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Online participants at Evidence 2023 took a tour of the SAMEA Virtual Evaluation guideline with lessons learned from virtual evaluation. This session introduced participants to the SAMEA virtual evaluation guideline - a free digital resource - and shared experiences and lessons learned from virtual evaluation practice in South Africa and Kenya.    Virtual evaluation is the adaptation of an evaluation design and methodology, whereby planning, data collection, data analysis and reporting, take place from a different location separate from where the initiative was implemented i.e., in-person activities are replaced with digital, in-person interaction but without physical contact. Virtual evaluation can be undertaken throughout the evaluation cycle or at key steps e.g., design in-person and undertake data collection virtually. It differs from traditional evaluation practice by increasing the use of technology and secondary data. Watch: https://lnkd.in/dh_5Sh-P. 

In the mother city this week for capacity building on migration data management with the southern and Eastern African region as well as from the horn of Africa with @iom regional office. Important to stress issues of concepts, definitions and use of appropriate data sources. #migration #migstats #samm #armp

Demand for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is crucial for sustained development. M&E systems are made up of various elements, including M&E champion, policy, data management, technology, staffing, and staff capacity. However, one element usually drives the system, and this driver is determined by the demand for evaluation. Although data-driven M&E systems have been criticized for their inability to answer all three M&E functions of accountability, learning, and decision-making, they remain the norm globally because they answer the interests of donors who demand evaluations. But who demands M&E determines the M&E system. This situation underutilizes the M&E function, resulting in limited and unsustainable development despite beautiful project reports to donors. Local stakeholders, including implementing organizations, partners, governments, councils, civil society, community, and parliament, need to use evaluation products. Accountability to these stakeholders is crucial, but learning is even more important to know what worked where and which decision to take at a time. The demand for evaluation by local stakeholders will optimize the M&E functions for sustained development. It is therefore important to educate local stakeholders to take an interest in the M&E functions, especially in Africa. #MandE #Evaluation #SustainableDevelopment

Is your geospatial organization planning to do business in Africa in 2024 or beyond? This new report from the World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) is a must read. Compiled and written by Dr. Shawana Johnson, GISP, and her team at Global Marketing Insights, “Africa Geospatial Public-Private Partnerships: Business and Financial Considerations” presents business tools and detailed guidance on the steps involved in developing effective geospatial partnerships in Africa. Download your copy at: https://lnkd.in/ggGuEWwf

🥁 Open Government Partnership is in the #spotlight ⚡ 2️⃣ packed days at OGP Summit in #Tallinn, #Estonia 👇 ✅ Yesterday, Regional School of Public Administration contributed to the session organised by Joseph Foti about the new OGP Strategy’s line of work related to collaboration with Schools of Government 👉 Olivera Damjanovic presented ReSPA’s #capacitybuilding activities dedicated to OGP principles implemented in cooperation with OGP Support Unit that have been gathering #WesternBalkans high officials, national Point of Contact and #civilservants working on implementing specific OGP commitments and measures 👉 Practitioners, educators and project leaders from all regions discussed the different aspects of educational work and exchanged valuable inputs for #planning the activities within the new OGP line of work for 2023-24.      ✅ Today, OGP #WesternBalkans Regional #Dialogue Session on #OpenData shed light on the implementation of the OGP commitments and measures related to Open data and findings of the OGP Independent Reporting Mechanism ▶ How the Western Balkans are dealing with implementing the measures on Open data ❓ 👉 Andreas Pavlou emphasised the need to appraise the possible results that implementing the measures related to Open data might produce when planning Open data commitments. 👉 Larisa (Panait) Barac presented the latest developments from #Romania in boosting Open data publishing and how Romania is including the perceived use and re-use of Open data when bringing about new policy measures for Open data publishers.   🎯 The most #discussed topics by OGP Point of Contact from #Albania, #BosniaandHerzegovina, #Montenegro, #NorthMacedonia and #Serbia were: low level of opening of existing government data sets, inadequate formats, lack of employees working on open data, lack of awareness on the institutional side and the insufficient knowledge at the side of the civil servants needed for opening of data. #opengovernment #opengov #transparency #publicadministration

Knowledge is the bedrock of progress and access to information is spelt out as a crosscutting issue that supports the #SDGs. The Africa Knowledge Management Hub provides advanced and credible information from relevant publications that track Africa’s progress on the 17 Goals: https://lnkd.in/dz73ebzT

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Is your geospatial organization planning to do business in Africa in 2024 or beyond? This new report from the World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) is a must read. Compiled and written by Dr. Shawana Johnson, GISP, and her team at Global Marketing Insights, “Africa Geospatial Public-Private Partnerships: Business and Financial Considerations” presents business tools and detailed guidance on the steps involved in developing effective geospatial partnerships in Africa. Download your copy at: https://lnkd.in/evsPYmzF

Today is the International Day for Universal Access to Information! 🌐🔍 Did you know that GIZ has a transparency portal where we publish detailed project data and descriptions for ongoing and completed projects? Here you can find aggregated data, as well as detailed information on projects in the countries and regions of assignment. 📊🗺️ Stop by 👉 https://lnkd.in/e4yP4Phg #IDUAI #transparency #informationaccess

Check out the great insights uncovered in this report, “Comprehensive Analysis of the Start-up Ecosystem in Africa. https://lnkd.in/diKtw9Sk