Capacity building in evidence use
Strengthening teams to design, commission, interpret and use evidence in real world decision-making.
We bring lessons from evaluating training and capacity building efforts into our own approach. We work on the principle that accompanying change – rather than imposing change – delivers sustainable results. We have worked with clients of all shapes and sizes to support their training and capacity building needs in line with their organisational culture.
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Evaluation of UNHCR’s Asylum Capacity Development
Global mass displacement has been placing increasingly heavy pressure on the capacity of national asylum systems to process...
Responding to the climate emergency: How we plan to play our part in greening international development
While the world has been consumed by COVID-19 over the past year, the climate emergency remains the crisis of our times.
Lessons for applying contribution analysis to advocacy impact evaluation
Are you trying to evaluate the impact of your advocacy work? Are time and resource constraints making it difficult? Our...
Tools and Tips for Implementing Contribution Analysis
A learning brief published with the Center for Evaluation Innovation sharing lessons on applying contribution analysis to...
International Women’s Day and gender mainstreaming
International Women’s Day (IWD), as always, provides an excellent reference point for stocktaking global progress on gender...
World Food Programme publishes Bangladesh Country Strategic Plan evaluation
The World Food Programme (WFP) has published the Final Report from Itad’s Bangladesh Country Strategic Plan (2016-2020)...
Why human-centered design (HCD) doesn’t always work for international development
A critical look at the use of HCD and what types of problems and organizations are best and worst suited for this method
Mobilising private finance into climate change: Webinar shares evaluation lessons
We were delighted to co-host a webinar on 17 March sharing lessons from the portfolio-level evaluation of the UK’s...
Digital platforms – WISH COVID-19 Learning Brief #4
COVID-19 has disrupted facility-based SRHR services in many countries with reduced face-face contact, leading to increased...
Itad at the International Realist Conference 2021
Itad joined the International Realist Conference 2021 in February. We presented our work on the HMG Climate Change Compass...
How can H2H actors measure outcomes and impact?
The MEAL Advisory Group (MAG) of the H2H Network held a joint learning session 10th December 2020 focused on how to capture...
Gender-Responsive Social Protection Programme evaluation
Social protection for women and girls reduces poverty, improves access to education and health, improves economic...
Developing a strategic learning and evaluation system with Fondation Botnar
Today, over half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. Digital technology is predicted to play an increasingly...
Three blogs you might have missed in 2020
January is a good time to take stock and reflect on the previous year. Here are some of our blogs you might have missed in 2020.
Human-centered design in international development: A review of what works and what doesn’t
Human-centered design (HCD) is a creative problem-solving approach that puts the customer or beneficiary at the centre, with...
What works in human-centered design in international development
The Savings Learning Lab have published a review of human-centered design (HCD) and how it is applied in international...
