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The EVALSDGs EVALUATION INSIGHT (EI) on "Quick Tips to Assess the Risks of AI Applications in Monitoring and Evaluation", authored by myself, aims to provide practical guidance for monitoring and evaluating (M&E) the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

 

In alignment with the United Nations 2030 Agenda, AI has revolutionized decision-making by harnessing big data and datasets for trend and pattern analysis. However, integrating AI into M&E processes…

Blog for the Global Evaluation of UNICEF’s WASH Programming in Protracted Crises, 2014-19

https://www.unicef.org/evaldatabase/files/Blog_WiPC_Evaluation_22July2020.pdf

What did we learn?

Some of the most…

Happy to have facilitated the entire evaluation:

https://www.unicef.org/evaldatabase/index_103951.html…

Innovation for development is the key and UNICEF has made it an organizational priority.

Why is innovation important?

The world is changing faster than ever, as are the challenges facing its most vulnerable. Conflict and displacement, disasters and climate change, and urbanization and disease outbreaks are growing complex and interrelated. Exploring new ways of delivering programmes, with new partners and new technologies, is increasingly getting recognized as being crucial…

New York will be the first city in the world to report directly to the UN on the status of its implementation of the SDGs at the HLPF, 9-18 July 2018

http://sdg.iisd.org/news/new-york-city-announces-voluntary-local-review-of-sdg-progress/

The New York City Mayor and the Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office for International Affairs announced that New York City will…

BLOG I have written for AEA 365: ADVANCING GENDER EQUALITY AND THE SDGs: http://aea365.org/blog/icce-week-advancing-gender-equality-and-the-sdgs-by-laura-gagliardone/

Website: http://www.un.org/en/events/womensday/

"Achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls is the unfinished business of our time, and the greatest human rights challenge in our world." - UN Secretary-General, António Guterres

Gender equality means giving both women and men the chance to…

Introduction (video): https://youtu.be/_0PGrh1YylQ

The WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Tool is a free, user-friendly, and strictly confidential tool designed to help companies from around the world identify strengths, gaps, and opportunities to improve their performance on gender equality. Results are provided in a concise and clear format so companies can easily identify areas for improvement.

WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Tool:…

Dear Gender and Evaluation Community, I am taking the initiative to show you an article I have written on my 17 daily actions to support the SDGs: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-believe-better-world-you-laura-my-17-daily-actions-sdgs-laura. It is working as engagement tool and, over the past weeks, I have received good comments which could be developed in ideas and…

http://www.evalpartners.org/global-evaluation-forum

Transforming our world through evaluation: engagement and partnerships for the better world we want

Dates: 25-28 April 2017
Location: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Venue: Damas Hotel and Parliament of Kyrgyzstan

There is extensive literature on poverty, gender equality, and sustainable development but few data and information regarding how the use of time affects such issues. This report, through facts and figures, clearly shows that time spent in unpaid employment, mainly by women, contributes to economic growth even if it is generally ignored in economics. Therefore provides motivation for time use surveys (TUSs) to measure, monitor, and understand economic and social consequences of many…

Author: Laura Gagliardone

Date: November 2016

LinkedIn profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauragagliardone81

Abstract

People’s behavior is determined by their setting of goals, the motivation they feel…

STUDY: WOMEN’S ALLOCATION OF TIME IN INDIA

Author: Laura Gagliardone, Research Analyst and Development Writer

LINKED IN PROFILE ¨ glaura.sorriso@gmail.com

Date: November 2015

LESSONS LEARNED

1. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: review the literature regarding the…