Jos Vaessen
Biographic Data
| ID | 6324011 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jos Vaessen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jos |
| FAMILY NAME | Vaessen |
| SIGNATURE | VAESSEN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | (PhD Maastricht University) is Principal Evaluation Specialist at the Internal Oversight Service of UNESCO and lecturer at Maastricht University. |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7365-3040 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Making M&E More ‘Impact-oriented’
In international development, impact evaluation (IE) is becoming more and more an institutionalised practice. This article starts out by addressing the question of what institutionalisation of IE means and how it could work. Subsequently, the article explores common challenges in monitoring and evaluation functions in the UN system related to the supply of (and to a lesser extent demand for) evidence on impact. Rather than looking for solutions t…
Making sense of impact
In recent years, debates on impact evaluation of development cooperation have flourished. There has been a marked increase in statistical impact evaluation exercises, most notably randomized experiments, and at the same time, many evaluations with a focus on impact have relied on alternative methodological approaches. The diversity in methodological approaches can be explained by differences in epistemology, characteristics of the evaluand and of…
Programme Theory Evaluation, Multicriteria Decision Aid and Stakeholder Values
Nowadays there are a number of evaluation approaches that specifically focus on the elicitation of stakeholder values. Multicriteria decision aid enables evaluators to go one step further by systematically showing how different stakeholder values would affect evaluative outcomes and subsequent policy decisions about a programme's future. This type of technique can greatly benefit from being embedded in a programme theory evaluation methodology. T…
Making sense of impact
In recent years, debates on impact evaluation of development cooperation have flourished. There has been a marked increase in statistical impact evaluation exercises, most notably randomized experiments, and at the same time, many evaluations with a focus on impact have relied on alternative methodological approaches. The diversity in methodological approaches can be explained by differences in epistemology, characteristics of the evaluand and of…
Programme Theory Evaluation, Multicriteria Decision Aid and Stakeholder Values
Nowadays there are a number of evaluation approaches that specifically focus on the elicitation of stakeholder values. Multicriteria decision aid enables evaluators to go one step further by systematically showing how different stakeholder values would affect evaluative outcomes and subsequent policy decisions about a programme's future. This type of technique can greatly benefit from being embedded in a programme theory evaluation methodology. T…
Programme Theory Evaluation, Multicriteria Decision Aid and Stakeholder Values
Nowadays there are a number of evaluation approaches that specifically focus on the elicitation of stakeholder values. Multicriteria decision aid enables evaluators to go one step further by systematically showing how different stakeholder values would affect evaluative outcomes and subsequent policy decisions about a programme's future. This type of technique can greatly benefit from being embedded in a programme theory evaluation methodology. T…
Making sense of impact
In recent years, debates on impact evaluation of development cooperation have flourished. There has been a marked increase in statistical impact evaluation exercises, most notably randomized experiments, and at the same time, many evaluations with a focus on impact have relied on alternative methodological approaches. The diversity in methodological approaches can be explained by differences in epistemology, characteristics of the evaluand and of…
Making M&E More ‘Impact-oriented’
In international development, impact evaluation (IE) is becoming more and more an institutionalised practice. This article starts out by addressing the question of what institutionalisation of IE means and how it could work. Subsequently, the article explores common challenges in monitoring and evaluation functions in the UN system related to the supply of (and to a lesser extent demand for) evidence on impact. Rather than looking for solutions t…
Computer Science (3 works) · Evaluation and Performance Assessment (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (2 works) · Impact evaluation (2 works) · Management science (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Process management (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)