Evaluation as profession and practice Archives

Updating the DAC Criteria, Part 11 (FINAL). From Evaluation Criteria to Design Principles

October 13, 2018 Zenda Ofir 2

**10 min read** Evaluation criteria used in development contexts do not only show what evaluation commissioners, evaluators and other stakeholders value. They also provide an indication of the issues that could – and likely should – be a focus in ... Read more »

Updating the DAC Criteria, Part 10. Sleepwalking towards irrelevance

October 10, 2018 Zenda Ofir 10

**8 min read** We are sleepwalking towards irrelevance. Not because we do not do some worthwhile things. We do. But because those with power – and evaluation professionals in general – appear to be unaware or unmoved by much of ... Read more »

Weronika Felcis’s Top Tip not only for YEEs: The resilience of evaluation in turbulent times

September 21, 2018 Weronika Felcis 0

**8 min read** Apart from being a leader in evaluation in different capacities, Weronika is one of the most thoughtful evaluation specialists I have ever met. Her perspectives on evaluation strongly resonate and align with mine – including the content ... Read more »

The Responsibility of Evaluators

September 18, 2018 Zenda Ofir 0

**3 min read** What is the responsibility of evaluators in the era in which we live today? This is one of the issues I raised in my keynote presentation at the UK Evaluation Society earlier this year, and which I ... Read more »

Updating the DAC Evaluation Criteria, Part 9. Our responsibilities, our obligations

August 16, 2018 Zenda Ofir 0

**6 min read** Our evaluation criteria are fundamental to the credibility and utility of our evaluations. Yet we have allowed one set of criteria – the DAC criteria – to dominate the focus of our evaluations. What they become, or ... Read more »

Updating the DAC Evaluation Criteria, Part 8. A Global South, Global North lens on evaluation – 2.

August 10, 2018 Zenda Ofir 2

**10 min read** In my previous post I started to make the case for the evaluation of transformative change and transformative development in a way that recognises the differences between what we call the Global South and Global North, and ... Read more »

Updating the DAC Evaluation Criteria, Part 8. A Global South, Global North lens on evaluation – 1.

August 8, 2018 Zenda Ofir 2

**6 min read** Now that the concept of “developing” and “developed” countries is at last unfashionable, is a special focus on “development evaluation” still useful? Is the less emotive, more palatable Global South / Global North terminology more appropriate, and ... Read more »

Zenda’s Top Ten Tips for YEEs – 2

July 31, 2018 Zenda Ofir 0

**Ten minute read** While the five ‘Top Ten Tips’ in my previous post for Young and Emerging Evaluators (YEEs) related more to overall approaches to evaluation practice, the next five are intended to zoom in on a few technical matters ... Read more »