Framework and Toolkit to
Strengthen Evaluation Capacity
Stephanie Watson-Grant, DrPH
MEASURE Evaluation
UNC-Chapel Hill
April 5, 2019
Webinar on Capacity Assessment Tools
and Experiences

Literature review
• Increased interest in evaluation capacity
building
• Tailored capacity building strategies with
flexibility to continuously assess need
• Few examples of evaluation capacity
improvement with research organizations who
serve as external evaluators; few examples
from low- and middle-income countries

Framework

Toolkit
• Facilitation
Guide
• Discussion
Guide
• Assessment
Matrix
• Evaluation
Capacity
Strengthening
Plan Template
https://www.measureevaluation.org/resources/publications/tl-18-18

Reflections from the
Application
• Introducing and
conducting the
assessment
• Subjectivity of the
assessment
• Determining timing of the
assessment
• Utility of the capacity
strengthening plan
https://www.measureevaluation.org/resources/publications/FS-18-253

Future relevance
• Journey to self-reliance
• PEPFAR: funding to local partners
at 25% by end of fiscal year
(FY)18, 40% by end of FY19, and
70% by end of FY20
• This toolkit can be used to identify
where to start in moving
organizations toward receiving
direct awards. Need to plug in
additional tools to add detail

This presentation was produced with the support of the United States Agency
for International Development (USAID) under the terms of MEASURE
Evaluation cooperative agreement AID-OAA-L-14-00004. MEASURE
Evaluation is implemented by the Carolina Population Center, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partnership with ICF International; John Snow,
Inc.; Management Sciences for Health; Palladium; and Tulane University.
Views expressed are not necessarily those of USAID or the United States
government.
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