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Providing performance recommendations to the World Food Programme
We are synthesising evaluations of the WFP from between 2018 and 2021 to provide evidence and recommendations on performance measurement and...
How Finagle’s law can inform more impactful evaluations
Generating useful information for decision-makers is especially hard when conducting complex evaluations. But an article by Itad and KIT Royal...
Developing LateriteAI – technology to automate tedious research tasks
Dimitri Stoelinga, co-founder of Laterite, shares their journey towards creating LateriteAI, a platform that harnesses the power of large...
Three years into the pandemic, what have we learned?
Today sees the launch of the first-ever and largest evaluation of humanitarian response to a pandemic, with best practices and lessons to step-up...
Three ways global evaluation organisations can help to localise MEL
Localising and decolonising the practice of monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) is an imperative of our era. It requires a step change for...
Embedding systems thinking in daily learning
Methodological innovation offers new ways to understand the complexity of the systems in which we operate. So, when global foundation Luminate...
Developing a learning system rooted in relational wellbeing
Marcus Jenal, Strategic Learning & Evaluation Lead at Fondation Botnar, invites feedback on his organisation’s ambitious attempt to develop a...
Harnessing the potential of natural language processing for MEL
Working in partnership, Itad and CASM Technology have been exploring the power of natural language processing (NLP) techniques to generate...
Locally led monitoring and evaluation – what role can we play at Itad?
Fostering equitable and localised modes of working is hugely important to Itad, but is not without its challenges. In this blog, we outline some...
Exploring new technical innovations in MEL for systemic change
Join us for a cross-sector discussion on how we can best undertake strategic learning and evaluation using a systems perspective, and whether and...
Localising monitoring, evaluation and learning: a 360 perspective
Good monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) practice should prioritise culturally relevant approaches, generate useful insights and support...
Learning brief: savings products for low income customers
Can these be provided sustainably and at scale? Read this learning brief to find out how some financial service providers are answering this as...
Addressing this decade’s greatest evaluation challenges
The interlinked crises facing the world today require a bold agenda for change in the monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) ecosystem. Join...
You can’t achieve system change without investing in advocacy
Drawing from more than 30 Itad evaluations focused on advocacy, we outline the five big lessons we’ve learnt and that we think any funder of...
Localising monitoring, evaluation and learning (online event)
Join us for a cross-sector discussion to advance understandings of how we can support the localisation of MEL.
Supporting social enterprises to understand their impact
Social enterprises are once again on the agenda at this year’s World Economic Forum, this time with an emphasis on scaling and partnerships for...
What makes evaluations impactful?
Insights from a panel discussion as part of our first ever company-wide Knowledge and Learning Day.
Building foundations for development impact in large scale research funds
Assessing how the Global Challenges Research Fund created the environment for impact in its early years and achieve sustainable development...
Event: Better evaluations of Health Systems Strengthening
Join us to discuss the findings of a major initiative to help develop more effective Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) Evaluations.
Health Systems Strengthening Evaluation Collaborative
Collective impact to improve Health System Strengthening (HSS) evaluation: developing a focused, common agenda and a shared understanding towards...
Current knowledge of the links between climate and conflict
An interactive poster capturing current trends and links in knowledge and thinking between climate, conflict and peacebuilding.
Sector-wide Theory of Change for Mine Action
Shared mine action objectives and indicators to facilitate greater coherence in the sector
Mainstreaming climate concerns into conflict-related evaluation work
Our work with UK Government is highlighting the value of applying a climate lens to conflict-related development programming.
Supporting climate justice through collaborative learning
Our work with Porticus is highlighting the value of collaborative learning to shape climate justice initiatives more effectively.