Practical Responses to Current Monitoring and Evaluation Debates
INTRAC M&E Workshop
Wednesday 27th November 2013 10h00 – 17h30
St Anne’s College, Oxford
AGENDA
Wednesday 27 November 2012
10:00 – 10:30
Arrival with tea and coffee
If you have not already done so please sign up for the morning and afternoon Themed Groups.
10:30 – 11:15
Session 1: Welcome and introductions to the day
 Michael Hammer, INTRAC
Overview of the day
 Objectives of the day
 Questions and thoughts on themes
 Overview of the agenda
Facilitator: Anne Garbutt
Room: Tsuzuki Theatre
11:15 – 13:00
Session 2: Themed groups (Morning Session)
Participants will break into four groups. The sessions will be participatory and draw on insights from
several case studies (different case studies will be used in the morning and afternoon sessions):
Group 1: Designing and using baselines for complex programmes.
Case studies:
- Establishing Baselines in Diverse Programmes: Practical Action, UK
- Measuring the impact of media programming: lessons learned from baseline data. BBC
Media Action
Facilitator: Anne Garbutt, INTRAC Fellow
Group 2: Using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in M&E.
Case studies:
- Digital Data Gathering in Concern Worldwide’s Monitoring and Evaluation. Concern
Worldwide
- Scoring perceptions of services in the Maldives: the power of instant feedback. Oxford Policy
Management
- Understanding the Impact of Amnesty’s International Members. Amnesty International
Facilitator: Rachel Hayman, Head of Research, INTRAC
Group 3: Experimental and quasi-experimental methods in M&E, including randomised control trials.
Case studies:
- Project Effectiveness Reviews: Oxfam GB. Oxfam GB
- Supporting Marginalised Girls In Sierra Leone: Plan International UK’s Quasi Experimental
Approach to Measure Improvements in Education. Plan UK
Facilitator: Alison Napier, Principal Consultant, INTRAC
Group 4: M&E of Advocacy.
Case studies:
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Developing a Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (PMEL) System for Global
Witness. Jenny Ross (Consultant and INTRAC Associate) and Gavin Hayman (Global
Witness)
- Tracking advocacy efforts: Save the Children’s Advocacy Monitoring Tool. Save the
Children.
Facilitator: Sarah Rose, Principal Consultant, INTRAC
Tea and coffees will be available at 12.00.
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
Gallery of morning Themed Groups session in the foyer.
14:00 – 15:30
Session 3: Themed groups (Afternoon Session)
Participants will break into four groups. The sessions will be participatory and draw on insights from
several case studies (different case studies will be used in the morning and afternoon sessions):
Group 5: Designing and using baselines for complex programmes.
Case studies:
- The Challenges of Designing a Cross-Cultural Measure of Political Participation. BBC Media
Action
Facilitator: Anne Garbutt, INTRAC Fellow
Group 6: Using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in M&E.
Case studies:
- Using SMS to gather beneficiary feedback. Social Impact Lab
- Goal’s Syria Programme Information Management System. GOAL Ireland
- This session will also bring in Understanding the Impact of Amnesty’s International
Members. Amnesty International
Facilitator: Rachel Hayman, Head of Research, INTRAC
Group 7: Experimental and quasi-experimental methods in M&E, including randomised control trials.
Case studies:
- Use of RCT for Girls Education Project Baseline in Zimbabwe. World Vision (TBC)
- An Innovative Approach to M&E: AKDN’s Quality of Life Assessments. Aga Khan
Development Network (AKDN)
Facilitator: Alison Napier, Principal Consultant, INTRAC
Group 8: M&E of Advocacy.
Case studies:
- Supporting international climate negotiators: a monitoring and evaluation framework.
Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
- Using ‘theory of change’ approach to assess human rights advocacy. Amnesty
International
Facilitator: Sarah Rose, Principal Consultant, INTRAC
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15:30 – 16:00
Tea and coffee break
16:00 – 17:00
Session 4: Feedback session on Themed Groups
In this session participants will break into four groups based on the coloured sticker received from
Themed leaders. There will be four 15 minute presentations, and 5 minutes for a question and answer
session. The groups will move four times to hear feedback on four themes.
Participants to write the ‘1 big thing’ they have learnt from the day on the cards.
17:00 – 17:30
Session 5: The four big solutions to M&E
In this session participants will hear the four big solutions to M&E that have emerged from the day.
Chair: Brian Pratt, INTRAC
Room: Tsuzuki Theatre
17:30
17.30 -18.30
Finish
Drinks reception: Welcome to INTRAC’s New Executive Director, Michael Hammer and goodbye and
thank you to INTRAC’s former Executive Director, Brian Pratt. Please see details overleaf.
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INTRAC Drinks Reception
Farewell to Brian and Welcome to Michael
Dear Colleagues,
Wed 27 November
2013
17:30-18.30
St. Annes's
College,
Woodstock
Road, Oxford, OX2
6HS
Foyer A, Ruth
Deech Building
Please join us for a drinks reception to bid farewell to Brian
Pratt, INTRAC’s founding Director, and give a warm welcome
to Michael Hammer.
We will start up with contributions from some of Brian's
companions on the INTRAC journey. Interspersed with drinks,
we hope that this will also jog your memories of these
extraordinary 23 years and help us to celebrate.
I look forward to welcoming you.
Best wishes,
Zoe Wilkinson
INTRAC Events Manager
INTRAC Drinks Reception
Farewell to Brian and Welcome to Michael
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