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SDG Transormations Forum

"Many pressing challenges require transformation, rather than incremental change and trade-offs. These ‘grand challenges’ are reflected in the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by the nations of the world in September 2015 at a meeting titled Transforming Our World, and in the December 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (together called Agenda 2030).

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Evaluation Criteria for Transformation Webinar Q&A

This blog presents the questions that were asked during the webinar, along with Michael's responses.

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Evaluation Criteria for Transformation Webinar Summary

Webinar Recording available here.

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Evaluation Criteria for Transformation: A Blue Marble Evaluation Perspective

Climate change and the global emergency changes everything. The global mandate heard everywhere now is TRANSFORMATION.  Business-as-usual criteria (like the revised DAC Network on Development Evaluation evaluation criteria) are not adequate for evaluating transformation.

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Transformation Systems Mapping & Analysis Group

Visualization of transformation system pathways are a focus of Blue Marble Evaluation. Learn more about the development of a working group focused on building this field.

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An elusive BME ideal: Harmonizing South/North interests, worldviews and frameworks

This webinar highlights, with examples, three major issues related to North-South and South-South dynamics, and consider what these mean for the mindsets and competencies with which we commission and do evaluation.

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Theory of Transformation Part I

Presenters: Michael Quinn Patton & Glenn Page

Summary: In this webinar, held on Earth Day 2019, Glenn and Michael explore the realities of the Anthropocene that necessitate the move towards global systems transformation. Glenn Page offers a history of the focus on global systems transformation and explores what is needed from a transformation systems theory standpoint. 

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Michael Quinn Patton and Glenn Page
Year
2019

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Theory of Transformation Part 2: Case Example for Blue Marble Evaluation

Join Michael Quinn Patton and Jerald Hage for a discussion of the Hage Hypothesis and Theories of Transformation.
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Michael Quinn Patton and Jerald Hage
Year
2019

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Theory of Transformation Part 3: Transforming Evaluation to Evaluate Transformation

This webinar is now complete. Recording currently unavailable. Please check back soon.

Presenter: Michael Quinn Patton of Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Author
Michael Quinn Patton
Year
2019

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Evaluation for Transformative Change Webinar

A report-back from the 2019 IDEAS Conference on Evaluation for Transformation.
Year
2019

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