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Independent Dialogues Leading to the UN Food Systems Summit

Leave a Comment / Blog Posts / Michael_Patton / July 14, 2021 / Children & Youth Food Systems Summit, Food security, Gender, Global Networks, Sustainability

The Blue Marble Evaluation Network (BME) has been commissioned to synthesize the reports of Independent Dialogues as part of preparation for the UN Food Systems Summit in September. Through June more than 700 Independent Dialogues have been registered. It is helpful to locate the contributions of the Independent Dialogues in relation to the other workstreams of preparation and planning for the […]

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“No Lines”. For Blue Marble Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Blog Posts / Zenda_Ofir / June 16, 2021 / Systems Thinking

Blog originally posted on https://zendaofir.com/no-lines-for-blue-marble-evaluation/. Reposted with permission. “Between me and not-me there is surely a line, a clear distinction, or so it seems. But, now that I look, where is that line?” Donella Meadows, 1987. Blue Marble Evaluation. It is good to have been engaged in it from the beginning, and to be on its Advisory

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Evaluation in the Face of the Climate Emergency: Observations & Synthesis

Leave a Comment / Blog Posts / admin / May 5, 2021 / Climate, Global Networks, Sustainability

Guest Blue Marble Evaluation blog from Scott C. Chaplowe, a dedicated evaluation professional with over 20 years’ experience working with civic, public and private organizations seeking sustainable solutions for social and environmental challenges. His academic training is in geography (UCLA), with a focus on human and natural resource management. He has been influenced by the sub-disciplines

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The 2021 World Food Systems Summit & BME

Leave a Comment / Blog Posts / Michael_Patton / March 15, 2021 / Food security Sustainable Development Goals, Global Networks, Principle 1: Global Thinking, 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, Principle 9. Yin-Yang

In 2021, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will convene a Food Systems Summit as part of the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The Summit aims to support transformation of the way the world produces, consumes and thinks about food. It aims to be inclusive by bringing together scientists, policy makers, business leaders, farmers, indigenous people,

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Lessons about evaluating responses to the pandemic: Insights from the World Food Program Developmental Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Blog Posts / Michael_Patton / January 22, 2021 / Food security, Principle 1: Global Thinking, Principle 11: World Savvy, World Food Programme

Blue Marble Evaluation Context The first overarching Blue Marble Evaluation principle is the Global Thinking Principle: Apply whole-Earth big-picture thinking to all aspects of systems change. The World Food Programme (WFP) epitomizes that principle. The pandemic, as a global challenge, requires Global Thinking. In evaluating WFP’s response to the pandemic, global thinking is critical. Working

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