Please join us in congratulating our Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Beeta Tahmassebi, who is beginning her term as President of Washington Evaluators. Ms. Tahmassebi previously served on the Washington […]
Please join us in congratulating our Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Beeta Tahmassebi, who is beginning her term as President of Washington Evaluators. Ms. Tahmassebi previously served on the Washington […]
This post was originally published on the AEA365 blog in January 2020. Hi! We’re Ghazia Aslam and Sarah Lunsford of EnCompass LLC, with some tips on the “virtues” of virtual data collection. Virtual data collection has many […]
EnCompass wishes our partners, clients, and friends a peaceful and joyous 2021. In the video at the bottom of this post, we selected ten stories and resources that we are […]
In 2017, only slightly more than half of health centers in areas covered by the USAID Transform: Primary Health Care Project were providing services for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV). […]
In 2020, EnCompass has been honored to provide scholarships enabling Ana Erika Lareza and other EvalYouth members to attend courses at the EnCompass Learning Center (ELC). This partnership with EvalYouth […]
Global problems such as HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 require partnerships, knowledge exchange, and culturally appropriate evidence to build resilience and impact in health workforces, health systems, and communities. Today, on World […]
EnCompass congratulates Vice President Lynne Franco and colleagues on their peer-reviewed article, Operationalising health systems thinking: a pathway to high effective coverage, published November 3 in Health Research Policy and […]
We’re excited to have several EnCompass team members participating in Eval20: Reimagined, the American Evaluation Association (AEA) conference this week, October 27–30. This year’s theme, “How will you shine your […]
Announcing two additions to USAID-supported research and reporting on inclusive education in Sub-Saharan Africa. USAID has just posted a literature review and mapping report, featuring contributions from EnCompass’ team.
Last week, I was proud to represent EnCompass and support Save the Children and a global community committed to maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) during the Saving Newborn Lives Legacy e-Talks.
EnCompass joins Save the Children and other partners in celebrating 20 years of the Saving Newborn Lives program and the global newborn health movement through a series of Saving Newborn […]
As agencies, organizations, and professionals continue to adapt to working through the COVID-19 pandemic, EnCompass remains ready to help. With our years of expertise in virtual collaboration, we have been […]
EnCompass and USAID share the view that access to data is a public good that helps “fuel innovation, drive good practice, and brighten the future for the next generation of […]
EnCompass is excited to announce its award as a holder of the USAID EVAL ME II IDIQ. This umbrella contract for monitoring and evaluation services allows us to continue our […]
Today, we’re excited to share a new resource from our evaluation team—An Evaluator’s Guide to COVID-19: Using Evaluative Thinking to Learn and Adapt Programs. This guide describes important ways evaluation […]
In Ethiopia, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to think differently and adapt quickly to a new environment and a new reality. Much of our work culture here relies on […]
COVID-19 has changed the way of life for people around the world, at the personal and professional levels. This is salient for those working on issues of gender integration, gender-based […]
EnCompass is delighted to share a new brief about The Virtues of Virtual Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL). A decade before COVID-19, EnCompass was already integrating virtual approaches in its […]
Ghazia Aslam and Sarah Smith Lunsford co-authored this post. The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting all aspects of life—for everyone. Strategic and programmatic decisions are occurring, but often with incomplete, evolving, […]
EnCompass is pleased to share the final report from the Evaluation of PEPFAR’s Contribution (2012-2017) to Rwanda’s Human Resources for Health Program. In this evaluation, EnCompass assisted a National Academies of Sciences …
EnCompass is glad to announce that another member of our team, Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Kimberly Norris, has taken a leadership role with an American Evaluation Association (AEA) Topical […]
The spread of the novel coronavirus and the resulting COVID-19 pandemic have affected many facets of global development and will continue to do so, even as response efforts take hold.
The COVID-19 outbreak has affected many facets of global development and will continue to do so as response efforts take hold. We are honored to help support USAID with evidence […]
Have you been following our team’s work on gender integration in Ethiopia? If so, you’ll know that EnCompass team members for the USAID Transform: Primary Health Care project have been […]
In honor of International Women’s Month, in March we’re featuring stories and resources from EnCompass’ work in gender equality and social inclusion. Today, we are glad to help the Feed […]
EnCompass is proud to have Senior Capacity Building Advisor Gisèle Dunia on our team supporting USAID at the Demographic and Healthy Surveys (DHS) program. She was featured in this profile posted on the DHS Program blog on February 25, 2020. What is your role at The DHS Program? As the Senior Advisor for Capacity Strengthening …
UPDATE: Unfortunately, Michelle and other panelists have had to cancel travel plans to Frankfurt. But stay tuned for a story about lessons from our work with USAID as a growing women-owned […]
EnCompass is delighted to announce that Evaluation Specialist Kirsten Zeiter has been selected to chair the Feminist Issues in Evaluation Topical Interest Group (TIG) for the American Evaluation Association. Kirsten […]
We’re excited to introduce this new series profiling team members from around the company. This month, we feature Senior Evaluation Specialist Sarah Smith Lunsford, who also chairs EnCompass’ Institutional Review […]
This post kicks off a brief blog series on evaluation at EnCompass. We begin with an excerpt from our new paper, Mapping Outcomes: Embedding evaluation in the life of an […]