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Contents
1. Executive Summary ... 3
2. Objective of CoE Membership Survey: ... 3
3. Responses/Results of CoE Membership Survey: ... 3
3.1 Overall Satisfaction ... 3
3.2 Members Benefited from CoE ... 4
3.3 Contribution to CoE ... 5
4. Action Points ... 7
APPENDICES ... 9
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Table of Figures:
Figure 1: Recommend CoE to a fellow evaluator... 4
Figure 2: Benefits derived from CoE ... 5
Figure 3: Contributed to CoE ... 6
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1. Executive Summary
The CoE Membership survey was conducted in order to understand and evaluate members’ expectations, involvement and their contribution to CoE. The survey focused on what value the CoE members have derived and how can they add value to CoE. The survey was conducted from 23rd September, 2013 to 20th October, 2013. A total of 218 members were included in the survey out of which 95 members responded to the survey. The majority of respondents were positive on recommending CoE to fellow evaluators.
2. Objective of CoE Membership Survey:
CoE is a member driven community, and its success is dependent on the engagement and interaction between its existing members. Thus, the need to ensure members’ expectations is vital to CoE’s ongoing success. Also, it’s equally important to understand ways in which members would like to contribute to CoE. To enhance this responsiveness, CoE, through the membership survey, explored ways in which it can proactively seek to understand what members hope to gain and how would they like to contribute to CoE to make the platform more vibrant. With this survey, we were able to comprehend how satisfied members are with their association to CoE and what could be the ways ahead to increase members’ satisfaction.
Thus, the objective of CoE membership survey was twofold: To understand what value do members derive out of CoE To understand how members would like to contribute to CoE. Details of the survey questions are at Appendix A
3. Responses/Results of CoE Membership Survey:
3.1 Overall Satisfaction
Respondents had a broadly positive opinion of CoE with 83 respondents (87%) replying that they are likely to recommend CoE to fellow evaluators. This corresponds to a large majority of respondents who have a positive attitude to the CoE community. This high satisfaction level is testament to members’ approval to their association with CoE.
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Figure 1: Recommend CoE to a fellow evaluator
3.2 Members Benefited from CoE
Respondents were also asked to mention ways in which they had derived value in their association with CoE. The feedback of the respondents can be grouped as follows:
69(22%) members found CoE to be a good networking platform for Monitoring and Evaluation professionals in South Asian Region
62(19%) members benefited from CoE by finding out about evaluation news and events
51(16%) members felt pride in being part of regional evaluation community
42(13%) members had been benefited by accessing knowledge products through CoE platform.
44(14%) members found CoE to be a useful platform for capacity building
Members also found benefits in CoE through showcasing their work, 15,(5%); and
Receiving opportunities to hire and get hired - 12,(4%).
Likely,83, 87% Unsure,11, 12% Unlikely,1, 1%
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3.3 Contribution to CoE
Looking at the survey results, we found that a large number of respondents, 68, (32%) have contributed to CoE by being a part of CoE events and conferences. 13(6%) members have contributed by writing articles/ papers for CoE. 7(3%) members have indicated that they had contributed to CoE by providing training and 26(12%) members have been involved with task teams. 23(11%) members have contributed by providing information on CoE platform. 14(7%) members have contributed by providing guidance while 11(5%) members have contributed by participating in governance. With CoE being a member-driven community, we will work on encouraging our members to interact more frequently, and to increase the knowledge exchange in CoE. This will help make CoE one of the most useful platforms for monitoring and evaluation professionals in South Asia.
Networking, 69, 22% Capacity Building, 44, 14% Access Knowledge Products, 42, 13% Pride in joining a regional evaluation community, 51, 16% Opportunity to
hire & get hired, 12, 4%
Find out about evaluation news & events, 62, 19% Expert Advice, 15, 5% Showcase your work, 15, 5% Other, 8, 2%
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Having said that, it was very encouraging to see that CoE members are willing to contribute to this community in several ways such as:
33(25%) members were willing to contribute through knowledge sharing
24(18%) members showed their interest for being a part of Task team/working group
18(14%) members were willing to make the platform active by writing papers/articles
17(13%) members were willing to contribute by being part of conference and events
16(12%) members showed their interest to contribute by providing training
9(7%) members were willing to contribute by participating in CoE governance
8(6%) members were willing to contribute by expanding CoE network
8(6%) members have shown their interest to contribute through capacity building of members
Participated in Meetings, 41, 20% Involvement in Tasks, 26, 12% Provided Training, 7, 3% Participated in Conference, 68, 32% Provided Guidance, 14, 7% Participated in Governance , 11, 5% Provided Information, 23, 11% Writing articles, papers, 13, 6% Other, 9, 4%
Contributed to CoE
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4. Action Points
We are thankful to all the members who took out their valuable time to take this survey. This survey provided us with useful information with regards to the members’ expectations from CoE and their contribution to CoE. This survey in a way also helped us realize the active members of CoE who wanted to provide their comments/feedback for CoE, through their participation in the CoE membership survey. Recognizing members need and based on members’ inputs, some of the ways CoE plans to offer value to its members are:
City level discussion group- This would help in facilitating a platform for knowledge sharing and capacity building. Through this, members would also be able to actively participate in CoE events/ conferences. The experiences in these city level discussion groups can be discussed on CoE website through discussion forums updating fellow evaluators with the events updates.
Webinars: CoE would conduct webinars which would help members in capacity building. CoE members can participate in various task teams/ working groups to contribute and provide their inputs in hosting these webinars.
Round Table Conferences: CoE plans to host round table conferences on various M&E related issues on bi-monthly basis. This will help CoE members to participate in CoE event and exchange
Part of Task Team, 24, 18% Particiapate in Conference/Even ts, 17, 13% Knowledge Sharing, 33, 25% Provide Training, 16, 12% Writing Papers/Articles, 18, 13% Capacity Building, 8, 6% Exapnding CoE Network, 8, 6% Participate In CoE Governance, 9, 7%
How members would like to Contribute
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knowledge. These round table conferences will provide CoE members an opportunity to interact with various M&E professionals and
CoE Newsletter: CoE Newsletter would provide timely updates about CoE and relevant topics thereby updating CoE members with latest happenings in the field of evaluation. Members can contribute by sharing interesting articles and blogs.
CoE also would expect its members to contribute to the platform in the following
ways:
By increasing knowledge sharing within the group- By having active participation in discussion forums, blogs
Increasing interaction within the community and increasing CoE vibrancy- Sharing experiences and knowledge with CoE fellow members
Participating in discussion forums- Sharing experiences about various events and conferences attended.
Being a part of task team- By volunteering on topics(individual’s expertise) where CoE members would like to contribute to various task teams
Active participation in CoE by writing articles, blogs- Taking lead and initiation on various evaluation related topics
Participate in CoE Events/conferences- By attending events/seminars and conferences hosted/co-hosted by CoE.
Taking initiatives in providing training- Volunteering for online training on relevant topics. This can be conducted through webinars/seminars.
Participate in CoE governance- By advising CoE board and Secretariat on various strategic actions which will help to strengthen and promote COE
Expand CoE Network - Promoting CoE in various events and conferences which would be attended by CoE members
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APPENDICES
Appendix-A
CoE Membership Survey
1. Name
*
Kindly enter your full name.
This is a required question
2. How have you been benefited by CoE?
Please select all that apply.
Networking
Capacity Building
Access Knowledge Products
Pride in joining a regional evaluation community
Opportunity to hire & get hired
Find out about evaluation news & events
Expert Advice
Showcase your work
Other:
3. How have you contributed to CoE?
Please select all that apply.
Participated in Meetings
Involvement in Tasks
Provided Training
Participated in Conference
Provided Guidance
Participated in Governance
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