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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BCURE Literature Review Section 1 – What is ‘building capacity for evidence-informed policy making’?
This section of the BCURE Literature Review discusses the theories and assumptions underpinning the BCURE programme.
BCURE Literature Review Section 2 – What factors promote and constrain evidence-informed policy making?
There is a large amount of evidence on the barriers to and facilitators of EIPM, synthesised in a number of secondary reviews....
BCURE Literature Review Section 3 – What is the evidence on how to build capacity for evidence-informed policy making?
This section of the BCURE Literature Review examines primary evidence from studies of interventions aiming to build capacity...
BCURE Literature Review – How can capacity development promote evidence-informed policy making?
This literature review examines how and why different approaches to capacity building for evidence-informed policy making...
External Review of the Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA)
The Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) is a World Bank Group study collecting unique data on the regulations that...
60 Seconds with…Ed Hedley
Our ‘60 Seconds with…’ blogs are designed to provide a quick run down of what our staff do here at Itad. Here is what Ed...
A Value for Money (VfM) Analysis for RAP 3
The Value for Money (VFM) analysis of RAP is one-off review assessing what is driving costs and to ensure that the programme...
60 Seconds with…Emmeline Willcocks
Our ‘60 Seconds with…’ blogs are designed to provide a quick run down of what our staff do here at Itad. Here is what...
Rapid Perception Survey on “Bikash ko Bato” – A joint RAP and MEL report
RAP 3's communication strategy included the “10 RAP Principles – that guide all activities and communications”. It also...
Strengthening the enabling environment for young women’s empowerment in Nigeria: unpacking Voices for Change vision of change
On International Women’s Day, Claire Hughes, who leads Itad’s work on gender, reflects on the Voices for Change pathway to...
AIDS, TB and Malaria: What difference is the Global Fund making?
In 2015 Itad, together with Euro Health Group and the University of California, San Francisco, was commissioned by the Global...
Aligning methods to inspire and monitor change
Kate Hale reflects on our work with Tostan, and how aligning methods can work to monitor change, after International Day of...
Gender Equality: what’s in it for men?
Itad's Julia Hamaus reflects on V4C's 'Being a Man in Nigeria: Perceptions and Realities' launch in London, and men's...
Zanzibar Non State Actors Support Programme (ZANSASP)
Itad is the monitoring and evaluation specialist organisation in the Zanzibar Non State Actors Support Programme consortium...
Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE)
Itad is a member of the ODI-led consortium that has been contracted to lead the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence...
Flexible and Adaptive…How Original
The title of this post relates to how adaptive programming was presented at a recent donor meeting, the aim being to profile a...