The use of complexity science in evaluation has received growing attention over the last 20 years. We present a novel complexity-appropriate method – Participatory Systems Mapping two real-world contexts and consider how this can be applied more widely evaluation. involves production causal map system by diverse set stakeholders. map, once refined validated, analysed used variety ways an or pla...

This chapter presents an overview of diverse ethnographic praxis intended to know users and understand how the usage scenarios can influence the quality of their experiences when interacting with pervasive communication systems. Data gathering and evaluation techniques from users’ perspective, future interfaces, and applications for pervasive interactive multimedia systems (an evolved state of ...

• Participation by civil society in public expenditure management promises to improve social and economic outcomes while increasing confidence in public institutions. • Participatory budgeting (PB) programmes depend on the effective engagement of three key domestic stakeholders: governments, civil society and legislatures. Participatory budgeting cannot be imposed. • The successful execution of...

This randomized controlled study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program entitled 'Capacity building for community leaders in a healthy living environment,' and to assess the usefulness of a participatory style of education and the applicability of an intersectoral approach in the educational process. An intervention group and a control group (consisting of 150 and...

OBJECTIVE To improve the quality of patient care by supporting the implementation of practice-specific visitatie (external peer review) recommendations. DESIGN A descriptive evaluation of an intervention strategy (Quality Consultation). Data collection through participatory observation, telephone interviews, and a postal survey. SETTING Twenty-five specialist group practices (67 specialists...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) surveillance in Belgium is essential to maintain the officially free status and to preserve animal and public health. An evaluation of the system is thus needed to ascertain the surveillance provides a precise description of the current situation in the country. The evaluation should assess stakeholders' perceptions and expectations about the syst...

This research aimed to study problems of the corporate environments and their causes and the importance of the development of a sanitation and environmental management model using participatory process in Prachinburi Honda Cars Co. Limited; and to develop and evaluate the developed model. The participatory action research (PAR) and the pretest–posttest one group design were employed. The develo...

Evaluating Communication for Development presents a comprehensive framework for critically thinking about and understanding development, social change, and the evaluation of communication for development (C4D). This framework combines the latest thinking from a number of fields in new ways. The authors critique dominant measurement-oriented and upward accountability approaches to development an...

Introduction: Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Monitoring and Evaluation are concepts that have often been treated as combined or closely related functions in many development interventions. IFAD (1999) points out that M&E is ‘the heart of managing for impacts’, defining managing for impact as ‘the need to respond to changing circumstances and increased understanding by adapting the proj...