that collecting stories on behavioural changes can contribute to biophysical adaptation and monitoring and evaluation.
Chapter 15, written by Irene Karani and Nyachomba Kariuki, ‘Using participatory approaches in measuring resilience and development in Isiolo County, Kenya’
highlights the use of participatory approaches through a Tracking Adaptation and
Measuring Development (TAMD) Framework to measure resilience in Kenya. The
authors outline the process of developing subjective indicators and demonstrate the
advantage of empowering the local community in collection of baseline, monitoring and early outcome data as they develop Theories of Change. The article
concludes by sharing lessons and policy implications.
Chapter 16 by Joanne Chong, Anna Gero and Pia Treichel, ‘Evaluating climate
change adaptation in practice: a child-centred, community-based project in the
Philippines’ documents a research and evaluation approach applied in a childcentred and community-based CCA project implemented across four provinces in
the Philippines. The authors emphasise the success of the methodology due to its
participatory foundations – local voices and perspectives matter in understanding the impact of the project.
Chapter 17 written by Emilia Bretan and Nathan L. Engle focuses on real time
milestones and outcomes from Brazil’s Drought Preparedness and Climate Resilience Programme (Drought NLTA). Evidence gathered through the participatory
monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) approach showed that the programme was able
to convene key-regional and federal level multi-sector stakeholders, resulting in a
bottom-up and regionally-led collaboration. Through engagement and commitment
of the partners, the programme illustrates good practice for coordination and
continuous sharing of knowledge and data between service providers, secretariats,
municipalities and other stakeholders from distinct sectors, states, and governmental levels.
Chapter 18 by Timo Leiter presents a decision-support tool developed by the
German International Cooperation (GIZ GmbH), the Adaptation M&E Navigator.
The author explains the rationale, structure and how this tool can help policy- and
decision-makers select a suitable M&E approach by providing a list of specific
M&E paradigms and matching them with relevant approaches.
Evaluation plays an ever crucial role in learning: why are things happening or
not happening? Are we doing the right thing or not? Why and why not? Are there
better ways? The evaluation profession has become more adept at introducing
scientific tools and the link between science and evaluation is becoming stronger.
Evaluation is helping bridge the science-policy divide.
The contributions included in this book demonstrate a good understanding not
only of assumptions and outcomes, but also of context as they attempt to explain
how and for whom interventions may work. Methodologies used are varied and
may sometimes be sophisticated. However, they all answer operational and practical questions.
We are in a world with changing boundaries. Our boundaries have changed in
terms of what we want from our programs and strategies, what we want from
evaluations and what types of tools we have access to. We are now witnessing the
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Chapter 15, written by Irene Karani and Nyachomba Kariuki, ‘Using participatory approaches in measuring resilience and development in Isiolo County, Kenya’
highlights the use of participatory approaches through a Tracking Adaptation and
Measuring Development (TAMD) Framework to measure resilience in Kenya. The
authors outline the process of developing subjective indicators and demonstrate the
advantage of empowering the local community in collection of baseline, monitoring and early outcome data as they develop Theories of Change. The article
concludes by sharing lessons and policy implications.
Chapter 16 by Joanne Chong, Anna Gero and Pia Treichel, ‘Evaluating climate
change adaptation in practice: a child-centred, community-based project in the
Philippines’ documents a research and evaluation approach applied in a childcentred and community-based CCA project implemented across four provinces in
the Philippines. The authors emphasise the success of the methodology due to its
participatory foundations – local voices and perspectives matter in understanding the impact of the project.
Chapter 17 written by Emilia Bretan and Nathan L. Engle focuses on real time
milestones and outcomes from Brazil’s Drought Preparedness and Climate Resilience Programme (Drought NLTA). Evidence gathered through the participatory
monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) approach showed that the programme was able
to convene key-regional and federal level multi-sector stakeholders, resulting in a
bottom-up and regionally-led collaboration. Through engagement and commitment
of the partners, the programme illustrates good practice for coordination and
continuous sharing of knowledge and data between service providers, secretariats,
municipalities and other stakeholders from distinct sectors, states, and governmental levels.
Chapter 18 by Timo Leiter presents a decision-support tool developed by the
German International Cooperation (GIZ GmbH), the Adaptation M&E Navigator.
The author explains the rationale, structure and how this tool can help policy- and
decision-makers select a suitable M&E approach by providing a list of specific
M&E paradigms and matching them with relevant approaches.
Evaluation plays an ever crucial role in learning: why are things happening or
not happening? Are we doing the right thing or not? Why and why not? Are there
better ways? The evaluation profession has become more adept at introducing
scientific tools and the link between science and evaluation is becoming stronger.
Evaluation is helping bridge the science-policy divide.
The contributions included in this book demonstrate a good understanding not
only of assumptions and outcomes, but also of context as they attempt to explain
how and for whom interventions may work. Methodologies used are varied and
may sometimes be sophisticated. However, they all answer operational and practical questions.
We are in a world with changing boundaries. Our boundaries have changed in
terms of what we want from our programs and strategies, what we want from
evaluations and what types of tools we have access to. We are now witnessing the
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