Concept Note on Institutional-level Measurement of Outcome and Impact Results at ICARDA: Country Innovation Portfolio Evaluations (CIPEs)

Abstract

CIPEs are evaluative studies aimed at providing rapid and reliable estimates for measuring whether implemented activities within country programs are producing the intended results/outcomes. The comparative advantage of CIPEs is that they are conducted more frequently than impact assessments, and on a smaller scale. CIPEs are designed to provide localized information which may signal changes that could be occurring on a larger scale. The unit of evaluation shall be the country-innovation combination. For each country-innovation combination. The innovations of interest shall be those that are being used by the intended end-users, including those within the direct influence of an ICARDA project or intervention (herein called direct innovation users) and those beyond the direct influence of an ICARDA project or intervention (herein called indirect innovation users). Mixed methods approach will be applied to allow for results triangulation and to investigate broader influences and effects, intended and unintended changes. Digital data collection tools will be used at all applicable stages of the CIPE.