SPAVEN RESEARCH & EVALUATION

Recent assignments 

Evaluation of the USAID-funded Periperi U - a pan-African disaster risk and vulnerability reduction programme

Capacity building in Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation for the Provincial Government of the Western Cape, South Africa

Capacity building for the implementation of Nigeria's National Strategic Health Development Plan performance framework

Leadership capacity building for the World Food Programme (with IMA International)

Evaluation of the Commonwealth of Learning's 2003-06 and 2006-09 strategies

Design and delivery of courses in Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation for IMA International

Evaluation of the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa, Educational Technology Initiative

Capacity-building in Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation for the Commonwealth Secretariat

Design of monitoring and evaluation system for the Koru Foundation

Design of monitoring and evaluation system for the UK Foreign Office (with Riverpath Ltd and Manchester Business School)

Several consultancies in research and evaluation for the Swedish Institute

Evaluation of UK-South East Europe Forum

Capacity building in Results-based Management system for Commonwealth of Learning

Design of monitoring and evaluation framework for Brighton Festival visual arts

Research design for the UK Foreign Office in international public perceptions of climate change

Research design for Anholt-GMI Nation and City Brand Indexes

Attitudinal research for the Nordic Council of Ministers

Research analysis for Heritage Canada, Hungarian State Tourist Office, Presence Suisse, Svenska Institutet, Korean National Tourist Office, Texas Tourism, Toerisme Vlaanderen, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, VisitBritain, Wales Assembly, IDA Ireland, Invest in Germany, Deutsche Zentrale fuer Tourismus, Tourism Victoria, Iceland Chamber of Commerce, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, Manchester City Council, Warsaw City Council, City Council of The Hague, and City of Edinburgh Council

Public diplomacy strategy research for Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Presentations and short consultancies:

• Expert witness at the UK Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee inquiry for the 2012 Olympic Games
• The role of evaluation in supporting Government - EU TACIS Kiev, Ukraine
• Monitoring and evaluation for Public Diplomacy - German Foreign Office, Berlin
• Monitoring and evaluation for rural ICT projects - Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
• Human factors in building performance management systems - Public Administration Committee annual conference, Nottingham University
• Stakeholder analysis for organisational performance management - Manchester Business School
• Measuring and tracking the images of places - Anholt Nation Branding Masterclasses (in collaboration with BBC World)
• Nation Brands Index research for Sweden - Svenska Institutet, Stockholm
• City Brands Index research for Brussels - Toerisme Vlaanderen, Brussels
• City Brands Index research for Edinburgh - City of Edinburgh Council