• General concepts and considerations for impact evaluation: the recurring dilemma of attribution versus contribution 
• Quantitative and qualitative methods for impact evaluation
• Experimental and quasi-experimental impact evaluation design
• Methods of data collection, processing and analysis for impact evaluations
• Managing and utilizing the impact evaluation for decision making and development of new knowledge

The course includes 8 self-paced modules, complemented by weekly individual assignments using a selected intervention, knowledge tests, a discussion forum and weekly online webinars, 9 in total, of approximately 90 minutes. A tutor providing individual feedback will support the learning journey.

This course is delivered through distance learning and deployed on the ITCILO e-Campus. It frees you from the classroom and gives you the flexibility to complete the learning modules at your own pace, within the module and course timeframe, and to carry-through weekly assignment within your schedule.

• Data analysis and evaluation skills are essential to professionals working in the public and development sectors.
• Employers that sponsor participants obtain the possibility to create an impact evaluation scheme for one of their development interventions.
• Successful participants receive a professional certification attesting their capacity to effectively design and conduct impact evaluation.
• The programme was developed and is implemented by evaluation experts and practitioners, researchers and development cooperation managers.
• Participatory activities include self-guided modules, webinars, online forum, practical assignments, individualized feedback and tutoring.
• Participants keep access to the e-Campus course on impact evaluation, training material, and references.

• A body of knowledge on theories and approaches used to conduct impact evaluations of public policies, development programmes, and projects
• Methodologies and approaches to design impact evaluation using both: qualitative and quantitative data based design
• Criteria to decide which is the most appropriate impact evaluation design
• How to develop a process to plan, operationalize, budget, and manage an impact evaluation.

Work with your peers and expand your international network to access new resources, hone your skills and apply them immediately:

• Identify and engage relevant stakeholders throughout the impact evaluation process using technical and soft skills
• Select the most appropriate impact evaluation design to respond to the unique context of the intervention and to the prevailing constraints of data, time, money, and context.
• Design a customised impact evaluation scheme for the unique context of a development intervention of your choice.
• Build an operational plan to conduct the impact evaluation
• Collect, process, and analyse data to evaluate impact using quantitative and qualitative approaches
• Use impact evaluation results for informing decision-making and economic analyses.

• General concepts and considerations for evaluation
• Selecting the right approach and methodologies to design an impact evaluation
• A step-by-step approach to designing an impact evaluation
• Conceptualization of the impact evaluation scheme: purpose, scope, impact evaluation questions, and methodology
• Plan and use data collection methods and data management in the context of impact evaluations
• Analysis of quantitative and qualitative data to assess programme or project intervention causality
• Organizing the impact evaluation: contracting and managing consultants
• Reporting, dissemination, and use of impact evaluation conclusions
• Engaging stakeholders in impact evaluations