IACDI

Following substantive discussion of a draft during the February meeting, IACDI formally approved Evaluation Department's (EvD) Studies Workplan for 2010-11 on 10th June.  EvD's formal paper to IACDI is the first document below along with each of the 15 Study Briefs: Studies Workplan 2010-11 Study Brief Public Financial Management Study Brief Humanitarian Study Brief Conflict Prevention & Peacebuilding Democratic Republic of [...]

The 10th IACDI meeting covered: IAD Annual Report on Follow up to Evaluation Recommendations 08/09, presentation on Lesson Learning in DFID, Formal approval of te 10/11 EVD workplan. In addition the committee was joined by Michael Anderson (DG Research, Policy and International Relations), Liz Ditchburn (Head of Value for Money and Head of  Abercrombie House), [...]

The 9th IACDI meeting was held on Wednesday 24 February 2010 in DFID, Palace Street. The main agenda items covered: Evaluation Department's Studies Work-plan for 2010-11; Evaluation Resources; Lesson Learning; A presentation on the Cross Government Evaluation Group; Impact Evaluation; Update on the Ghana Case Study; IACDI Achievements & Forward Look. Full version of the minutes

Click here to access the 2009 Independent Evaluation Report.

To assist in fulfilling its role of monitoring evaluation quality in DFID, IACDI commissioned a review to assess the quality of DFID’s evaluation reports and assurance systems.    The paper has two purposes. Firstly, it summarises the methods used in the review, the main findings and recommendations. Secondly, it lays out recommendations, for enhancing evaluation quality and discusses whether the [...]

The Quality of DFID's Evaluation Reports and Assurance Systems Request for comments on reports ( by Roger Riddell, Burt Perrin and Richard Manning) commissioned by IACDI. As part of its role in monitoring evaluation quality in DFID, IACDI commissioned a review to assess the quality of DFID's evaluation reports and its assurance systems. The review is now [...]

The next IACDI meeting will take place in DFID (Palace Street, Victoria, London) on Wednesday 4th November (pm) and 5th November (am). This meeting will review the Quality Review reports, consider EvD's Annual Report and deliberate IACDI's annual letter to DFID's Secretary of State.

Request for comments on reports ( by Roger Riddell, Burt Perrin and Richard Manning) commissioned by IACDI. As part of its role in monitoring evaluation quality in DFID, IACDI commissioned a review to assess the quality of DFID's evaluation reports and its assurance systems. The review is now complete and available here on the website in [...]

Part of IACDI's remit is to decide which topics should be covered by DFID's independent evaluations - a significant change from the previous approach, and a recognition that independence in selection of evaluation topics is an important dimension of evaluation independence. IACDI have signed off the attached Forward Work Programme 2009/10, which also has a [...]

'Building the evidence to reduce poverty', endorsed by the IACDI, sets out how DFID will increase the investigation and communication of the results of its work overseas, through more extensive and rigorous evaluation processes, also ensuring lessons are learned for the future. 'Building the evidence to reduce poverty' sets out an approach to evaluation focused around four [...]