Potential workshop topics

Please note: These topics are only a starting point, and other topics and ideas are welcome.


A. Foundational evaluation skills and capabilities
B. New tools; approaches and ways of thinking for a transforming context
C. Advanced evaluation topics


Category A: Foundational evaluation skills and capabilities

Basic concepts of evaluation   

Program logic or program theory

Building a monitoring and evaluation framework

Qualitative enquiry methods for evaluation 

Quantitative methods for evaluation 

Conducting surveys

Interviews and focus groups

Rubrics and scales  

Evaluation ethics

Commissioning an evaluation

Conducting a culturally safe evaluation

Improving the link between evaluation and policy

Data visualisation

Crafting an evaluation report

Ethics and evaluation

Using and communicating evaluation findings 

Building organisational capacity for evaluation


Category B: New approaches and ways of thinking

Developmental evaluation/principles focused evaluation

Evaluation methods for NGOs (or other specific stakeholder groups)

Systems thinking and evaluation

Technology and evaluation

Big data/artificial intelligence and evaluation

Conducting inclusive and/or empowering evaluations

Conducting evaluations in emergent or complex settings

Integrating design thinking and evaluation

Collaborative approaches or frameworks for evaluation


Category C: Advanced topics

Mixed methods and their use in evaluation

Economic approaches in evaluation

Realist Evaluation

Impact evaluation

Contribution analysis and other ways of understanding contribution



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