The overall objective was to build capacity of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Azerbaijan in conducting impact assessment of the Covid-19 and facilitate their formulation of a response strategy.

1. Training Program for Impact
Assessment of the Covid-19
Pandemic in Azerbaijan
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2. Session 1: Impact Assessment Basics
• Why assessing Covid-19 impacts?
• Evidence based policy making
• Policy evaluation framework
• Impact assessment as a policy
evaluation tool
Session 2: Planning for an Impact
Assessment and Research Design
• Steps of Impact Assessment
• Planning for Impact Assessment
• Conducting Interviews and Surveys
Session 3: Analysis and Reporting
• Basic data analysis
• Data analysis as pattern-seeking
• Moving from data to story (story-telling
with data)
• Reporting: Content, Clarity, Coherence
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Session 4: Dissemination and Communication of
Findings
• Presentation of findings
• Communicating results
Session 5: Complementary Impact Assessment
skills
• Project Design
• Drafting a term of reference (TOR) for technical
experts
• Teamwork and team management
• Research and reading
• Interviewing techniques
• Presentations
• Editing and peer-reviewing
Session 6: Impact Assessment of Covid-19 for
Different Sectors – Case Studies