In line with the GEI’s goals on gender and inclusion, GEI has recently partnered with Global Affairs Canada to launch the three-year Feminist Innovation in Monitoring and Evaluation (FIME) project. The project’s focus is on a “gender transformative” approach to strengthening M&E systems.  A…

One of the Footprint Evaluation Initiative’s goals is to demonstrate the feasibility and utility of bringing an environmental sustainability lens into all evaluations. In 2020, with support of CLEAR-AA, a GEI Implementing Partner, the Footprint Evaluation Initiative was given a valuable…

As GEI begins planning this year's gLOCAL Evaluation Week, we are reflecting on the value that the event brings to participants. GEI's Implementing Partner, CLEAR SA recently spoke with the Good Business Lab (GBL), a not-for-profit labor innovation organization that has been an active…

GEI’s mission to strengthen developing country monitoring and evaluation systems – to support the use of evidence for better decision-making and better lives - depends on many factors to succeed. A key factor is the availability of trained local M&E professionals who can support efforts that…

Evaluation can help us to be more effective in curbing climate change and environmental degradation. But this requires evaluation to take a new, broader perspective. We need to look at programs and projects holistically – from a systems theory perspective, as part of a broader structure, says Juha…

The Footprint Evaluation Initiative is an international collaboration grounded on the premise that all evaluations should include consideration of environmental sustainability, even when this is not a stated goal of the intervention.

Takunda Chirau, Deputy Director of the Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results for Anglophone Africa (CLEAR-AA), reflects on CLEAR-AA's journey to a systems-based approach for strengthening M&E in the countries where the Center works.

We know that evaluation and monitoring should be at the heart of any debate on what works. Robust M&E systems are essential for governments and institutions. Yet, many countries still lack effective M&E systems, making evidence-informed decision-making difficult. M&E isn’t new. After…

When we talk about a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system, what sort of system are we thinking about? Do we have a narrow or broad understanding? And how should we design, plan and implement a system that effectively supports monitoring, evaluation and evidence use?

If diagnostics are important to address the complexity in sports competitions, then they are certainly crucial in public policy – including the development of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems, a key need for any government interested in improving public policy and bettering the lives of…