Strengthening evaluation capacity in organisations to improve adaptation outcomes
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2016
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Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA), IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA
Abstract
The paper draws lessons useful for building evaluation capacity and for cultivating an evaluative culture; it considers the challenges to effectively evaluating climate adaptation in Africa and to building related capacity within organizations. This capacity is critical for processes of instigating and engaging with institutional reform, and important for enabling access to adaptation finance. Evaluation capacity building (ECB), which includes the teaching or promotion of evaluative thinking, is shaped by an organization’s culture of enquiry: how learning is valued, communication channels, mechanisms for engaging people in evaluation, and the influence of leadership in facilitating all of these.
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Includes abstract in French
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Synthesis Report
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EVALUATION, RESULTS BASED MANAGEMENT, OUTCOME MAPPING, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, AFRICA, EVALUATION CAPACITY BUILDING