Webinar Series and Summary Report on Developing and Using Evidence-Building and Evaluation Plans for Improved Decision-Making
Prepared for:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Prepared for:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
On July 23, 2019, Eleanor “Ellie” Morefield from the Monitoring and Evaluation Staff team, in the United States Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agriculture Service, Office of Capacity Building and Development, presented on the agency’s approach to create and implement evidence-building and an evaluation plan, as required by the Evidence Act. Ellie detailed the anatomy of the agency’s learning agenda processes, current stage of implementation for rolling out the learning agendas, expected impact of the learning agendas, next steps in the process, and lessons learned to share with other federal agency staff and those who may be implementing evaluation planning efforts.
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USDA McGovern–Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program Learning Agenda
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