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the importance of evidence during COVID-19
The COVID-19 (C19) pandemic has had profound effects on lives around the world and will continue to do so for years, if not...
Framework for transformational change published as learning brief
The framework developed by the team of evaluators working on the Transformational Change in the Climate Investment Funds has...
Three fieldwork tips for junior evaluators
Perhaps it goes without saying but you should know as much as possible about the project, the context and the stakeholders...
Eyes on a prize for climate information services
The UK Aid-funded Ideas to Impact programme, which is managed by an IMC Worldwide-led consortium, has just launched our...
Why we joined the Global Climate Strike
On Friday 20th September, colleagues from across Itad walked out to join the Global Climate Strike in Brighton. Here, some of...
Itad joins Global Climate Strike
On Friday 20th September 2019, staff from across Itad will join thousands of others in a global climate strike, marching...
Dave Wilson to speak at Building a Resilient Future
Dave Wilson, Principal Consultant and lead of the Climate Change theme at Itad, will be speaking at Building resilience for...
Reflections on decentralised climate finance from CBA13
I recently witnessed the potential of a funding mechanism that allows indigenous people and local communities to determine how...
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...
Is my social protection programme ‘shock-responsive’ or ‘adaptive’?
What is adaptive social protection? How does it differ from shock responsive social protection? Why does it matter? These were...
Five key principles for Adaptive Social Protection programming
‘Adaptive Social Protection’ (ASP) came from a realisation that social protection, disaster risk reduction and climate...
The Collaborative Urban Resilience Exchange: lessons on informal settlement data and partnership building
The Collaborative Urban Resilience Exchange took place in Cape Town, from 16–18th July 2018, as part of a collaboration...
What will Ideas to Impact’s evaluation team know about prizes by 2020?
Ideas to Impact’s evaluators from Itad have been refocusing their prize evaluation plans. In this post, they explain what...
What has the evaluation team discovered so far about the Ideas to Impact prizes?
In this blog post, Ideas to Impact's evaluators share their findings from the assessment of the first round of prizes and...
Innovation prizes and support to solvers – how much, how little?
Here we discuss the challenges of running innovation prizes for development and the questions around additional support to...
The road to impact: how do we ensure that evidence is both useful and used?
How do we use evidence to influence? How can we broker a dialogue with new audiences and create spaces where we can learn from...