Knowledge Centre blogs

People argue a lot about evaluation and ‘social impact analysis’ (see, they even argue about what it should be called).  They especially love to argue about the ‘best’ way to do it.  Like whether you should or shouldn’t have an external evaluator, or whether you should or shouldn’t do a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT).  Frankly, it can get a bit confusing – so how do you know the best way to ‘do’ an evaluation?  Especially if you're working in social innovation. The answer is that there is no ‘best’ way. more >

How do you make a masterplan for evaluation into a reality? (If you haven’t read the evaluation master plan – you’re missing out - it’s here.)

So last week Dan Sutch and I were lucky enough to be invited by the wonderful Giulio Quaggiotto and Denisa Papayova over at the UNDP in Bratislava to give a presentation on technology can support digital inclusion, and particuarly econimic inclusion, for young people.  You can see our slides here

Addressing this question first means understanding the changing context of participation in employment.  We drew on some research from our recent State of the Art Review on Employment and the Internet to give a sense underlying influences we should be aware of: more >