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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Why funders need to practice adaptive portfolio management to support systems change
Much like traditional investors, development funders often manage portfolios of investments. But what does it mean to manage a...
First GPE 2020 country-level prospective evaluation reports published
The first set of annual country reports for our prospective evaluation of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) have been...
Portfolio evaluation of advocates working in the global health research and development space
Research and development for global health is a broad sphere of activities that addresses some of the most neglected areas of...
Podcast: Learning from evaluating HCD field work
Itad's Stefanie Wallach joined Tiffany Franke on the Adolescents Insights group podcast series (made for the HCD Exchange)...
60 seconds with…Fergal Turner
Our ‘60 Seconds with…’ blogs are designed to provide a quick run down of what our staff do here at Itad. Here is what...
Technical Review of Learning Targets Approach for Highly Marginalised Girls
The Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC) was launched by the UK in 2012 as a 12-year commitment to reach the most marginalised...
New lessons from Mastercard Foundation Savings Learning Lab partners
Partners from the Mastercard Foundation Savings Learning Lab have recently shared lessons from their work in financial...
Strategic Evaluation of WFP Support for Enhanced Resilience
Itad's strategic evaluation provides a formative and forward-looking assessment of WFP’s support for enhanced resilience....
Evaluating transformational change in global programmes that tackle climate change
In this Itad blog, partner Sam McPherson reflects on his trip to the Noor Ouarzazate Concentrated Solar Power Plant for CIF's...
Itad to discuss Global Mine Action Programme evaluation
Itad’s Tom Gillhespy will be at the 22nd International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers...
Adaptive Programming in Fragile, Conflict and Violence-Affected Settings – What works and under what conditions? The Case of PERL, Nigeria
This case study focuses on PERL (Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn) in Nigeria and draws on a conceptual framework (the...
Does adaptive programming work in fragile contexts, and why? The case of PERL in Nigeria
We’ve just published a case study based on a fascinating week in Nigeria last summer, exploring what ‘adaptive...
Changing a Theory of Change: six important lessons from our work with iDSI
In this Itad blog, Laura Hopkins and Stefanie Wallach explore six lessons we've learnt when it comes to changing a theory of...
Evaluating CIF’s contribution to transformational change – new report launched
Itad conducted an independent evaluation of the transformational change that has been supported by CIF, and our...
Evaluation of Transformational Change in the Climate Investment Funds
This report provides the results of an independent evaluation of the transformational change that has been supported by the...
Handbook on Measuring Equity in Education
Our Education Lead, Rachel Outhred, has co-authored a chapter in the UNESCO Institute of Statistic’s recent handbook on...
