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7 Evaluation framesthat captureunspokencommunitydimensions andevaluation blindspots“Development practitioners are slowly and painfully realizing thatstandard evaluation frames/lenses are not adequately capturing thecomplexity and realities of the African context, and hence undermining thecredibility of practice of evaluation. Existing evaluation frames often missout critical cultural community dimensions / blind spots that ultimatelybecome ‘killer’ barriers to the realisation of the aspirations of aproject/program or policy. These cultural ‘blind spots’ /unspoken taboosremain largely undetected under the standard evaluation ‘radar’ and manytimes emerge to haunt evaluators. We are therefore advocating for anAfro-sensitive evaluation framework, which will bring greater credibility,authority and profile to African evaluation and development efforts. Thisincreased evaluation credibility will go a long way in increasing the use ofevaluation findings, and knowledge building. Change in Africa will be afunction of learning; hence learning and adapting will be a function ofcontinuous and timely and credible feedback from program monitoringand evaluations.”NoRosa Muraguri-Mwololo,Irene Karanja,Akilagpa Sawyer,Alaphia Wright,Alima Mahama,Josiah Cobbah8 Why Africa-rooteddevelopmentEvaluation?“We need Africa rooted evaluation in order to achieve more effectivetheory and practice of evaluation in Africa. Such evaluation will begrounded in African peoples worldviews and ways of knowing. It is a factthat development evaluation has been mostly Western Driven withoutmuch consideration for local contexts and realities. What we are seeking isan evaluation paradigm that is informed by African aspirations. Without adoubt, development evaluation that is Africa centred will enhance thecontribution of evaluation to African development.”NoChiku Malunga,Doha Abdelhamid,Josiah Cobbah9 Evaluation forinnovative Africanfutures“Evaluation answers the so-called three right questions:Are we doing the Right thingsAre we doing things right; andRobin Moore,Alaphia Wright,Debbie Serwadda,Josiah CobbahAre we acting on the right lessons learned?Universally, the ultimate goals of development are dignity, Peace andProsperity for all. These goals are reached though actions with integrity ofpurpose, process and perspective.The African Future will be on in which the current (and future) challengesof:Node-humanisation and abuse of human rights, inequality etc.; (ii) poverty;and (iii) unresolved conflicts are increasingly reduced, for the African toenjoy dignity, peace and prosperity.Innovation grounded in African values, understanding and perspectiveswill facilitate the building of the desirable African Futures makingappropriate use of evaluation cognizant of these values.”10 Where do we wantto go? - Evaluationfor GoodGovernance in Post-RevolutionaryContexts- Citizens informed and empowered- Civil Society organization acting as pressure groups for DME- Governments accountable for enhanced performance and greaterresponsiveness to citizens’ needsNoLaila El Baradei,Nermine Wally,Doha AbdelhamidAfrican Thought Leaders Forum on Evaluation and Development, <strong>Bellagio</strong>, Nov 2012 47
PAPER 2 - BRINGING ABOUT INFLUENTIALEVALUATION FOR AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT: THE ROADFORWARDContributors - Doha Abdelhamid, Laila El Baradei, Debbie Serwadda, Nermine WallySTATEMENT: The cause of development evaluation rests on the development of genuine developmentstrategies reflecting the needs of stakeholders who should own and be engaged in visioning andimplementation of development and the respective DME evaluation discourse.The contributors to this paper are aware of a number of considerations:• This paper is highly dependent on the discourse evolving from earlier trigger papers, same forthe contributions that are currently being generated by other position papers• The immediacy of development adjoined to development evaluation is imperativeLiterature messages drawn from Rob Moore's and Zenda Ofir's trigger paper:• The mastery of critical M&E approaches and methods• Innovation in monitoring and evaluation theory and practice• Positioning the evaluation profession and globallyWhat strategies or activities for joint action could be considered?Expand the pool of evaluation knowledge generated within Africa1. Generate, compile and classify a transparent repository of knowledge on African evaluations2. Mapping capacity building initiatives in DME within Africa3. Moving the compiled repositories and maps to the wider African public4. Gauging demand from specialist universities, think tanks and DME projects to partner forgenerating original knowledge drawing lessons learnt and best practices on the theory,perception and application of DME in Africa5. Documenting and disseminating results in fora and building national and sub-national DMEaction research plans to improve the evaluation status6. Documenting and disseminating intra-national, regional action research results7. Documenting and disseminating continental action research resultsEquitable stakeholders participation has to be secured in all phases of the above action plan.Catalyze a strong, movement towards 'thought leadership' within the evaluation profession inAfricaThe civil society should play a leading role in canvassing ideas and fostering thought leadership indevelopment evaluation by acting as a broker of evaluative knowledge among the general public,government, evaluation practitioners, parliamentarians, the media/press, private sector, political partiesand development partners.Such movements require a non for profit actor, therefore the DME civil society stand as well-suited inthis regard. A continuous policy dialogue should take place through a DME civil society leader tospearhead through planned series of fora within a liberal thinking space to improve the realizeddevelopment results nationally, regionally, continentally and internationally.This policy dialogue should ensure infilterment into national policies and the embedment ofinstitutionalized, sustainable systems in governments that would realize development for the Africanpeople.The output, henceforth, would be an Africa-owned overarching vision for development anddevelopment evaluation.African Thought Leaders Forum on Evaluation and Development, <strong>Bellagio</strong>, Nov 2012 48
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