Abstract
IAES organized a 1.5-day hybrid workshop in February 2023 to usher in the launch of the beta version of the Evaluation Guidelines, foster a common understanding among evaluators and subject matter experts (SMEs) of approaches and entry points to evaluating quality of science (QoS) in CGIAR, draw broader lessons from assessing and evaluating Quality of Science, and identify opportunities to roll out and monitor the use and uptake of the guidelines in CGIAR and beyond.
The workshop brought together 72 key stakeholders (in person and remotely) from CGIAR (74%) and external (26%.) These stakeholder groups included funders, multilateral organizations, the private sector and non-governmental organizations. The workshop featured discussions around three main sessions and group activities. For a better understanding of the guidelines' applicability, workshop participants tackled three case studies including the evaluation of the CGIAR Genebank Platform (forthcoming). They effectively used the guidelines to identify the criteria, dimensions and methods of evaluation. Members of IAES's Evaluation Reference Group also participated in the workshop.
FAQs to the guidelines were collated in preparation for the workshop, and are a living document.
Please read the workshop report, accompanied by Annex with participant bios. Blogs and Q&A from participants include:
- Reflections on workshop: Adaptive co-design of research for development (R4D) evaluations – the need for engagement, learning and ongoing reflection
- Q+A: Former ICAR-NAARM head Dr D. Rama Rao on the QoR4D Frame of Reference workshop
- Q+A: International project management expert Hasna Ziraoui on the QoR4D Frame of Reference workshop
- Q+A: John Gargani on evaluation of research and innovation for development
- Q+A: GEF IEO Director Juha Uitto On The QoR4D Frame Of Reference Workshop
- Preguntas y respuestas: Emma Rotondo y Rodrigo Ybarnegaray, especialistas de evaluación internacional, acerca del taller sobre el Marco de referencia de la QoR4D (also in English)
- Bibliometric analysis to evaluate quality of science in the context of One CGIAR
- 2015 Evaluating quality of science workshop report
Soliciting Input and Feedback
IAES would like to receive questions about and feedback on learning from the application of the beta version of the Guidelines (contact IAES-Evaluation@cgiar.org as custodian of the document).
Citation
CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service (IAES) (2023). Workshop Report: Evaluating Quality of Research-for-Development (QoR4D) in Process and Performance Evaluations, February 2023. Rome.
