Context and MEL challenge Designing Evaluation and Communication for Impact (DECI) is funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Ottawa). Our partners are researchers in the global South committed to bridging research to policy in dynamic topics. Their applied research efforts are complex and evolving, and require a developmental MEL support. Since 2009 DECI […]| Unstuck by UNDP
“We tend to get lost in solving individual problems, one problem at a time. We tend to search ‘manageable problems’. But have we defined our goals correctly? Are we trying to maximise isolated parameters or to optimise the whole system?”| Unstuck by UNDP
There is growing consensus that meaningful Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) must be intentional, resourced, fit-for-purpose, and focused on utilization. When we talk about MEL that responds to complexity and uncertainty, the conversation often jumps straight to conceptual and methodological innovations. However, what can truly unlock the potential for complexity-aware and systems-informed MEL to support […]| Unstuck by UNDP
As systems change evaluators, we’ve had firsthand experience supporting philanthropy and foundation strategies and portfolio programs aimed at addressing wicked problems — from safe, affordable housing to better health outcomes for vulnerable groups. We’ve learned that more traditional evaluation approaches often fall short when tackling the dynamic and emergent nature of complex systems change. In […]| Unstuck by UNDP
Navigating Public Resources Governance Systems: Public resources and services are necessary for equitable and sustainable development around the world. However, the governance systems that shape how resources are raised and used are often stuck in a vicious cycle of ineffectiveness and exclusion due to power asymmetries, prevailing ideas and norms, and the complexities of reforms […]| Unstuck by UNDP
At the UNDP’s Strategic Innovation Unit, we are trying to challenge the status quo. The Unit was set up in 2020 to address and innovate the ways development practices work. We’ve also been learning lessons from Covid-19: no ad-hoc solutions, such as a contact-tracing app, are alone going to improve our response to the pandemic; […]| Unstuck by UNDP
How do we use contexts to interpret the world in a different way? How do we make sense of messy, tangled-up systems? How do we understand problems in the development sector and frame challenges that communities – and humanity as a whole – are facing? Príspevok Gauging change in the aggregate across portfolios je zobrazený ako prvý na Unstuck by UNDP.| Unstuck by UNDP
How do we use contexts to interpret the world in a different way? How do we make sense of messy, tangled-up systems? How do we understand problems in the development sector and frame challenges that communities – and humanity as a whole – are facing?| Unstuck by UNDP
How do we use contexts to interpret the world in a different way? How do we make sense of messy, tangled-up systems? How do we understand problems in the development sector and frame challenges that communities – and humanity as a whole – are facing?| Unstuck by UNDP
How do we use contexts to interpret the world in a different way? How do we make sense of messy, tangled-up systems? How do we understand problems in the development sector and frame challenges that communities – and humanity as a whole – are facing?| Unstuck by UNDP
How do we use contexts to interpret the world in a different way? How do we make sense of messy, tangled-up systems? How do we understand problems in the development sector and frame challenges that communities – and humanity as a whole – are facing?| Unstuck by UNDP
Observations are a live library of ideas to help you get unstuck. We talk to social development innovators, doers and thinkers and ask them to share their thoughts. These are some of their insights, served as small, refreshing nuggets of wisdom. Please, grab a bite and nurture your imagination!| Unstuck by UNDP
