By Ricardo Ramirez, DECI-4. In utilization focused evaluation (UFE) and its developmental variation (UFDE), engaging primary interested users (PIUs) appears straightforward on the surface. An important step for the evaluators is to convey their role and obligations as clearly and as early as possible. This step means explaining that for PIUs to take on this [...]
By Ricardo Ramirez and Dal Brodhead, DECI-4. Those of us working at the research-to-policy interface, often talk about the importance of evidence-based policymaking. Is our compulsion to bombard policy makers with evidence akin to the advertising industry’s strategies to convince us to buy shampoo? While advertisers show images of a model’s flowing, shiny hair as [...]
By Vira Ramelan and Wendy Quarry, DECI-4. In recent months, our small team of DECI mentors has been asked to look back and reflect on where we are going, how well we are doing and more importantly, how well the research teams in the institutes we mentor are responding to our discussions on evaluation and [...]
By Joaquin Navas, Ricardo Ramírez & Mariana López-Fernández, DECI-4. DECI (Designing Evaluation and Communication for Impact) is an action-research project on capacity building in evaluation and communication. By combining evaluation and communication, the DECI model provides a decision making framework that helps social development and research projects to be more strategic and adaptable to unexpected [...]
Por Joaquin Navas, Ricardo Ramírez & Mariana López-Fernández, DECI-4. DECI es una iniciativa de acción-investigación acerca de cómo desarrollar capacidades en el ámbito de la evaluación y de la comunicación dentro de proyectos de investigación para el desarrollo. DECI combina la evaluación y la comunicación creando un marco para la toma de decisiones que ayuda [...]