New M&E Resources and Opportunities
2 May 2011 (All day)
Dear All,
Today's update includes:
I. A funding opportunity
II. A new resource
III. A consultancy
As always, please let us know if you hear of new resources, trainings, consultancies or funding opportunities so we can share with the larger group.
Best Regards,
The MLE Staff
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I. Funding
Funding Opportunity for Family Planning Research
The MEASURE Evaluation Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) is currently soliciting concept papers for the second round of small grants to increase the evidence base in family planning. The application deadline has been extended to Friday, May 6, 2011. Please visit the MEASURE Evaluation PRH website for more information:
II. New Resource
Campbell International Development Group opens to register systematic reviews
URL: http://bit.ly/jFe9JM
This network of researchers, policy makers, and practitioners will produce and disseminate systematic reviews of high policy relevance on the effects of international development interventions.
The Group’s scope covers social and economic development interventions which aim to improve the quality of life for people in low- and middle-income countries. These include interventions in the areas of agriculture and rural development; banking and finance; transport, energy, water and sanitation infrastructure; social development; and governance.
The International Development Coordinating Group has grown out of Campbell's partnership with the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) seeks to "improve the lives of poor people in low- and middle-income countries by providing, and summarizing, evidence of what works, when, why and for how much".
Professor Howard White, Alfred Deakin Research Institute, Australia and Executive Director of 3ie, and Professor Peter Tugwell, University of Ottawa, Canada are Co-Chairs of the Group.
The International Development Coordinating Group is committed to providing authors with the support necessary to complete Campbell reviews and will provide or arrange substantial technical assistance for reviewers, especially with respect to information retrieval, critical appraisal and statistical methods. We welcome the participation of researchers, students, practitioners, policy makers and service users. Any interested party can propose a title for a review, form a review team, and submit a protocol for a Campbell review to the Group.
Steps for registering a systematic review with the International Development Coordinating Group
Website http://bit.ly/jgXkFa
New titles are approved by our Advisory Board, an internationally representative group of experts in international development research, policy and practice. Protocols and reviews are also subjected to a rigorous peer assessment process. We solicit critiques from substantive, methodological, and information search specialists and seek the Editorial Board's approval before publishing protocol and review documents in the Campbell Library. The process of registering a review with our Group is as follows:
1. Authors contact Group secretariat to discuss proposed title and scope
2. Authors are asked to submit a title registration form for review
3. Once title agreed, authors are required to submit a protocol within 6 months of title registration.
Protocols are then subject to rigorous peer review by International Development Group editors and the Campbell Collaboration Methods Group
4. Systematic review reports submitted to the Group are also subject to rigorous peer review.
For all enquiries regarding registration, please contact Birte Snilstveit: bsnilstveit@3ieimpact.org
Financial support for reviews-in-progress
Financial support for reviews is expected to be available from on-going requests for proposals by organisations such as the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation(3ie), the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), among others.
III. Consultancy Re-advertisement
UN Women is re-advertising for the services of qualified consultants/ companies to undertake an evaluation in the West Africa Region as follows:
1. Evaluation of ECOWAS project (cross-country): 1 international consultant + 1 national consultant
For details regarding scope of work please see the attached TOR. The closing date for applications is 13 May 2011. Qualified candidates should send a letter of interest indicating availability, a complete CV, and an updated UN Personal History Form (P11) to suzanne.suh@unwomen.org. In the subject line please indicate "Application for Consultant UN Women/WARO"
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