Value for Investment now used in whole-of-government evaluation training in UK
The Value for Investment approach is now included in evaluation training at whole-of-government level in the UK through the Evaluation Task Force (ETF). The ETF is a joint HM Treasury and Cabinet Office unit established to ensure evidence and evaluation sit at the heart of spending decisions. The ETF’s Evaluation Academy trains evaluators across the UK government, using a train-the-trainer model. The value for money (VfM) training module recommends the use ...
March 8, 2024Nan Wehipeihana honoured in the Evaluation Journal of Australasia
Kinnect Group member Nan Wehipeihana, Director of Weaving Insights, recently provided her evaluator perspective as a Fellow of the Australian Evaluation Society to Anthea Rutter. “Members who have made a long-term and wide-ranging contribution to the Australian Evaluation Society (AES) and the field of evaluation are recognised through a special category of membership called ‘Fellow of the AES’. Nan was made a Fellow in 2021. She has been in the evaluation profession since the la...
December 15, 2023New guide to apply VfI in health and social services settings available
Kinnect Group member Dovetail Consulting recently conducted a VfI evaluation of the national Youth Primary Care Mental Health and Addictions Initiative. As part of this project they developed a new VfI guide. The guide helps evaluators apply the approach in health and social services settings. In this guide the team observed:“VfI isn’t a method; it’s a system, comprising a set of principles and a process within which evaluators are encouraged to work reflectively and re...
October 20, 2023Using case studies to show inspiring farm community led environmental action
Kinnect Group member, Judy Oakden, Director of Pragmatica is adept in preparing case studies to capture key progress of government agencies and NGO’s strategies, policies and programmes. An example is two case studies Pragmatica prepared in 2022 and 2023 on the work of Thriving Southland. The cases highlight the ongoing success of their community led response to environmental challenges. The latest 2023 case study, Inspiring community action: Thriving Southland provides extensio...
August 18, 2023UK Evaluation Society Innovation in Methodologies Prize
Julian King, with UK-based colleagues Esther Namukasa and Alex Hurrell, received the UK Evaluation Society Innovation in Methodologies Prize for their presentation at the 2022 UK Evaluation Conference. The presentation, Theory-based evaluation: incorporating value creation in a theory of change, described how Oxford Policy Management has applied this innovation in value for money frameworks for development programmes....
July 20, 2022American Evaluation Association’s Outstanding Evaluation Award 2019
Kinnect Group members Kate McKegg and Judy Oakden, with our evaluation colleagues Debbie Goodwin and Jacqui Henry, received the prestigious American Evaluation Association’s Outstanding Evaluation Award in 2019. The award is for the Developmental Evaluation of the Waikato Regional Council’s Collaborative Stakeholder Group process. This award is significant for the field of evaluation. It recognises a developmental evaluation, using evaluation specific methodology, as a form of outstanding ev...
November 12, 2019Developmental Evaluation Institute for Social Justice: Faster Forward Fund Grant
The Developmental Evaluation for Social Justice Institute is the brainchild of Nora Murphy of the TerraLuna Collaborative and Kate McKegg and Nan Wehipeihana of the Kinnect Group....
September 16, 2019Release Announcement: Evaluation Building Blocks – A Guide
The Kinnect Group developed this evaluation guide over ten years working together. It is our pleasure to share it with you here....
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