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Innovations for Scaling Impact (iScale) and the Center for Evaluation Innovation, co-hosts of the International Advocacy Evaluation Community of Practice (IAE-CoP), are pleased to announce the launch of a new series of original webinars to offer IAE-CoP participants additional opportunities for focused exploration of new evaluation approaches that contribute to the improved effectiveness of international advocacy efforts.  This series of webinars is a new complement to the other activities of the IAE-CoP to serve as a clearinghouse for events worldwide addressing the evaluation and effectiveness of advocacy to address the pressing global challenges.

Each of the webinars in this original series will start with one or more practitioners discussing their experience of developing or creatively refining a methodology for evaluating international advocacy efforts, followed by an opportunity for participants to ask and discuss questions brought up by the presentation, and share their insights and seek guidance on challenges stemming from their own work with international advocacy efforts.  Upcoming webinars will be on: 

• Integrating planning, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting for continuous improvement of international multi-level advocacy networks
• Using theory of change, theories of action, and outcome mapping as a means of integrating planning and strategy with monitoring and evaluating international advocacy efforts
• Using constituency feedback and comparative benchmarking as a means of monitoring and evaluating international advocacy efforts

Details for the first webinars, focused on global-to-local advocacy networks.

For more information on the International Advocacy Evaluation Community of Practice, or to join the new CoP workspace, please email Subarna Mathes at smathes@scalingimpact.net.

The
 Transparency
 and 
Accountability 
Initiative 
(T/AI) 
is 
pleased 
to 
announce 
a
 request 
for 
submissions
 by
 research 
or 
evaluation 
institutions 
or 
consortia 
to 
develop 
a 
rigorous 
multi‐year
 research 
proposal
 on
 the
 impact 
of 
T/A
 interventions. 
The 
aim 
is 
to 
fill 
critical 
gaps 
in 
our 
knowledge
 about 
T/A 
interventions
 and 
further 
our 
common 
understanding 
of 
what 
works, 
why 
and 
in 
what 
circumstances.

The 
research
 will 
be 
funded
 by 
the 
Bill &
 Melinda 
Gates 
Foundation, 
the
 United
 Kingdom
 Department 
for
 International 
Development, 
the 
William
 and 
Flora
 Hewlett 
Foundation
 and 
potentially 
others, 
under 
the
 umbrella 
of 
the 
T/AI.
 Innovations for Scaling Impact is coordinating the RFP process.

Please find attached a Request for Proposals (RFP). Submission requirements are detailed in the RFP.

We invite you to submit a proposal. The
 deadline
 for 
submissions is
 11.59 
GMT
 January 
3rd, 
2012. 
Submissions 
should 
be 
sent 
to
 smathes@scalingimpact.net.

Innovations for Scaling Impact (iScale) has kicked off the second phase of its collaboration with various partner organizations to develop methodologies for documenting and improving the effectiveness of international advocacy efforts to prevent large-scale violent conflict. This phase of the project will... [read rest of the announcement]

iScale welcomes Rashmir Balasubramaniam as the Senior Steward for Market Innovations. Prior to iScale, Rashmir spent five years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she led a cross-sector initiative on private sector engagement and market development and drove strategy and built and managed a diverse portfolio of grants for the Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Program. With 15 years of experience across the public and private sectors, Rashmir has led and managed a variety of cross-sectoral development projects, including work on malaria, reproductive health, human resources for health, and institutional development.