.

The book will be made available for download on the IDEAS website (ideas-global.org). The book is published as open access, which means that it can be freely downloaded, although its contents are copyright protected through the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY NC-ND 4.0). IDEAS will also aim for a printed version of the book that can be ordered from Amazon, at a later stage. A virtual presentation of the new book will be done through a webinar hosted by IDEAS President, Ada Ocampo. The programme of the webinar will take shape in June and will be published in time, including possibilities to register for the webinar. Please visit our website for updates on the book!

Please Save the Date: July 22^nd from 10.00 a.m. EDT (to be confirmed). We will keep you informed.

The book will be devoted to the first President of IDEAS, Dr. Sulley Gariba.

We are happy to announce the Asia Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA) and Evaluation Community of India (ECOI) joint conference.

For details and partnership, please keep in touch with us through apea.secretariat@gmail.com and evalcoi1@gmail.com.

Be the first to join us!