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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...
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...
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...
Developing a learning system rooted in relational wellbeing
Marcus Jenal, Strategic Learning & Evaluation Lead at Fondation Botnar, invites feedback on his organisation’s ambitious...
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...
Learning brief: Learning from the Men and Women for Gender Equality programme
This brief summarises the key lessons from our evaluation of UN Women's vanguard regional programme in six Arab states.
Embracing equity when engaging men and boys for gender equality
When working with men and boys to address masculinities, switching from an equality lens to an equity lens can bring...
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...
Get to know Itad’s US office
Get to know our US Director, Mike Klein, and Deputy Director, Ali Cervini Mull as they share what innovations in evaluation...
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...
Localising monitoring, evaluation and learning: a 360 perspective
Good monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) practice should prioritise culturally relevant approaches, generate useful...
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...
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...
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...
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...
