Monitoring & Evaluation

Monitoring & Evaluation & Learning

Expertise includes ex-ante, mid-term, on-going and ex-post evaluations of strategic EU and UN development activity.

Services evaluate public policy and financial investment proposals in different sectors. Experience includes membership of expert committees synthesising high-level evaluations of UN, EU, and national programmes.

In addition, the consultancy has particular interest in results-based research and training skill-sets include monitoring and evaluation best practices.

Specialisms in food and nutrition, regions and islands, tourism and nature, rural and urban, policies, programmes, and projects.

Examples of monitoring, evaluation and learning work

Research knowledge management and communication roles with the European Commission Joint Research Centre 6th Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR) Foresight study concerning: Pathways in transition for resilient European agriculture and food systems in times of global crises exploring healthy and sustainable diets, circularity, and diversity.

Evaluation panel member for the EU CAP Network's annual Agricultural and Rural Inspiration Awards and EU photography prize judge.

Monitoring Committee advisory support for the EU CAP Network's Thematic Group on CAP Strategic Plan Monitoring Committees.

Independent review for the UNDP Evaluation Office of their ‘Assessment of Development Results’ report concerning UNDP development and funding activities in Bosnia & Herzegovina helping the country to be an attractive place to live, work, and visit.

Team Leadership for results-led mid-term evaluation of UNDP's SUTRA initiative in Bosnia & Herzegovina supporting post conflict reconciliation.

Results-oriented ex-post evaluator for a pan-European Business & Disability project funded by DG Employment promoting private sector solutions to social inclusion issues.

European Evaluation Network for Rural Development journalist.

Results-based evaluation of the UNDP's strategic governance reform programmes within Georgia’s Ministry of Economy and other national authorities.

Project Leadership for a results-based evaluation of a long-term Public Administration Reform programme within the Parliament of Georgia and the Chamber Of Control of Georgia.

Ex-ante evaluation team member for Lithuania’s 2007-2013 Structural Fund Operational Programmes supporting industry, tourism, environment, infrastructure and innovation.

Expert panel services for the European Commission ex-post evaluation of the 2000-2006 Rural Development Programmes supporting agri-food, environmental sustainability, rural tourism, social enterprise, and other business developments.

Advice and training for Poland’s National Aid Coordination Department on monitoring and evaluation control procedures for EU funding programmes supporting industry, tourism, environment, infrastructure, social capital, and innovation.

Evaluation of 40+ grant funding proposals submitted to a call by the INTERREG Baltic Sea region programme including local tourism initiatives, islands territorial planning, transnational cooperation, innovation, cultural heritage, and social services.

EU Structural Fund monitoring advisory services for the Romanian Ministry of Economy and Finance supporting industry, tourism, environment, infrastructure, social capital, and innovation.

Team leadership of strategic research projects producing baseline studies advising EEA grant evaluators on culture and biodiversity in Poland.

Ex-ante appraisal of the economic, social and environmental benefits from 26 different rural development strategies submitted by LEADER- Local Action Groups in Lithuania covering bottom-up development, locally-led tourism, short-supply chains for food & forestry products, cultural heritage, and more.