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Powered By Evidence | The GEI Podcast

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Welcome to Powered by Evidence, a podcast by the Global Evaluation Initiative. We are a global partnership of organizations that help governments and public institutions create robust, country-owned monitoring and evaluation systems. In this podcast, we invite experts from our international network - and other special guests - to explore new ideas and revisit challenges still un-solved. We examine failures, reflect on successes, and discuss ways forward. Thank you for sharing your time with us.

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Future-Proofing National Evaluation Systems through Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing 01.10.2024 26:40

What does it mean to future-proof national evaluation systems, and what does it entail? Join Patrizia Cocca, Communications and Knowledge Management Lead at GEI, as she reflects on this question with Jos Vaessen, evaluation expert and former GEI adviser. In this conversation, they break down the essential components of effective and sustainable evaluation systems, drilling down on the importance o...

The Gender Lens: A Necessary Shift in Perspective for Development and Evaluation 21.06.2024 19:36

The last decade has brought an important shift toward better integration of the gender lens into development interventions, policies, and evaluations. However, challenges, such as the lack of availability and underutilization of gender data, an absence of robust policies, and political complexities, persist during implementation. Join host Dugan Fraser, Program Manager of the Global Evaluation Ini...

Leveraging Evaluations for Sustainable Development: Opportunities, Challenges and a Way Forward 02.04.2024 23:09

As the world grapples with pressing environmental challenges, the importance of integrating environmental considerations into evaluation practices and national evaluation systems has never been more crucial, presenting challenges and opportunities for evaluators and policymakers alike. Join host Dugan Fraser, Program Manager of the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI), and Geeta Batra, Director of t...

A Critical Look at Evaluation’s Value Proposition: Has Evaluation Become Just a “Check the Box” Exercise? 30.01.2023 32:08

Join host Dugan Fraser as he chats with Estelle Raimondo, Head of Evaluation Methods at the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group, about the current state of evaluation. In her thought-provoking keynote address to the 14th European Evaluation Society conference in Copenhagen in June 2022, Estelle Raimondo and her colleague, Peter Dahler-Larsen, proposed that the institutionalization of evaluat...

Transforming M&E for Uncertain and Complex Contexts: The UNDP’s Innovation Sandbox Approach 03.11.2022 27:04

How can we transform monitoring and evaluation (M&E) into a more adaptive, emergent process to address uncertainty and complexity in today's world? How do we move from compliance and accountability to learning – to support better, more timely decisions? Join GEI Program Manager, Dugan Fraser, as he discusses these questions and others with Special Guest, Søren Haldrup, from the United Nations De...

Making Monitoring & Evaluation Systems Effective: A Discussion with Patricia Rogers 22.06.2022 25:36

What makes monitoring and evaluation systems effective? What approaches should we use to support the building of M&E systems that provide short-term and long-term value? Listen to Dugan Fraser, Program Manager, GEI, and Patricia J. Rogers, Independent Consultant and Founder/former-CEO of BetterEvaluation as they discuss M&E system development, using examples from their decades of experience in the...

The Missing Piece: Reflections on How M&E Helps to Address the Gender Data Gap in Development Programs 07.03.2022 59:18

What is the role of evidence and data in helping us address gender inequities? How can monitoring and evaluation (M&E) efforts help women and girls around the world? Join us for a special episode of “Powered by Evidence” for International Women’s Day. Get ready for a deep dive on topics around data, M&E and gender. [02:50] Why is bridging the gender data gap important? [09:52] What is women's...

Welcome to Powered by Evidence, a podcast by the Global Evaluation Initiative.