When Empathy Amplifies Data - a blog by GEI Communications Consultant Graham Holliday

When Empathy Amplifies Data

How do you humanize data? In this blog post, GEI Communications Consultant Graham Holliday invites us to look beyond the numbers and recognize the human beings, lives, and experiences behind them.

IEG Director General Sabine Bernabe during a visit to the Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results for Anglophone Africa (CLEAR-AA), a GEI implementing partner

Building Early Wins into Evaluation Systems

GEI Program Manager Dugan Fraser reflects on the importance of celebrating the small yet meaningful victories we earn along the lengthy and often challenging journey towards building strong M&E systems.

Harnessing evaluations for sustainable development

Harnessing Evaluations for Sustainable Development: A Call to Action

As the world grapples with pressing environmental challenges, the importance of integrating environmental considerations into evaluation practices has never been more crucial, presenting challenges and opportunities for evaluators and policymakers alike.

The 11th African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) Conference in Kigali, Rwanda

Reflections on the 11th African Evaluation Association Conference in Kigali, Rwanda

GEI Communications Consultant Megan Alianne Cooke shares key insights from the peer-to-peer learning and knowledge exchange that transpired during the 11th AfrEA Conference in Kigali, Rwanda.

The Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI) at the 11th African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) Conference in Kigali, Rwanda

Uniting for Impact: The Power of Collaboration and In-Person Connections at the AfrEA Conference 

As a network with multiple partners all over the world, GEI often comes off as a complex and fragmented organization. Patrizia Cocca, GEI's Communications and KM Lead, saw an opportunity for the GEI network to come together and demonstrate its unity at the 11th AfrEA Conference.

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Making Evaluation Work for Gender Equality and Social Justice: Why We Need More Feminist Evaluations

For evaluation to support transformation towards gender equality, evaluators will need to make a shift towards conceptual and methodological approaches that are more responsive to context, culture, and power dynamics.

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

Addressing gender inequalities requires a shift in perspective among development professionals, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) practitioners, and policymakers - moving from a focus on intervention activities to a consideration of beneficiaries' needs.

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Building Systemic Change: GEI's Comprehensive Approach to Capacity Building

Building monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacity is at the heart of GEI’s mission and a central component of strengthening national M&E systems.

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A Journey to Shape CLEAR-LAC's Future

Cristian Crespo, Executive Director of CLEAR-LAC, reflects on what he and his team learned on a recent trip around the LAC region.

Inclusive Systemic Thinking for Evaluation

Being Curious and Judgmental: Inclusive Systemic Thinking for Evaluation

Evaluators must exercise judgment, making subjective and critical assessments. But does being “judgmental” mean losing curiosity? Can curiosity enhance the evaluator's role and is it their duty to integrate curiosity into their practice and even prioritize it?