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Watch the webinar: How evaluation rubrics can help trace progress and results in complex programs

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When tackling the world’s most pressing challenges – like poverty, climate change, and systemic inequality – traditional monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools often fall short. Why? Because they’re designed for linear projects with clear cause-and-effect logic, not for the messy, dynamic realities of systems change.

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The transformative power of evaluative rubrics

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Rethinking how we measure Change In a world where progress is often defined by numbers, indicators, and rigid frameworks, how do we capture the real value of change—especially when it unfolds in unpredictable, complex environments? In their thought-provoking article The transformative power of evaluative rubrics, evaluation experts Malene Soenderskov and Savi Mull argue that rubrics […]

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Business and private sector development

How evaluation rubrics can help trace progress and results in complex programs

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When tackling the world’s most pressing challenges—like poverty, climate change, and systemic inequality—traditional monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools often fall short. Why? Because they’re designed for linear projects with clear cause-and-effect logic, not for the messy, dynamic realities of systems change. In their insightful article, How Evaluation Rubrics Can Help Trace Progress and Results in […]

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Effektmåling i civilsamfundet handler ikke kun om tal

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Civilsamfundets indflydelse er mere end tal. Så lad os anerkende, at de talbaserede metoder ikke er de eneste og måske heller ikke altid de bedste metoder til at dokumentere en sammenhæng mellem civilsamfundets arbejde og dets effekt.

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Alle ngo’er vil afskaffe sult og fattigdom. Men lige nu bør succeskriteriet være at sikre status quo

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Effekten af dansk bistand måles ofte i succeshistorier. Men i en tid, hvor verden er i bakgear, er det en succes i sig selv, når bistanden bidrager til at bevare status quo.

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Vi skal blive bedre til at måle resultaterne af vores udviklingsarbejde

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I en tid, hvor bistandskronerne bliver færre, er det vigtigere end nogensinde, at udviklingsorganisationerne kan dokumentere værdien af udviklingsarbejdet. To udviklingskonsulenter giver deres bud på, hvordan monitorering og evaluering af fremtidens komplekse udviklingsprogrammer kan blive bedre.

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Voksende krav presser ngo’er til at save i den gren, de sidder på

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Listen af krav til ngo’er, der søger støtte hos donorer, er lang og voksende. Det betyder, at nogle ngo’er risikerer at blive fanget af en negativ spiral, hvor de bliver presset til at pynte på rapporteringen for at få støtte. Det er ikke kun organisationernes problem.

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Social distance

How to coach partners to better reporting – at a distance?

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Lockdown. Your country visit is cancelled. No-one knows when it will be safe and possible to reschedule. Yet you are still obliged to submit an annual report. Ideally one that demonstrates tangible progress towards outcomes rather than long lists of activities completed. How to deliver when you can’t travel and ‘see for yourself’. We made […]

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Velkommen til 2024: Systemisk forandring starter med os selv

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De store og komplekse problemer står i kø i det nye år. Stadig flere fonde og organisationer har derfor fået øjnene op for den systemiske forandring. Men forandring af systemet starter med at tage ansvar for egne handlinger og valg.

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It’s All About Change

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More and more organizations turn to Outcome Harvesting to assess and document the results they make. But is Outcome Harvesting that different from previous attempts to understand how and why we contribute to change? And what happens if one combine Theory of Change for planning with Outcome Harvesting for monitoring and evaluation? This article provides […]

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