Project Evaluation - methodology and practical examples in development contexts

The talk will provide a definition of the concept of evaluation itself and the role of evaluation in development projects. A brief overview will be given over major types of evaluations and their key elements, which are the problem analysis, the theory of change, the project cycle, the logical framework, and the criteria of the OECD Development Assistance Committee („Relevance“, „Effectiveness“, „Efficiency“ and „Sustainability“).
After that, outcomes from recent evaluations of larger programmes of international organizations with an environmental focus will be introduced, for instance of  GEF, UNDP, EU, UNCCD and the German DEVAL Institute. In the second part, typical methods applied in  evaluations will be discussed.

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Invited within the Global Change Ecology Graduate Program

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