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Evaluation and the Science of Complexity Agenda Evaluations – some common issues Complexity science – origins and ideas Implications for evaluations Summary The history of ME in the international development sector is in four distinct phases 1960s to 1979: Early developments 1979-1984: Rapidly growing interest 1984 to 1988: ME matures 1988 to the present: the crossroads Wealth of tools, techniques and approaches are now available Logical framework analysis Results-based management Needs Assessments, Impact Assessments Ex ante and ex post assessments ZOPP GANTT Social Network Analysis Appreciative Enquiry Most Significant Change Outcome Mapping Many many more!! For many organisations, evaluations are at the centre of a vicious circle... Evaluations are still largely focused on reports as opposed to changed behaviours, ways of thinking and attitudes Reflection, learning and analysis are threatened by existing agency cultures and processes Evaluations, like other similar initiatives, often sit on top of existing organisational silos, inefficiencies and power imbalances, rather than resolving them Agencies plough the same evaluation “field”, but stick to their own furrows Understanding of the effectiveness and use of evaluations is weak at best… Evaluations tend to be based on wish lists, not strategies, and therefore are often overloaded Leadership and political buy-in to evaluation is rare and unreliable, with two common reactions ...all of which means that (1) evaluation efforts resemble this iceberg... And (2) evaluators spend most of their time feeling like this... Agenda Evaluations – some common issues Complexity science – origins and ideas Implications for evaluations Summary “Exploring the science of complexity” Primary aim was to explore the potential value of complexity science for those who work on change and reform initiatives within the aid sector Drew on scientific and experimental literature – physiology, physics, mathematics, public