Whai it the Critical Friend evaluatiojn method, and why more NGOs, INGOs and partnership projects should use it When organisations want to learn from their work, not just evaluate a project, that’s when the Critical Friend method is useful. Here’s how.  In a Critical friend evaluation, the evaluator sits alongside an organisation throughout a programme,...Continue Reading

What is Outcome Harvesting and why do we often propose it as an approach to project evaluations? Rather than asking “did the project implement its planned activities?”, Outcome Harvesting asks a different question: “what actually changed, and how did this project contribute to that change?” In brief: Outcome Harvesting helps to: – Focus on the...Continue Reading

Most Significant Change (MSC) is a technique that involves collecting and analysing personal accounts (stories) regarding change from the perspective of different actors involved in the project. The most important part of the method involves organising panels of different categories of stakeholders who read and analyse the stories, and then reports about their analysis are...Continue Reading

This school sits at the edge of a small town in Romania, among comunist era blocs and across the street from one of the most controversial, highly polluting timber factories in the country.We went there to talk to 14-15 year olds who are part of a programme that offers career counselling to help them navigate...Continue Reading

We are looking to hire a full-time management consultant based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Responsibilities Organizational Analysis: Conducting detailed analyses of the client organization’s current operations, including assessing internal processes, organizational culture, and overall performance. Problem Identification: Recognizing and formulating issues that hinder the organization’s progress or efficiency, through techniques such as interviews, questionnaires, observations, and...Continue Reading