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Please send additions to this list to Daphne Kouretas kouretas.d@healthlink.org.uk
Online resources
Participation, Relationships and Dynamic Change: New Thinking on Evaluating
the Work of International Networks
Madeline Church, 2002
London, University College London (UCL) (PDF 42 pages 432 KB)
Useful discussion paper.
Network
Evaluation Tools: Three methods for monitoring and evaluating
networks taken from the discussion paper above.
Network Perspectives in the Evaluation of Development Interventions: More
than a Metaphor
Rick Davies
London, MandE News (PDF 22 pages, 1.2 MB)
Argues for the use of a network perspective in representing and evaluating
aid interventions. Presents social network analysis as an alternative
to commonly used linear evaluation tools such as the logical framework
(logframe) or problem trees.
Networking and communicating research
Andrew Chetley, 2004
London, Exchange (PDF 5 pages 175 KB)
Short paper on the human process of networking and communicating research
rather than tools and technologies. Focuses on the spaces, time and opportunities
needed to enable communication to take place. Includes short case studies.
Strategic intentions: managing knowledge networks for sustainable development
Heather Creech and Terri Willard, 2001
London, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (PDF
158 pages 509 KB)
Guide for practitioners who are working with different models of individual
and institutional knowledge collaboration. Aims to capture what it takes
to help knowledge networks achieve their potential.
Knowledge Networks: Guidelines for Assessment
Heather Creech and Aly Ramji, 2004
London, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (PDF
21 pages 349 KB)
This working paper explores five major elements of network performance
and related indicators of success: effectiveness; structure and governance;
efficiency; resources and sustainability; and life-cycle analysis. The
paper includes a sample process for undertaking an assessment of a knowledge
network.
Networking
for learning: what can participants do?
Arin van Zee and Paul Engel, 2004
Zeist, ECDPM on behalf of ICCO (PDF 19 pages 250 KB)
Why should anyone and especially donors invest in networking of civil
society actors? This is the question addressed in this paper which concludes
that learning and innovation in development and development policy emerges
as a result of networking between different actors, both spontaneous and
organised.
Websites
International
Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) - networks research section
Includes links to working papers on networks.
International
Development Research Centre (IDRC) - networks study section
Documents IDRC's learning about networks.
MandE
News - evaluating networks section
Includes links to resources and a mailing list on networks.
Exchange
- networking section
Books
Networking
for Development
Starkey, P, 1998
London: International Forum for Rural Transport and Development (IFRTD),
£9.95
Comprehensive survey and synthesis of networking issues. The book offers
practical advice for people who are involved in networks or who are thinking
of establishing one. Available in English, French and Spanish
To order, email: itpubs@itpubs.org.uk
Measuring
the unmeasureable: Planning, monitoring and evaluation of networks
Karl, M (ed), 1999
New Delhi, Women’s Feature Service,
Aimed at people interested in civil society and change through the experiences
of networks and networking. The book aims to share experiences of networks
and networking organisations in planning, monitoring and evaluation; examine
problems, challenges, practices and successes; provide lessons and guidelines
to strengthen the participatory monitoring and evaluation in networks
and networking organisations; and promote greater understanding and cooperation
between funding agencies, networks and the networking organisations that
they support.
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