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Contribute to a global statement on the future of evaluation

Leave a Comment / Blog Posts / Michael_Patton / March 15, 2024 / Global Networks, Principle 3: Transformative Engagement

The Prague Declaration on Evaluation for Transformational Change was unanimously adopted on 4 October 2019 by the assembled participants of the Conference on Evaluation for Transformative Change, which gathered the 2019 IDEAS Global Assembly and the Third International Conference on Evaluating Environment and Development. This Declaration included strong support for further work on transformational evaluation, to […]

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A Blue Marble Moment

Leave a Comment / Blog Posts / Glenn_Page / January 18, 2023 / Climate, COP26, Principle 1: Global Thinking, Principle 12: Skin-in-the-game, Principle 2: Anthropocene as Context, Principle 3: Transformative Engagement, Principle 4: Integration, Principle 5: Transboundary Engagement, Principle 7: Cross-Silos, Principle 8: Time being of the essence, Principle 9. Yin-Yang

Under a massive and slowly spinning earthen globe in the SSE Hydro in Glasgow Scotland, I joined a meditation circle of 12 people led by two monks from Plum Village Monastery in France. The Monastery, founded by Thich Nhat Han, has become a spiritual lifeline for several of the leaders of CoP26. This makes sense when you consider

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Third Thursdays with BME

Leave a Comment / Blog Posts / admin / January 1, 2023

This Blue Marble Evaluation community was formed in 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted nearly everything in our world. We have been so grateful to have this virtual community over the past three years to navigate the changing landscape of our world together. In 2023, we will host monthly community gatherings that are more

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Food Systems Summit Synthesis Deep Dive Reports

Leave a Comment / Blog Posts / admin / October 18, 2022 / Agriculture, Children & Youth, Culture & Ethnicity, Decolonization & Indigenous Sovereignty, Equality & Justice, Food security, Food Systems Summit, Gender, Global Networks, Health & Well-Being, Human Rights, Race

Blue Marble Evaluation (BME) teams have been working to synthesize themes across the hundreds of Independent Dialogues, resulting in the following reports: Interim Synthesis Report 1: Based on the initial 17 feedback forms, presents a generative and illustrative set of emerging themes. Interim Synthesis Report 2: More than 100 Independent Dialogues have produced 10 guiding themes. Final Synthesis

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Establishing a Blue Marble Evaluation Hub in Southern Africa

Leave a Comment / Blog Posts / Mutizwa_Mukute / July 20, 2022 / Principle 1: Global Thinking, Principle 2: Anthropocene as Context, Principle 3: Transformative Engagement, Principle 4: Integration, Southern Africa Hub

Are you a development practitioner, academic or donor interested in the design and implementation of programmes that serve people and the planet, that contribute to global programmes while implementing locally? Are you an evaluator working in southern Africa and interested in understanding how interventions are contributing to change in complex and dynamic contexts and keen

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2021 Reflections from the BME Advisory Council

Leave a Comment / Blog Posts / admin / December 31, 2021 / Global Networks

When we set out to create the Blue Marble Evaluation network, it is safe to say that we did not really know what we were doing. We received a lot of great advice and tremendous support from the McKnight Foundation and from many of our members and friends. We have been overwhelmed with the positive

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Utilization-Focused Evaluation as the Overarching Framework for Blue Marble Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Blog Posts / Charmagne_Campbell-Patton / November 4, 2021 / Utilization-Focused Evaluation

The publication of the new 5th edition of Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides an opportunity to revisit the interconnection between Blue Marble Evaluation and Utilization-Focused Evaluation. In essence, Blue Marble evaluations should be utilization-focused so Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides the overarching framework for Blue Marble Evaluation. This blog summarizes how we address the interconnection in the new book. Intergenerational

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A Clarion Call for Food Systems Transformation

Leave a Comment / Blog Posts / Michael_Patton / August 17, 2021 / Biodiversity, Climate, Consumption & Production, Culture & Ethnicity, Decolonization & Indigenous Sovereignty, Equality & Justice, Food security, Food Systems Summit, Gender, Health & Well-Being, Human Migration, Human Rights, Industrialization & Infrastructure, Innovation, Principle 1: Global Thinking, Principle 10: Bricolage Methods, Principle 12: Skin-in-the-game, Principle 2: Anthropocene as Context, Principle 3: Transformative Engagement, Principle 4: Integration, Principle 5: Transboundary Engagement, Principle 6: GLOCAL, Principle 7: Cross-Silos, Principle 8: Time being of the essence, Race, Sustainability

As part of preparation and building momentum for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit more than 900 Independent Dialogues have taken place around the world. These Summit Dialogues aim to offer a seat at the table to all interested stakeholders, giving them an opportunity to debate, collaborate, and provide input into deliberations on the future of food. Conveners of

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