Date and time: Monday 26 June 2023, 4.30- 6.00pm ACST
Topic:  Help! I’m doing an impact evaluation, what evidence do I need?
Location: online via zoom, details will be shared just prior to the event.  
Presenter: Scott Bayley
Register online by: 4pm, Friday 23 June 2023

Event Description: 

The past 15 years has seen considerable debate in the evaluation profession about RTCs and the topic of the gold standard. Since method choices must always made in a specific context (e.g. the type of program, its history and degree of maturity, availability of data, etc), debates in the professional literature about impact methods can at best only provide partial guidance to evaluation practitioners. The way to break out of this methods impasse about is by focusing on the evidentiary requirements for assessing causal impacts.
This unique session will present a brief summary of the literature on the philosophy and principles of causal analysis and relate these to some common evaluation models. A framework for applying three key evidentiary criteria will be examined and participants will be guided through examples of how to apply these in typical everyday situations.

In this innovative skills building session participants will:

• Be exposed to a new way of thinking about impact evaluation
• Become familiar with the evidentiary requirements for undertaking impact evaluations
• Gain practical experience in the application of evidentiary criteria for casual analysis
• Develop their skills in critiquing impact evaluation reports. About the Presenter:

Presenter Details: 

Scott Bayley has over 30 years of experience in evaluation and is a Fellow of the Australian Evaluation Society. Prior to having his own consultancy Scott held senior positions with Oxford Policy Management, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Asian Development Bank, and the Victorian Department of Human Services. Scott has also served as an advisor to the United Nations Secretariat in New York on performance measurement; the Evaluation Capacity Development Group in Geneva; UNICEF; and the world’s peak evaluation body, the International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation.

Scott has published over 70 evaluation reports across a number of fields including international development, health, education, children’s services, indigenous affairs, the environment, infrastructure, capacity building, and governance. Scott is particularly interested in formulating theories of change and results measurement frameworks, impact evaluation methods, evaluation capacity building, and in using performance feedback to drive continuous program improvement while strengthening stakeholder relationships.

This is a free event organised & hosted by the South Australian Regional Network of the AES. Our seminar series provides an opportunity for you to meet with AES members and others in the evaluation community and to share and learn from the experiences of fellow evaluators.

This seminar will be recorded, it will be available on the AES YouTube channel approximately four weeks after the date. We suggest you subscribe to the AES YouTube channel to be notified when new recordings are added. 

Seminar start times

• SA, NT: 4.30pm

• VIC, NSW, ACT, TAS, QLD: 5.00pm

• WA: 3.00pm

• New Zealand: 7.00pm

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