AGENDA - Theories of change and impact measurement - 15 March 2021. A donor-practitioner-academic learning and information sharing meeting.
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Co-organised by Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA).
To provide media development donors and practitioners with insights and knowledge on how to design and measure high-impact journalism support and media development interventions.
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What have international media assistance organisations and donors learnt from using "theories of change" and "result chains" to enhance the projects design, monitoring and evaluation?
When are theories of change appropriate?
When should donors look to use other frameworks?
How can media support groups create "theories of change" when there is a lack of evidence?
In what circumstances should theories of change be built on assumptions?
How can we create more evidence-based exercises using "theories of change" and "result chains" as a collaboration between academia and practitioners?
What are the biggest challenges in the application of these models in practice?
Should theories of change applied to media assistance be standardised? If so, what is the right process?
For a summary of the case study and highlights from the breakout group discussion see:
What research and data are being produced that could provide evidence to support answering PRIMED's learning questions?
Where are the gaps and how could they be filled?
How can PRIMED contribute to learning across the whole sector (i.e. those outside the PRIMED consortium such as other media development actors and donors as well as, researchers and academics)?
What research and data needs to be produced from an evidence and learning perspective?
What formats should it be in and how should it be shared?
For a summary of the case study and highlights from the breakout group discussion see:
How can we more effectively measure the impact of investigative journalism - on audiences and on society (especially closed societies) - at a programmatic level as well as at the macro level?
What role can academia and collaborative partnerships play in helping investigative journalism (and those that support it) understand the societal impact of their work?
How can we fill the gaps in research specifically about the impact of investigative journalism (rather than other kinds of journalism)?
For a summary of the case study and highlights from the breakout group discussion see: