Synthesis of Evidence from Resilience Programming - Interactive Dashboard Webinar
About
Join the Resilience Evaluation, Analysis and Learning (REAL) award for a presentation on its Interactive Dashboard, Synthesis of Evidence from Resilience Programming.
Since its inception, REAL has conducted extensive resilience research, resulting in the publication of many reports and learning products. Through the Dashboard project, REAL sought to develop a synthesis of both quantitative and qualitative evidence from several of these products into an accessible and practical format for all audiences. REAL worked with the Institute for Development Impact to create this data visualization tool to help measure and analyze the results of resilience-strengthening interventions and humanitarian assistance provided to households in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Niger, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Nepal.
Photo Credit: Sean Sheridan / Mercy Corps
Panelists
Tim Frankenberger is the President and co-founder of TANGO International and has over 35 years of experience in international development activities. Tim has extensive experience in resilience measurement, project design, monitoring and evaluation, food and livelihood security assessments, vulnerability assessments, and policy analysis. He has actively contributed to the Resilience Measurement Technical Working Group and co-authored numerous papers developing resilience measurement standards. He has also published articles, evaluations, and reports focusing on resilience and household food and livelihood security and has worked in more than 30 countries. Tim has facilitated many workshops on resilience measurement, monitoring and evaluation, and project design, food security concepts, assessment approaches, livelihood approaches, and strategic planning.
Micah Frumkin is I4DI’s Director for Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL). He brings 15 years of MERL experience working with broad range of public and private sector clients across all sectors and geographies. Micah is an expert in applying a systems lens to MERL, working with clients to improve their MEL practices, policies, and approaches in a manner that fits with the culture of their organizations. He is well versed at using evidence to drive decisions and helping partners manage adaptively in complex and dynamic environments. Micah is able to bring a variety of perspectives to his MERL solutions having spent time living and working overseas in several countries, as well as having been embedded within USAID as a Monitoring Specialist for the Office of Policy, Planning, and Learning. Mr. Frumkin is also skilled at facilitating and delivering workshops and trainings, including curriculum development, using human centered design, identifying approaches for complexity awareness monitoring.
Prior to joining I4DI, Micah worked as a Chief of Party and Senior MERLA Manager at the Research Triangle Institute (RTI), MEL Director at QED, and Technical Manager at Management Systems International (MSI). He holds a Masters of Science in Sustainability Management from American University and dual Bachelors degrees from the University of Oregon in Business Management and International Relations with certificate in Global Management.
His particular interests focus on improving the manner in which data and evidence are used to make decisions by donors and development practitioners alike.
Gregory Collins is the Associate Vice President for Resilience and International Development and Research Professor at the University of Arizona. Dr. Collins previously served as the Deputy Assistant Administrator (Senior Executive Service) at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) where he helped lead the Bureau for Resilience and Food Security. In that role he provided strategic vision and oversight for the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative and USAID’s efforts to build resilience in areas of recurrent crises. Greg also served as USAID’s first Resilience Coordinator and, previously, the founding Director of USAID’s Center for Resilience. He is a globally recognized thought leader on resilience and played a lead role elevating resilience in USAID and international development.
Prior to USAID in 2010, Greg spent over a decade as an analyst and strategic advisor for a variety of United Nations agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations, including the UN Food and Agricultural Organization, UN World Food Programme, UNICEF, and CARE International. He has extensive experience living and working throughout Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Caribbean. He earned his PhD in Economic Sociology from the UC Davis, his MPH from Tulane University, and his BA in Anthropology from the UC Davis.