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ATCnet
The Accountability Project
Project for Universal Accountability Health and HIV-AIDS Projects
COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
ATCnet ... Project for Universal Accountability Health and HIV-AIDS Projects
Conceptual Framework as articulated to the af-aids listserve
Subj: ATCnet on >>>> Evaluating ........... HIV/AIDS
Date: 1/10/02
To: af-aids@healthdev.net
Dear af-aids community
In the recent posting the introductory paragraph was:
>>>>>A constant complaint has been for the lack of evaluation on care projects in many parts of Africa. It was good, then, to hear reports of evaluation studies conducted in Senegal and Uganda in a session on 'Psychosocial and Medical Care for PWHA'.>>>>>This has been an issue in development interventions of all sorts for as long as I can remember ....... but it is now possible to make a major paradigm shift in the way 'evaluation' is undertaken.
ATCnet is preparing a 'Universal Accountability Program' so that the results of evaluation can be easily put into the public domain and easily accessed from anywhere in the world using the Internet. This is an absolutely vital dimension to information about development interventions ..... and to all intents and purposes presently absent from the development community.
But this initiative should not be thought of as simply a way to 'catch' bad projects. It is much more a way to identify great projects ..... and facilitate their replication so that good results are amplified. The major funders have very little information that they can use to allocate their resources effectively .... and they are not under any particular pressure to ensure the very best possible use of the resources AS SEEN BY THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES.
If any of the readers of the af-aids postings has good (or bad) evaluation stories we would be very interested to get them for our developing database. If any readers have ideas about how this program would be most effective, we are interested in hearing from you. The amount of money flowing is only one part of the evaluation process .... we also need to learn about how effectively it is being used.
I hope to hear from a lot of people
Peter Burgess
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T. Peter Burgess
VP and CFO ATCnet
Coordinator ATCnet Database on the African Health and HIV-AIDS Crisis
New York USA
Tel 212 772 6918 Fax 707 371 7805
website: www.atcnet.org
email: profitinafrica@aol.com / hivaidsstories@aol.com
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Subj: [af-aids] ICASA2001: Evaluating Psychosocial and Medical Care
Date: 1/10/02 1:44:37 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: af-aids@healthdev.net
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To: af-aids@lists.healthdev.net (AF-AIDS)
Evaluating Psychosocial and Medical Care for People with HIV/AIDS ... 12th ICASA
Ouagadougou December 2001
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A constant complaint has been for the lack of evaluation on care projects in many parts of Africa. It was good, then, to hear reports of evaluation studies conducted in Senegal and Uganda in a session on 'Psychosocial and Medical Care for PWHA'.