Dear Colleagues,
We
are delighted to announce that that International Labour Organization
in collaboration with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
at
MIT is offering an Executive Education course on evaluating social
policies, specifically labor market interventions. The course will take
place at the
American University of Sharjah from November 16-20 2014.
Policymakers
and practitioners the world over need more evidence on which social
programs work. A key step in providing more evidence is building the
skills of academics, evaluators, and researchers to conduct rigorous
impact evaluations. This training is a five-day courses that will
provide participants with a thorough understanding of impact evaluations
using a combination of lectures and case studies
from real randomized evaluations. While the course is centered around
the why, how, and when of randomized evaluations, it will also discuss
the importance of a needs assessment, measuring outcomes effectively,
quality control, and monitoring methods that
are useful for all kinds of evaluations.
The
course is designed for participants from a variety of backgrounds, but
requires prior exposure to impact evaluation or randomized evaluations
through
work or courses such as the ILO Evaluation Clinic or J-PAL's Executive
Education.
Admission to the course will be competitive. Interested applicants must complete the
course application by October 17. Accepted applicants will
receive a scholarship that covers course registration fees (normally
valued at $2,000). Course participants will be expected to pay for their
travel, accommodation, and visa for the five days
of the course, although travel scholarships are also available.
Successful
graduates of the course will receive a certificate from JPAL at MIT and
an opportunity to receive funding for their impact evaluation.
For more information, see
the course website or
contact Meghan Mahoney mahoneym@mit.edu or Felix Weidenkaff (weidenkaff@iloguest.org).
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