The Owl RE team writes and speaks regularly on evaluation and related areas. Our philosophy is to share as much as possible our know-how and beliefs on the exciting and topsy-turvy world of evaluation. We also encourage our clients to share their evaluation reports. On this page you will find all our available resources. Please feel free to share and use.
Lois and Glenn were the lead researchers for this baseline report for the Transforming Surge Capacity project led by ActionAid in coalition with 11 other INGOs. The baseline was key for understanding the current capacity of the INGOs in surge capacity across Asia and the challenges faced.
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Lois led this five person team for a global stakeholder consultation on the status of humanitarian standards. Conducted in Arabic, English, French and Spanish, onsite visits were carried out in Mexico, Panama, Senegal, Kenya, South Sudan, Lebanon and Egypt for interviews and discussions with humanitarian practitioners and affected communities. The findings were discussed at validation workshops using interactive exercises and video testimonies. The findings of the consultation supported the humanitarian sector in moving towards creating a common humanitarian standard – the core humanitarian standard.
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Owl RE carried out a mid-point evaluation for Oxfam’s global campaign on food justice – GROW. Onsite evaluation were carried out in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Guatemala and the Netherlands. The evaluation findings and recommendations supported Oxfam in the direction and focus of the second phase of the campaign.
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This evaluation provided an assessment of Oxfam’s contribution to policy changes in favour of poverty reduction and global development. The evaluation was carried out through stakeholder interviews, country visits ( Brazil, France, Haiti, India, Mexico, Spain, South Africa, USA), financial analysis on overseas development aid data, policy analysis of development/aid policies. The evaluation was carried out closely with the Oxfam campaigning team and some 30 local partners. Glenn led an eight person team for this evaluation.
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Owl RE carried out an evaluation of NRC’s global advocacy initiative on housing, land and property. The evaluation identified successful approaches and potential for improvement in programme-based advocacy at the global level. The evaluation supported NRC in its review and reorientation of its HLP advocacy.
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Lois and Glenn provided research support over three years for the Transforming Surge Capacity project led by ActionAid in coalition with 11 other INGOs. The project’s learnings and recommendations for the humanitarian sector on surge were presented in the report “The future of humanitarian surge”.
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Glenn was the lead evaluator on this needs assessment of knowledge management of the Global Environmental Facility and its worldwide network of partners. The needs assessment used a mixed-methods approach including interviews, focus groups, surveys, citation analysis, benchmarking study and meta-analysis of previous evaluations and studies. The recommendations of the assessment were endorsed in November 2017 by GEF Council, its governing body.
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Owl RE carried out an evaluation of the 48th World Conference on Lung Health. 1,300 conference participants completed an online survey in English or Spanish that supported the conference secretariat in evaluating key aspects of the conference including the setting, quality of content and organisational factors. The evaluation report fed into key decision-making and planning for future conferences.
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Owl RE supported WIPO in carrying out an evaluation of their corporate communications across the organisation. The evaluation assessed the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of corporate communications and used a variety of methods including semi-structured interviews, focus groups, surveys and media/social media data. The evaluation used a participatory approach involving relevant WIPO staff and external stakeholders in the consultation process. The evaluation had considerable impact within the organisation in shaping the direction and set-up of communications for WIPO.
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