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ONTRAC 61. Post-closure evaluation: an indulgence or a valuable exercise?

ONTRAC 61 brings together three different perspectives regarding post- closure evaluation: that of an organisation commissioning a post-closure evaluation; that of a consultant who carried out a post-closure evaluation using his own resources; and that of a research team that was commissioned to do a large study.

Authors:

Janet Clark, Chris Wardle , Nazgul Zakiriaeva, Dr. Sara Kinsbergen and Christine Plaisier, and Sarah Lewis.

ONTRAC 60. Findingspace to manoeuvre: local and national CSOs in complex and politically charged contexts

This issue of ONTRAC convenes views from four local/national civil society organisations on how they operate in complex and politically charged contexts, and how they would want external actors to support them.

Authors:

Charles Buxton, Khlood Alhaj, Jean Marie Habwintahe, Rene-Claude Niyonkuru, Ameer Zreik, Andries Odendaal

ONTRAC 59. The role of INGOs in complex and politically charged contexts

Authors:

Rachel Hayman, Jenny Ross, Summer Brown, Andrew Anderson, Getinet Assefa, Christiane Noe

ONTRAC 58. Monitoring and evaluating humanitarian aid

Authors:

Michael Hammer, Dr. Vivien Margaret Walden, Patient M Balungwe, Bobi Morris, Alexandra T. Warner, Jerry Adams

ONTRAC 57. Beyond spring: Civil society’s role in the Middle East and North Africa

Authors:

Suzanne Hammad, Michael Hammer, Rod MacLeod, Tamara Alkhas, Salem Aldini, Marwa Kuwaider, Rula Daghash, Mohammad Al-Jribia

ONTRAC 56. Funding civil society in emerging economies

Authors:

Brian Pratt, Supriya Roychouhury, Emma Mawdsley, Suzy Serneels, Ana Toni, Alice Amorim, Nomvula Dlamini

ONTRAC 55. New technologies in monitoring and evaluation: can we push the boundaries?

Authors:

Rachel Hayman, Kai Matturi, Caroline Trigg, Soledad Muniz, Diana Tonea, Laura Walker Hudson

ONTRAC 54. The rise of INGO families: perspectives, issues, and experiences

Authors:

Brian Pratt, Jeremy Hobbs, Burkhard Gnärig, Francesco Obino, Marianne Bo Paludan

ONTRAC 53. Transparent, accountable, legitimate, credible: NGO responses to scrutiny

Authors:

Rachel Hayman, Celestine Krosschell, Sean Conlin, Angela Crack, and Erla Thrandardottir

ONTRAC 52. Enabling space for civil society action

Authors:

Brian Pratt, Rowan Popplewell, Ingrid Srinath, Asma Khalifa, Roy Trivedy, and Tanja Kleibl

ONTRAC 51. Theory of Change – what’s it all about?

Authors:

Maureen O’Flynn, James Treasure-Evans, Stephen Fraser, Duncan Green, Isabel Vogel

ONTRAC 50. Civil society at a new frontier – new dynamics, challenges and opportunities

Authors:

John Hailey, Brian Pratt, Cristien Temmink, Kaustuv Kanti Bandyopadhyay, Michael Edwards, Francois Lenfant, Kirsten Auken and Martin Rosenkilde Pedersen, Rachel Hayman, and Wafa Al Amaireh