Strategic portfolio learning
Understanding how projects, grants, or programmes collectively contribute to higher level goals, and helping decision makers interpret diverse evidence to refine strategy.
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Supporting Norad’s Department for Climate, Nature and the Private Sector
We are working in partnership with Norad (the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation) to support the development and...
Practical guidance for portfolio-level monitoring, evaluation and learning
Portfolio-level MEL requires a different approach to project-level MEL. Our recent work with the Norwegian Agency for...
Evaluation of Norad’s use of knowledge in portfolio management
This report and learning brief draw on Itad's 2024 evaluation of ‘The Norwegian Aid Administration’s approach to knowledge...
Shaping organisational change for more effective philanthropy
An Itad evaluation conducted in partnership with global philanthropic organisation Porticus, led to organisational changes for...
Porticus Portfolio Review: Summary of the final synthesis report
Itad was commissioned by Porticus to provide an independent perspective on how its grant-making portfolios were performing.
Evaluation of the Norwegian aid administration’s approach to portfolio management
Itad and CMI are conducting a utilisation-focused and formative evaluation of the Norwegian aid administration’s (Norad)...