Centro de Investigaciónes y Estudios Superiores en AntropologÃa Social
For A Project To Develop A Qualitative Evaluation System For Mexico
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Amount$450,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/15/2011
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
The Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en AntropologÃa Social, Occidente (CIESAS Occidente) plans to work in partnership with the National Council for Evaluation and Social Development to create a qualitative evaluation system, which currently does not exist in Mexico’s evaluation regulations. This grant would support CIESAS to carry out selected qualitative evaluations that will provide input to develop operating principles and to determine when such evaluations could offer relevant information for policy adjustment. Recommendations would include: (1) guidelines for public officials to prepare terms of reference for qualitative evaluations; (2) guidance on appropriate field materials needed to back up results; (3) methods to structure results in a robust, compelling way; and (4) definitions of the kinds of background information that the evaluation reports should include to underpin recommendations stemming from the evaluations. This work would also be funded by the Inter-American Development Bank.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.ciesas.edu.mx
Address
Juarez 87 Col. Tlalpan, Mexico City, 14100, Mexico
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for the CCiudadano program
Ciudadano—formerly the Center for Social Audits (CCS)—partners with local citizen groups to improve citizen oversight of public services and government spending at the subnational level. With this grant, CCS will continue to provide technical assistance to partner organizations and apply research to better understand the pathways through which citizen oversight improves public service delivery.
for citizen-led assessments of education in Mexico
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for program support to the Center for Social Audit
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