Andy Rowe Seminar Series
The South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association, in conjunction with the South African Public Service Commission, hosted a seminar series with world renowned evaluation expert Andy Rowe earlier this year. Andy Rowe has thirty years experience as an economist and evaluation consultant in North America, Europe, South Asia, the Western Pacific and the Caribbean. He now works primarily in the resource and environmental sector in the U.S., on urban environmental development assignments in India and community development and coastal conservation in the Western Pacific. He has a PhD from the London School of Economics and is a former President of the Canadian Evaluation Society.
His current assignments include evaluations for the Packard Foundation Conservation and Science program, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the World Bank, US Department of the Interior, and for the UK Department of International Development. Before moving to the U.S. Andy evaluated the consequences of unsustainable resource exploitation efforts such as closure of the Atlantic Groundfish Industry and cessation of a commercial Salmon fishery on Canada’s east coast.
Andy's presentations can be downloaded below. DVDs of his seminars and Q&A sessions will be available at the next SAMEA AGM in August 2010. Orders can be placed with Refilwe (info@samea.org.za)
1. Title: Evaluation Use and Its Implications for Evaluation in South Africa
Date: 15 February 2010
Location: Public Service Commission Offices, Pretoria, South Africa
Presentation: Andy Rowe Evaluation Use
2. Title: Programme Evaluation, Conservation and Use
Date: 16 February 2010 (Morning Session)
Location: Emthonjeni Center, WITS Main Campus, Braamfontein, South Africa
Download Session: Andy Rowe Conservation
Download Session Notes: Conservation NotesAndy Rowe Conservation
Download Evaluation Use and its Implications for South Africa: Evaluation Use Implications
3. Title: Evaluation, Developmental Evaluation of Science Programs and Use
Date: 16 February 2010 (Afternoon Session)
Location: Emthonjeni Center, WITS Main Campus, Braamfontein, South Africa
Download Session: Eval Science Progrs
4. Title: Multi-Level Evaluation Systems and Conflict Resolution in Environmental Settings
Date: 17 February 2010
Location: Public and Development Management, WITS Business School, Parktown South Africa
Download Session: Multi Level Eval
5. Title: Evaluation in Conservation Settings
Date: 18 February 2010
Location: ECDC Building, Ocean Terrace Park, East London, South Africa
Download Session: Eval in Conservation
6. Title: Evaluation in Environmental and Conservation Settings
Date: 19 February 2010
Location: School of Public Management and Planning, Main Campus, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Download Session: See downloads listed above
General Resources
Best Practices
The 10th Annual SAAPAM Conference (2009): Improving Public Sector Performance through M&E (KZN) Download link: Public Sector
Training
International NGO Training and Research Centre:
- Developing M&E Systems for Complex Organizations Download link: M&E Systems
- NGOs and Impact Assessment Download link: NGO Impact
- Performance Management and Evaluation Download link:Performance Mngmt
Other
- PEPFAR II Five Year Strategy (1 December 2009) PEPFAR II
- Monitoring and Evaluation Planning: Guidelines and Tools M&E Planning
- Monitoring and Evaluation Planning: Shortcuts Series M&E Planning Shortcuts
- Evidence Based Policy Analysis in South Africa: Critical Assessment of the Emerging of the Government-Wide M&E System Policy Analysis
- A New Typology of M&E Approaches New Typology
- Monitoring and Evaluation Fundamentals M&E Fundamentals
- Country-Led Monitoring and Evaluation Systems (UNICEF) Country-Led M&E Systems
- Bridging the Gap: The Role of M&E in Evidence-Based Policy Making (UNICEF) Evidence-Based Policy Making
- Service Sustainability for Young Children and Their Families - What Works? Sustainability: Children's Serv
- Lessons Learned from Evaluation (UNEP) Lessons Learnt
- Towards the Single-View Goal: Efficient M&E and Government Transparency and Accountability Towards a Single View Goal
The Lighter (or possibly darker) Side of M&E
- An Evaluation Fairy Tale Snow White Evaluation