Michaela Raab
Evaluation & Facilitation
Michaela Raab
I facilitate (and do) evaluation.
In more than three decades in international cooperation, I have worked at all angles of the evaluation triangle/ diamond/octogon/buckminsterfullerene.
This rich experience – combined with research about evaluation, and continuous exchange with colleagues, has made me passionate about facilitating evaluation. As an evaluation facilitator, I help creating good conditions for evaluations that serve a clear purpose – from the concept phase to the management response.
Get in touch here if you wish to find out more!
News
For Berlin residents: monthly evaluation meetup!
*Pardon my German – I’ll post an English version soon!*
Der Berliner Evaluationsstammtisch (BEST) läuft seit Mitte 2023; inzwischen sind es fast 70 Menschen im Verteiler, die Evaluationen durchführen, in Auftrag geben, oder einfach daran interessiert sind. Wir treffen uns monatlich, an wechselnden Wochentagen und Orten, jeweils um 18:30. Es ist ein offener Kreis; meist sitzen um die zehn Leute um den Tisch. Jeden Monat gibt es ein anderes Gesprächsthema, meist mit einem kurzen oder längeren fachlichen Input voran.
Am Montag, den 20. Januar findet unser erstes 2025-Treffen im Kulturwirtshaus Max und Moritz statt (Oranienburger Str. 162) statt; wir haben unseren eigenen Raum oben in der Bibliothek. Thema: Empowerment.
Wer dazukommen mag – gern über mein Kontaktformular anmelden oder spontan auftauchen! Weitere Termine im ersten Halbjahr sind: Mittwoch, 12. Februar im Yak & Yeti, Südwestkorso 69a. Danach sind die Orte noch offen, aber die Daten klar: Dienstag, 18.3., Donnerstag, 10.4. und Mittwoch, 7.5. Updates gibt es auch auf der LinkedIn-Seite des BEST.
Last fall I was part of two events in Rimini this year: Wednesday 25 September 3:30-5:30 pm with medica mondiale on „Extraction vs. Empowerment – Evaluation with Women Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence“ and on Friday 2:20-3:50 pm with WFP in „Trailblazing Together: Unveiling the Path to Methodologial Learning Journeys“.
Many thanks to the participants who have made our workshops so stimulating – and to everybody else, old and new friends and colleagues, who have contributed to an inspiring overall conference.
In 2022 and 2023, the World Food Programme convened an Evaluation Methods Advisory Panel (EMAP) that I have been part of. At the end of every year, we prepared a report summarising our insights from reviewing and providing methods advice on a broad range of evaluations. You can find the 2024 report here.
Services
Evaluation facilitation
Support in planning, preparing, carrying out, and using evaluations that serve their purpose: A service for organisations and people who commission, manage, design, implement, analyse, review, synthetise, use and live evaluations.
Evaluation and synthesis
Assessing the merit of projects, project portfolios and the work of organisations around the world, with a commitment to methodological fit and innovation. Available in several languages and across diverse contexts – on-site, remotely and in hybrid, diverse teams.
PME clinic
Support in strengthening planning, monitoring end evaluation (PME) processes and structures with advice, coaching and training – as well as punctual troubleshooting.
Facilitation
Design and accompaniment of processes, participatory workshops and larger consultations in real life and online/hybrid settings, using bespoke tools, in complex contexts and across multiple languages.
Quality assurance & meta-evaluation
Support (i) to on-going evaluations so that they can be robust and useful, and (ii) to learning from evaluations and their strengths and weaknesses for methodological advancement.
Gender & equity mainstreaming
Support to strategies, planning, monitoring systems and evaluations that strengthen gender equality and equity and that avoid (unwittingly) causing harm.