aes26 International Evaluation Conference

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Christabelle Darcy

NT Department of Treasury and Finance

Director, Evidence and Evaluation

Darwin

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About me

I'm co-convenor of aes26, along with Alison Reedy. In my day job, I lead the Program Evaluation Unit within the Department of Treasury and Finance in the Northern Territory Government. We aim to help government achieve the best outcomes within the allocated budget and build an evidence-base of what works in the Territory. I'm particularly interested in how we can use evaluations to better inform policy advice and program design.

9:00am ACST

Opening plenary: Welcome to Country followed by Robyn Ober "Being comfortable with discomfort" Hall 2John Guenther • Kim Mulholland • Robyn Ober • Kim Grey • Christabelle Darcy • Alison Reedy

11:00am ACST

Beyond Silos: A Technology–Evaluation Partnership Building a Digital Data Pipeline Waterfront 2Jake Clark • Kristine Tuban • Martin Holmstrand

11:30am ACST

What makes place-based evaluation different? Waterfront 3Stephanie Carter • Jessica Smart • Suzanne Butler • Gary Field • Fiona Merlin

12:00pm ACST

Change that Matters People in Place Waterfront 1Lindsay Reilly • Salli Cohen

1:30pm ACST

Plenary: Lígia Teixeira "From evidence to impact: reclaiming evaluation as a means to an end" Hall 2Eleanor Williams • Lígia Teixeira

2:30pm ACST

Beyond Symbolic Inclusion - Building a Collective Mandate for Indigenous-Led Understanding Measurement Evaluation & Learning (UMEL) Hall 2Rick Cummings • Corinne Hodson • Jess Yamaguchi • Liz Wren • Slade Sibosado • Gulwanyung Moran Interrogating problem representations in evaluation: Are we solving the right problems? Rooms 3+4Dorothea Huber • Andrew Boyle

3:00pm ACST

The case for key monitoring questions in simplifying performance frameworks Waterfront 3Dru Armstrong • Jack Rutherford

4:00pm ACST

Using Evidence to End Homelessness: Lessons for Evaluators from Lígia Teixeira Hall 2Andrew Boyle • Lígia Teixeira • Eleanor Williams

4:30pm ACST

Evaluating projects using social capital framework in refugee communities in Australia Waterfront 1Kizzy Gandy • Ali Rasoli • Samantha Cherian

10:30am ACST

"Yalalamirri mala-djarr’yun – “and then we check” Understanding and sensemaking the Yolŋu way" Hall 2Rod Reeve • Joy Bulkanhawuy Dhamarranḏji • Maminydjama Maymuru • Wuṯpurruŋu Wunuŋmurra

11:00am ACST

Developmental Evaluation and Value for Investment: A New Pathway for Complex Systems Change Waterfront 2Phillip Belling • Zoe Enticott • Kate McKegg

11:30am ACST

Walking in Two Worlds: evaluating First Nations programs in the public sector Hall 2Rod Reeve • Anna Rasalingam (She/Her) • Daniel Maher

12:00pm ACST

Evaluating ‘value for the public’: Public value as a framework for assessing impact Waterfront 3Delyth (Del) Lloyd • Danielle Thornton • Stephen Cuttriss

1:30pm ACST

Process tracing in practice: testing causal claims with mixed evidence Rooms 3+4Justine Smith • Kizzy Gandy Making Space for multiple perspectives: Collaborative design of Value for Investment evaluations Waterfront 2Jade Maloney • Adrian Field

2:00pm ACST

Is there room in the C-suite for evaluators? Rooms 1+2Magdeline Hawkins • Dana Cross • Lyn Alderman • Pia Andrews

2:30pm ACST

Monitoring on a shoestring: How reproducible reporting can help make better use of data. Rooms 3+4Justine Smith • Stephanie Quail • Sophie Henness

3:30pm ACST

Is this going somewhere? Using evaluations to broker organisational change Rooms 1+2Mary Raori • Victoria Pilbeam • India Lynn

4:00pm ACST

Quality evaluation that makes a difference: continuing the conversation Rooms 3+4Marion Norton • Eleanor Williams • Kara Scally-Irvine • Anabelle (Pin-Ju) Chen 陳品儒 • Caitlin Morton • Carina Calzoni

4:30pm ACST

Making Space for Evaluation: How the UK and Australia Are Improving Evaluation Across Government Waterfront 2Cathy Gong • Lucie Moore

9:00am ACST

Plenary: Selwyn Button "Insight that Delivers: How Good Evaluation Shapes Better Policy and Practice", and handover to aes27 Hall 2Alison Reedy • Selwyn Button • Robert Grimshaw

10:30am ACST

How to evaluate a company Waterfront 2Victoria Pilbeam • Gerard Atkinson

11:30am ACST

Evaluation professionalisation: where to from here? Hall 2Simon Alaba • Jade Maloney • Eleanor Williams • Jess Buchwald • Carina Calzoni

12:00pm ACST

Creating impact culture empowered by evaluation: building bridges and blurring boundaries during a merger Waterfront 3Kira Duggan • Virginia Thomas

1:30pm ACST

Making Space for Economics: Lessons from Comparative Advantage in CGIAR Waterfront 2Mak Khan • Matthew Armstrong

2:30pm ACST

Closing plenary: Emily Gates "When “What’s Right” is Contested: Ethical Reflexivity in Systemic Change" Hall 2Jess Dart • Emily Gates • Kim Grey

My Chair Sessions

9:00am ACST

Plenary: Emmanuel Jimenez "Putting Money Where the Evidence Is: a perspective from international development" Hall 2Christabelle Darcy • Emmanuel_Jimenez