Course Overview
Training of “Evaluative Thinking”, which will be held on 20 February 2018, is designed to introduce various basic concepts of high quality evaluation design and implementation. Participants will learn the concept and basic process of evaluative reasoning, which differentiates evaluation from other forms of research, and which is the foundation for all evaluation intended to answer evaluative questions that require judgement.
Participants will have the opportunity to learn and apply approaches that have been developed by SOLIDARITAS and Clear Horizon (Australia) over several years. The training is interactive, with participants working in small groups to understand and apply the concepts that are introduced.
Expected Training Results
By the end of the training, participants are expected to:
- Understand the general definition of evaluation (and relationship between monitoring and evaluation)
- Understand process and basic elements of evaluative thinking
- Understand the role and importance of evaluation criteria and evaluation questions
- Understand approaches to identifying and clarifying performance expectations (including by developing evaluative rubrics)
- Understand the relationship between data collection, analysis, and evaluative judgment
Target Participant
This training will be held in Bahasa Indonesia and is ideal for junior- or mid-level practitioners and academics who are eager to enhance their conceptual understanding of evaluation in order to improve their capacity as evaluators and/or M&E practitioners.
Training Team
Nanda Sirajulmunir
Director, SOLIDARITAS
Nanda is a Director at SOLIDARITAS. He lead SOLIDARITAS work related to the development of M&E systems design and implementation. He has more than 10 years experience in developing M&E system for NGOs and donors in various location in Indonesia.
Rahmi Yunita
Associate, SOLIDARITAS
Tita has more than 15 years experience in program management for non-profit organization, as well as facilitation of planning, evaluation and learning processes. In recent years, Tita has been specifically focus on the utilization of continuous learning principle.