Policy engagement online tool for IFAD country programme
The International Agricultural Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) – an international financial institution – is increasingly attempting to...
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Communications monitoring, evaluating and learning toolkit
This toolkit provides a framework to think about communications monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), and provides example questions, indicators and tools to do...
Series on MEL for think tanks: conclusion
This series included 5 articles about the MEL of think tanks. The series began with a discussion by Dena Lomofsky of the challenges and possibilities of monitoring, evaluation and learning in...
MEL of governance for think tanks
Research and communication tend to receive more attention than governance and management when it comes to the study and support of think tanks. Yet, without sound governance and management,...
Communications, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer
The Communications, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (CMEL) Officer will play a leading role in a fully funded, multimillion-dollar project to rapidly accelerate the global creation,...
Telling your story of policy influence
When it comes to telling the story of what your organisation does, its achievements and failures, it is critical that you have all the available evidence that supports your statements. You...
Monitoring your communications: try this
Monitoring and evaluation – M&E, or MEL as it has come to be known, the ‘L’ standing for learning – has a bad reputation. It’s difficult. It’s boring. Pulling all the...
Reflections on monitoring, evaluation and learning
After taking a course on MEL, I was invited to share some of my reflections: There is no doubt that M&E is important and beneficial to organizations and their...
Six ways think tanks can overcome angst about impact
The best think tanks around the world provide timely, independent research that informs policy decisions and improves lives. Yet many of these organizations struggle...
MEL for a think tank: test drive or driving test?
This year our center, Society and Environment, introduced MEL into one of its projects related to green growth indicators and monitoring. To be an environmental think-tank in Ukraine you...
Four questions to assess your research communications impact
Research can have an impact. But only if we get our research to the right people, at the right time, and in a way they can relate to. Considering how vital...
Monitoring, evaluation and learning in a South African think tank
I recently had the opportunity to work on a project that involved the development of a monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) system for a project called Global...