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Impact Assessment in International Development

 

Who is it for?

The course is suitable for development practitioners working in international aid and development organisations, and on specific projects and programs.  The course is also suitable for students of International and/or Community Development.  Some understanding and experience of monitoring and evaluation, and implementation of development projects, either through work experience or tertiary studies is assumed. 
 

Course Description: 

This course will build the capacity of participants to assess the impact of development work, particularly in the context of development projects and programs, but also at the organisational level.  The course responds to mounting pressures for development organisations to account for their work, in a climate of growing competition for funding and a need for organisations to maintain a high public profile in relation to the work they are undertaking and its results.  Despite considerable attention by development organisations and evaluation specialists, there is widely perceived to be an ‘impact knowledge gap’ resulting from lack of attention to impact assessment, and insufficient skills and knowledge in the practice of impact assessment.  This course will assist in bridging this gap.

The course will provide participants with a conceptual framework, methodology and tools to undertake impact assessment, as well as exploring how impact assessment is undertaken in a range of organisational and sectoral contexts.  The course will build on some assumed prior background in monitoring and evaluation, and explore specific approaches and tools for measuring impact.  Impact will be considered to be change, particularly longer-term and more sustainable change resulting from a development initiative.
 

Course Content:

    • Understanding impact and how this relates to change;
    • Exploring impact assessment and its history
    • Relating impact assessment to evaluation and the logframe
    • Identifying major approaches and methods for impact assessment including participatory approaches, experimental designs, and indicator free methods
    • Identifying ways of gathering information
    • Exploring impact assessment in various sectoral and thematic contexts, depending on the interests of participants, such as:
        • assessing the impact of humanitarian interventions 
        • impact assessment and advocacy
        • gender and impact assessment
    • Planning an impact assessment
    • Assessing impact at the organisational level.
 

Course Duration:

2 days – 9.00am to 4.30pm
 

Venue:

TBC
 

Course Fees:

  Early Bird Fee         Regular Fee 
Full Fee AU$700.00 AU$800.00 
Staff from ACFID member organisations             AU$650.00 AU$750.00
 

Registration:

Participants are requested to read the IDSS Training Policy before applying for registration/enrolment.

To register your interest, click on the link to email: training@idss.com.au
 
For additional information please contact:

Phone: + 61 3 8683 1081
Fax: + 61 3 8683 1444

 
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