What methods of analysis, tools and ethical principles should evaluators use when intervening in areas and communities affected by fragility and violence?
How are evaluation practices and methods evolving to adapt to constraints caused by global crises as Covid-19, when suddenly field missions become difficult or even impossible?
What remote methods are available to evaluators, and what their advantages and disadvantages are?
How can evaluators and evaluation commissioners communicate in a clear and understandable way the results of their evaluations?
Marco is part of the global discussion and community learning initiatives on these themes.
- 2019: conceptualisation and management of ‘Evaluation in Hard-to-Reach Areas’ a series of conferences with development agencies and practitioners on evaluation techniques in situations of fragility and violence for the (former) DG DEVCO of the EC. Recordings and the final Lessons Learnt paper are available here.
- 2021: co-author of the book ‘Evaluation in Contexts of Fragility, Conflict and Violence’, produced by IDEAS (International Development Evaluation Association), available here.
- 2020 – 2022: conceptualisation and management of ‘Evaluation in Crisis’, a series of initiatives such as literature review, original podcasts and blogs on adaptation of evaluation methods and tools in situation of global crisis such as Covid-19. Produced for DG INTPA of the EC and available here.
- 2020: conceptualisation of ‘Disseminating Evaluation’, a study on effective evaluation dissemination practices and production of how-to guidance. Realised for DG INTPA of the EC and available here.