"The purpose of this guidance note is to support the planning and implementation of fit-for purpose project real-time evaluations (RTEs) in accordance with the Adaptation Fund’s Evaluation Policy. The intended audience for this guidance note is people who plan and manage Fund evaluation activities
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, primarily within Fund Implementing Entities, the Technical Evaluation Reference Group of the Adaptation Fund (AF-TERG), and the Fund secretariat and Board. It is intended as a flexible resource that can be adapted to various Fund contexts. As such, this guidance note may also be useful to others conducting RTEs or interested in the topic of RTEs and evaluations in the climate change adaptation community and wider. This guidance note defines what an RTE is and what are its benefits. It provides guidance on when to undertake RTEs, who should do it, and how to plan for an RTE, and conduct data collection, analysis, and reporting." (Page 2)
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"This guidance notes outlines what is an MTR, when does it occur, who is involved, and how to plan and implement project MTRs. The accompanying annexes provide a general checklist for planning, illustrative inception and MTR report outlines, an illustrative evaluation matrix, and an illustrative man
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agement response template." (Page 2)
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"This note aims to support DT Global staff and partners to: understand DT Global's adaptive management framework; assess if and what level of adaptive management is required for a program; the difference between adaptive management and good program management; and initial steps to apply adaptive man
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agement principles and practice. Adaptive management is a response to rising critiques since the early 2000s to traditional pre-determined development programming, arguing that too often simple solutions have been applied unsuccessfully to complex problems. DT Global considers adaptive management in practice as four essential elements operating together: flexibility, responsiveness, purposive learning and an empowering culture." (Page 1)
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"The purpose of this guidance is to clarify the concept of quality in developmental evaluations managed by UNFPA. It is intended to increase the understanding of UNFPA evaluation staff, external evaluation consultants, and those contracted to carry out quality assessment of UNFPA developmental evalu
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ations, of how the principles of developmental evaluation and the UNEG evaluation standards translate into UNFPA evaluation quality assurance and assessment work. This in turn will improve the overall quality of developmental evaluations and support the effective use of evaluative evidence for programming and policy decisions." (Introduction)
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"A real-time evaluation (RTE) is designed to provide immediate (real time) feedback to those planning or implementing a project or programme, so that they can make improvements. This feedback is usually provided during the evaluation field work, rather than afterwards. RTEs are normally associated w
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ith emergency response or humanitarian interventions." (Introduction)
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"Monitoring is the systematic and continuous collection and analysis of information about the progress of a development intervention. Monitoring is done to ensure that all the people who need to know about an intervention are properly informed, and so that decisions can be taken in a timely manner.
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There are many different types of monitoring, including financial monitoring, process monitoring and impact monitoring." (Introduction)
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"Developmental evaluation involves long-term relationships between evaluators and project or programme staff. Evaluation is ongoing, which means that feedback can be provided on a continuous basis. Development evaluation is particularly appropriate for projects or programmes working in complex or un
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certain environments. It is primarily designed to support learning and management decision-making." (Introduction)
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"Developmental evaluation offers a powerful approach to monitoring and supporting social innovations by working in partnership with program decision makers. In this book, eminent authority Michael Quinn Patton shows how to conduct evaluations within a developmental evaluation framework. Patton draws
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on insights about complex dynamic systems, uncertainty, nonlinearity, and emergence. He illustrates how developmental evaluation can be used for a range of purposes: ongoing program development, adapting effective principles of practice to local contexts, generating innovations and taking them to scale, and facilitating rapid response in crisis situations. Students and practicing evaluators will appreciate the book's extensive case examples and stories, cartoons, clear writing style, "closer look" sidebars, and summary tables." (Publisher description)
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"Hauptfunktion des wirkungsorientierten Monitoring ist es, die Steuerung von Entwicklungsmaßnahmen zu unterstützen sowie den Dialog über die eingeschlagene Strategie im Management- bzw. Projektteam und deren Aufsichtsgremien anzuregen – insbesondere im Hinblick auf die regelmäßige Operationsp
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lanung. Es fördert darüber hinaus Lernprozesse (Wissensmanagement) und legt die Grundlage für eine verlässliche Rechenschaftslegung [...] Das Monitoring organisiert die Prozesse der Sammlung, Analyse- und Bewertung von Daten zu den Wirkungen eines Projektes und den Veränderungen in seinem Umfeld. Es liefert kontinuierlich Hinweise darüber, ob der eingeschlagene Weg Erfolg verspricht, die Strategie angepasst werden sollte oder die gesetzten Ziele zu überprüfen sind. Ebenso geht es um die Beobachtung der indirekten Wirkungen. Sie stellen den eigentlichen Grund für die Durchführung des Projektes dar. Sie sind in der Regel Ziele nationaler oder sektoraler Strategien und Programme des Partners, des Schwerpunkts der deutschen EZ in einem Land oder ähnlicher Zielsysteme, z. B. von „country assistance“-Programmen der EU oder von Multi-Geber-Programmen. Wirkungen auf dieser Ebene können zwar einer Entwicklungsmaßnahme nicht mehr eindeutig, d. h. kausal zugeordnet werden, jedoch trägt sie durch ihre Leistungen plausibel zu deren Zielerreichung bei." (Aufgaben des wirkungsorientierten Monitoring, Seite 9)
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"This handbook can stand alone as a guide on how to design and construct a results-based M&E system in the public sector. It can also be used in conjunction with a workshop developed at the World Bank entitled “Designing and Building a Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System: A Tool for Pub
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lic Sector Management.” The goal of the handbook is to help prepare you to plan, design, and implement a results-based M&E system within your organization. In addition, the handbook will also demonstrate how an M&E system can be a valuable tool in supporting good public management. The focus of the handbook is on a comprehensive ten-step model that will help guide you through the process of designing and building a results-based M&E system. These steps will begin with a “Readiness Assessment” and will take you through the design, management, and, importantly, the sustainability of your M&E system. The handbook will describe these steps in detail, the tasks needed to complete them, and the tools available to help you along the way." (Preface, page xii)
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