3ie grantees communication for policy influence clinic day 2
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Day 1
Grantholders’ Experience• 3 Projects:
– Bhibu – Voters Education Project– Smitri - Mother Literacy and Child Learning– Shahid - Impact Evaluation of Rainfall Insurance
• Lessons:– Complicated!– Big ambition, but IE’s inevitable narrow focus– Need the results!– Different mechanisms for impact:o Directly through partner (Pratham)o Locally – through media (Hindustan)o Nationally (legislation on disclosure and zoning)o Powerful partners (AIC / Sewa)
Day 1 – Cont.
Approaches/Tools• ToC/ROMA/AIIM• Lessons:
– Easy to use– Useful– Some surprises!– Flexible
• Can apply at different “levels”• Can use for planning or monitoring
– “Approach” vs “Tool” vs “Focus for discussion” – Lots of others– Relationships / power / chance
Day 1 – Cont.
Siva – Establishing evaluation culture in SL• Adoption of evaluation in Sri Lanka government
• Evaluation unit in Ministry of Planning
• “Outcomes” and lessons cf delivery
• Support from ADB – training etc
• Systematic approach (OECD/DAC: relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, Impact, sustainability)
• Evaluation information system – summary reports
• Managing demand
• Interesting examples:
– Aquaculture project – social factors
– Rural electrification – economic factors
Day 2
• Defining key messages and arguments
• Communicating IEs
• How to write a policy brief
• Other communication tools:
– Working with the media
– Writing blogs
• Monitoring and Evaluation
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