Please see the announcement below. Apologies for cross posting.



The Evaluation Centre for Complex Health Interventions at Li Ka Shing  
Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital is pleased to invite you  
to a workshop on ?Enduring Challenges in Evaluating Community and  
System-Change Initiatives: Towards a progressive view of performance.?  
This workshop will take place on May 24th, 2012  from 1:30pm- 4:30pm.

Key questions for the workshop include:

What are some unique challenges in assessing performance for community  
and system-level change initiatives?
What are some concrete examples of evaluative approaches that address  
some of the challenges identified?
How can evaluations help address learning and accountability  
challenges for community and system-change initiatives?
Local and international leaders in community and system-level change join us:

PRESENTERS

Anne Kubisch, Director, Roundtable on Community Change, Aspen  
Institute, United States

Stacey Daub, Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Central Community Care  
Access Centre (CCAC)

Tim Warren, Policy Lead on Self-Management, Department of Health,  
Scottish Government, United Kingdom

Ibrahim Daibes, Senior Program Manager, International Development  
Research Centre, Ottawa

RESPONDENTS

Michael Hall, Vice President Program Research and Development,  YMCA  
of Greater Toronto

Fred Carden, Director, Evaluation Unit, International Development  
Research Centre, Ottawa

Structure of  Workshop
Local and international leaders speak to one enduring challenge they  
have encountered in their work in measuring impacts of community  
and/or system-change initiatives. Their presentations will focus on  
aspects of their work that need a progressive approach to performance  
measurement and evaluation. This will be followed by responses from  
Canadian leaders in the evaluation field. The last hour will be open  
for dialogue and discussion. The event will be highly interactive with  
ample opportunity for questions and dialogue, and will provide a space  
to discuss the ways in which evaluative thinking and evaluation  
approaches can help address a range of policy issues, community and  
system-level problems.

Who will this workshop appeal to?
Although all are welcome, this workshop is especially designed for  
those who work in a policy or community setting. This workshop is  
especially relevant to individuals who work on implementing and  
evaluating programs and policies in the community, health,  
educational, environmental, development and other sectors, and those  
who work on system change initiatives.

Enrolling for the Workshop
The workshop is FREE but there are a restricted number of spaces  
available so you are encouraged to respond quickly. Please reply to  
Chelsey Rhodes at [log in to unmask]  to make a reservation. Feel free to  
email Sanjeev Sridharan (Director, Evaluation Centre) at  
[log in to unmask] with any questions about the workshop.

Venue
The workshop will be held on May 24th from 1:30pm to 4:30 pm at the Li  
Ka Shing Knowledge Institute | 209 Victoria Street | Allan Waters  
Family Auditorium (Rm 209)| Toronto ON, Canada


A link to a website with information and speaker biographies will follow.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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