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To better analyze performance, USAID has initiated several key efforts to strengthen the evaluation capacity in the Agency. First, in June 2008, USAID organized two separate evaluation working groups, one internal and one Foreign Affairs Evaluation Working Group (teaming with the Department of State and the Department of Foreign Assistance [DFA]). Next, the Agency is collaborating with DFA to develop and implement a new distance learning course as well as instructor–led classes. Finally, the Agency is developing, (jointly with DFA and RM) new Standards and Guidelines for Evaluating Foreign Assistance and a new Evaluation Glossary.
In addition, the Agency is re-energizing its central evaluation function, as approved by the Administrator on July 25, 2008. Functional statements and position descriptions for the new evaluation division are being drafted, and the agency is planning a visible public “launch” of the new evaluation unit early in 2009. An initial agenda of studies for the central evaluation function is also being created.
Online Course: Foreign Assistance Performance Monitoring and Evaluation
Online Course: Foreign Assistance Performance Monitoring and Evaluation is now available at www.foreignassistance.net, go to public, then evaluation and click course.
The full course involves about 8 hours of online instruction, and includes modules ranging from the M&E framework to conducting evaluations, developing scopes of work, assuring data quality, and review and dissemination of evaluation results.
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