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Welcome to the Smart Toolkit Website

Fri, 27/01/2012 - 11:30 — Admin

Over the past nine years, the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) in collaboration with other development agencies has been actively involved in developing and promoting the use of methodologies for monitoring and evaluating information products and services in an effort to improve project management both in-house and among its partners. In 2005, CTA along with the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) and a host of other institutions and individuals from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, EU, Canada, Sri Lanka and the United States produced the first version of the Smart Toolkit for Evaluating Information Products and Services.

Highlights of the Smart Toolkit User’s Survey

Fri, 27/04/2012 - 21:33 — Admin

As part of ongoing efforts to monitor and promote the Smart Toolkit, the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) commissioned a survey to get feedback on its use. Over a period of roughly a month (from 26 October – 28 November 2011), the survey was sent to recipients of the Smart Toolkit publication primarily in Africa, Caribbean and Europe. This report presents the results of the survey.

SPC to collaborate with the Caribbean on the conservation of genetic resources

Thu, 19/04/2012 - 02:40 — Vinesh Prasad

16 April 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Centre for Pa

DAC Quality Standards for Development Evaluation: Arabic/French/English Version

Tue, 13/03/2012 - 13:47 — Admin

In partnership with the United Arab Emirates, the Islamic Development Bank and the African Development Bank, the DAC Network on Development Evaluation is pleased to make available copies of the trilingual Arabic/French/English DAC Quality Standards for Development Evaluation for distribution in relevant country programmes and offices. The standards, a key reference in development evaluation, are intended to help strengthen evaluation capacities and support collaboration among development partners working in Arabic-speaking countries.

Learn to evaluate your work, regional information and communicators told

Thu, 16/02/2012 - 09:58 — Fiji Group

 Smart toolkit workshop, Nadi, Fiji, 13-17 February 2012 – Every year we churn out newsletters, posters, pamphlets and news articles and press releases. But how many of these information materials are actually being read or used, how many contain information that is crucial to decision making, or to educating our people?

Hindrances in Monitoring and Evaluating Information Products and Services: Results from the LinkedIn Group Discussion

Mon, 14/11/2011 - 17:48 — Admin

In general, information practitioners appreciate the need to monitor and evaluate information projects, products and services. However, feedback suggests that many practitioners find it difficult to do so. From the discussions on LinkedIn (Smart toolkit group), there are many aspects to this problem.

UNICEF publication on "How to design and manage Equity-focused evaluations"

Tue, 25/10/2011 - 00:00 — Admin

The push for a stronger focus on equity in human development is gathering momentum at the international level. Its premise is increasingly supported by United Nations reports and strategies as well as by independent analysis. More and more national policies and international alliances are focusing on achieving equitable development results. While this is the right way to go, it poses important challenges – and opportunities – to the evaluation function.

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