While not always feasible, or practical, there are several reasons to combine some assessment and monitoring exercises, including: This brief note lists key considerations for the effective ...

Research assessment exercises are mostly seen as an important tool to allocate funding and measure performance. But there are calls to make them less administratively burdensome with a stronger focus ...

Concerns that research-assessment systems are too narrow in what they measure are no longer new. Existing approaches favour individuals or teams that secure large grants, publish in journals with high ...

Effective programme planning and design uses assessments to understand the protection issues, risks, needs, vulnerabilities and capacities of forcibly displaced and stateless people, as well as the ...