1. Impact and Learning Team: Action research Penelope Beynon M&E Coordinator 15 June 2011

2. Who are we? Interim team manager: Simon Batchelor Communications Officer: Emilie Wilson M&E Coordinator: Penelope Beynon Research and Marketing Convenor: Sunder Mahendra Capacity Support Co-ordinator: Catherine Fisher Christine Hogan (maternity cover 2010) Programme Coordinator: Steven Tovell

4. Research to policy… A little magic and…

5. Wilson’s Universe of Knowledge Research Policy and practice Knowledge brokers

11. Testing methods for strengthening partnership working

12. Testing methods for exploring capacities: 5 characteristics of intermediary orgs

13. Testing Outcome Mapping for planning and monitoring

14. Sharing knowledge between groups

15. Synthesising and theorising: using marketing to improve intermediary work Product-focused Outcome-focused Supply-led Demand-led

18. Pros and cons of external evaluation Pros Cons Objectivity Limited knowledge of project Expertise Costs Outsourcing resources Internal resources still required Requirement Lack of buy in Lessons identified Lessons not always ‘learned’

19. Piloting a facilitated self evaluation - process Project team led - M&E practitioner facilitated

20. Self evaluation framework: Intermediary projects delivered in partnership Input & Output Outcome Process Product What did you do? What difference did it make? What did you learn about how to deliver this kind of product? Partnership How was the partnership implemented? What difference did it make to partners? What did you learn about how to work in partnership?