SAMEA Evaluation Hackathon 2021
The South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association (SAMEA), in partnership with JET Education Services (JET) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), National Association of Social Change Entities in Education (NASCEE), Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) is hosting an online evaluation hackathon event from 08 – 22 October 2021.
A hackathon is a creative approach to problem-solving that uses a collaborative process.
For the SAMEA Evaluation Hackathon, participants will work 2-3 hours a day for a period of two weeks, in groups of 10-12 to address specific M&E challenges under:
THEME 1 ADDRESSING THE SYSTEMIC CRISES FACING SOUTH AFRICA
THEME 2 HOW TO UNDERTAKE M&E IN TIMES OF CRISIS
THEME 3 MADE IN AFRICA EVALUATION – DEVELOPING APPROACHES TO M&E ROOTED IN AFRICAN INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
THEME 4 OTHER PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF M&E
Each group will work on a specific challenge, guided by an experienced team leader, with a coordinator helping to organise the group and national and international resource people providing content inputs. The group will decide their work schedule including when they will meet online for collaboration, and when they will work by themselves. The group will then produce a draft product, which may be a report, guideline, evidence map, or another type of output by 22 October which responds to their assigned challenge.
Further information or any enquiries send your questions to hackathon@samea.org.za
