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Increasingly, we’re working with non-government organisations to develop and refine initiatives that that support people with disability and increase community inclusion. At the start, it isn’t always clear what these initiatives will look like, how they’ll be delivered, or even what outcomes they’ll aim to achieve. As with most community development, they take a co-design… Read more
The worrying decline in trust of public institutions – in Australia and across other western nations – has been a topic of much recent discussion. In a time where evidence and expertise are treated with increasing public scepticism, what then, is the role of evidence-based insights? The 2018 AMSRS Social and Government Data, Evidence, Insights… Read more
Like co-design and nudging, systems thinking is certainly one of the buzz words of our time. At the recent Australian Evaluation Society Conference, Michael Quinn Patton challenged evaluators to move beyond programs to systems, think globally, track interconnections, crack silos and understand interdependence; while Social Design Sydney’s September event centred on how systems thinking can… Read more
We know that citizen engagement is at the heart of a strong democracy. It enables governments to deliver policies and programs that respond to citizens’ needs and helps to build trust in government systems and processes. So, it’s important that we understand how well governments are conducting engagement activities. It’s not enough to know that… Read more
We know there are a range of challenges that NGOs can face when it comes to evaluation. With limited time and resources, NGOs are often left conducting evaluation ‘on a shoestring’. A recent AES seminar in Sydney explored strategies and tips for conducting lean evaluations. The session was well attended by NGOs, academics, consultants and… Read more
When evaluating, should we be focusing solely on the program or should we endeavour to consider its entire ecosystem? At the Australasian Evaluation Society NSW event last month, Michael Reid, Managing Director at The Keyline Group, looked at how we can use the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (the ‘SDGs’) as a framework for taking… Read more
The right of students with disability to education and to develop to their full potential is established in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, and reinforced through legislation. There is also plenty of evidence that inclusive education supports positve outcomes not only for students with disability but all students…. Read more
My recent internship at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) in Stockholm raised a number of important questions for me about how to monitor and evaluate international development programs. Trying to demonstrate a program’s ‘impact’ can often feel overwhelming, given that development goals are long-term and complex processes dependent on a… Read more
The idea that there might be a crisis of expertise in policymaking – a questioning of the role and legitimacy of expertise – is challenging for a public policy consultant. But, for an evaluator, it’s a given that evaluative evidence is only one piece in the policymaking puzzle. We might want it to have more… Read more