The need to understand Evaluation use by NGOs
This blog draws from research conducted by Elizabeth Asiimwe, a Twende Mbele PhD Fellow at the Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda, in 2017. The study is premised on the assertion that, although there is a growing discourse on evaluation utilisation for evidence-based policy making in the public sector, very few studies have...
Twende Mbele is searching for a Communications and Media Consultant to provide communications support to Twende Mbele core countries (Benin, Uganda, South Africa) to help them build a foundation for effectively communicating on M&E at the national level.
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Twende Mbele is searching for a Knowledge Management (KM) Consultant to, firstly support the Programme Secretariat in establishing a foundation for knowledge management on M&E topics and experience sharing within the initiative and beyond. Secondly, to compile the Twende learnings for stakeholders of M&E systems in Africa who seek to learn from the experience of others....
By Dr Nana Opare-Djan
Introduction
Over the past year the M&E landscape in Ghana has seen tremendous measures towards institutionalising development evaluation in the entire public sector. Contributions from several stakeholders at different fora, held across the country, gave indications of the high degree of interest in M&E especially the need in drafting of a National...
Work has begun on a new project with Niger and Ghana to write and approve a National Evaluation Policy. Niger held their first workshop in May, with two Twende members attending as peer-support technical advisors. We look forward to seeing two new National Evaluation Policies being approved in due course. To read this story and more, click here for the newsletter…