Materials from the 2014 AfrEA conference workshop titled EvalPartners VOPE Institutional Development Toolkit #afrea2014

1. Workshop on the VOPE
Institutional Support Toolkit
AfrEA conference, Yaonde, Cameroon
4 March 2014

2. ABOUT THE TOOLKIT

3. Project Lead: Jennifer Bisgard
Signoff and progress meetings
TKTF Management Team: Jennifer
Bisgard, Patricia Rogers, Jim Rugh
Provide advice and review
deliverables as necessary
TKTF Reference Group: Review
deliverables, help to identify
resources
Project Management

4. Major Project Steps
Inception Report
and toolkit
framework
Engagement Plan
Survey Report on
VOPE Needs
Resource
List – Eng
& Fr
1st Draft
Version
of Toolkit

5. Major Project Steps
Evaluation
Further
Development &
Engagement
Conversion to online
toolkit
Final
Editing
Launch of
the
toolkit

6. Inside the Toolkit

7. 3 Mettre en
place les
activités
d'un VOPE
2 Rendre
formelle
l’association
VOPE
1 Comment
fonder et
développer
un VOPE

8. Types of resources

9. Outcomes for the Workshop

10. Anticipated Outcomes
• Workshop Participants
– Become aware of a range of
helpful resources to be used
to build strong and
transparent VOPEs
– Become involved in
disseminating the contents of
the toolkit to other potential
users
• Toolkit Developers
– Provides valuable feedback
on existing resources
– Highlights gaps and priorities
for further development
• Participants à l’atelier
– Prendre connaissance d’un ensemble
de ressources utilisables pour
développer des VOPEs fortes et
transparentes
– S’engager à disséminer les contenus de
la trousse d’outils à d’autres
utilisateurs potentiels
• Pour ceux qui développent la
trousse d’outils
– Recevoir de la rétroaction de qualité
sur les ressources existantes
– Mettre en évidence les lacunes et les
priorités pour un développement

11. PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS

12. Profile question 1
• A) Are you a member / leader of a VOPE?
• B) Do you plan to establish a VOPE?
• C) Other

13. Profile Question 2: How Formal is
your VOPE?
Legally recognized by government
Formal network of people interested in M&E
Stable or continually growing number of interested people
Defined geographic focus
Formal governance structure/hierarchy
Has constitution
Has charter and bylaws
Has strategic plan / development plan / vision plan for the organization
Has annual general meetings
Produces annual reports

14. Profile Question 3: How Active is your
VOPE?
• Services (Events, Information sharing, Defined
ethical guidelines / standards)
• Networks (Local / international)
• Communication (mechanism and frequency)

15. NEEDS AND PROFILE ANALYSIS
AfrEA
AGDEN
Benin (ReBSEv)
Botswana (BAME)
Burkina Faso (RéBuSE)
Cameroon (CaDEA)
Comoros (ACSE)
Cote d'Ivoire (RISE)
DRC (ACoSE)
Ethiopia (EEvA)
Gabon (SOGEVAL)
Ghana (GMEF)
Ghana (G-IPEN)
Guinea (AGSE)
Kenya (ESK) Madagascar (MASSE)
Niger (ReNSE)Nigeria (NEA)
Nigeria (SMEAN)
Senegal (SenEval)
South Africa (SAMEA)
Tanzania (TanEA)
Uganda (NUMNET)
Zambia (ZEA)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Africa
Q1
LOW LOW-MEDIUM HIGH-MEDIUM HIGH
Ac vity Level
Formalizaon
Q3
Q4
Q2

16. Engage!

17. PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS
ENGAGE!
1 Comment
fonder et
développer
un VOPE
1 Founding and
Governing a VOPE

18. Learning Stations – 20–30 Minutes!
English
• Material
– 6 x participant packs
– 1 Evaluation pack
• Explore! Page through,
discuss
• Evaluate! Every resource
has a pink evaluation form
with 4 questions. Please
complete.
French
• Matière
– 6 x Paquets de participants
– 1 X Paquet d’evaluation
• Découvrez! Un échantillon du
contenu de la trousse d’outils
est disponible dans chaque
paquet pour votre examen
• Evaluez! Il y a seulement
quatre questions à répondre
pour chaque ressource

19. PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS
ENGAGE! 2 Rendre
formelle
l’association
VOPE
2 Institutionalizing a
VOPE

20. PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS
ENGAGE! 3 Mettre en
place les
activités
d'un VOPE
3 Carrying out the
business of a VOPE

21. Call to Action!

22. Opportunities to Get Involved
English
• E1 Find Resources
• E2 Edit Posts
• E3 Test online version
• E4 Advocate and Share
• E5 Train other on the toolkit
French
• F1 Contribute Resources
• F2 Translate / Check
Translations
• F3 Test online version
• F4 Advocate and Share
• F5 Train other on the toolkit

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TWITTER: @VOPETOOLKIT
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