Measuring
the Unmeasurable
Planning,
Monitoring and Evaluation of Networks. Edited by Marilee Karl
with Anita Anand, Floris Blankenberg, Allert van den Ham and
Adrian Saldanha.
Published in 1999 by
Women's Feature Service. New Delhi, India. Tel 91-11-4629886,
4632546. Fax 91-11-4611138. Email wfsdel@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in
250 pages. ISBN 81-90 1005-0-6. Available with WFS
Networks and
networking have come to be significant ways of organizing and
taking action by people and groups active in influencing complex
social, economic and political forces that shape lives and
society.
It is the search for
measurement of networking that led to this book. This book's aim
is to provide a greater understanding of the nature of networks
and networking; to share experiences of networks and networking
organizations in planning, monitoring and evaluation; examine
problems, challenges, practices and successes; lessons and
guidelines to strengthen the PME in networks and networking
organizations; and, promote greater understanding and
cooperation between funding agencies, networks and networking
organizations that they support.
The book recognises
that relationships between funding agencies and
networks/networking organizations are often not smooth with
regard to planning, monitoring and evaluation. It suggests that
funding agencies need to better understand the nature of
networking and networks; that networks and networking
organizations need to better understand the importance of
planning, monitoring and evaluation to their work; and finding
appropriate planning, monitoring and evaluation methodologies
are important so networks and networking organizations can
"measure the unmeasurable". It highlights the need to
reconciling sometimes differing needs and demands, and of
building understanding and cooperative relationships.
Networks
included in the book are:
Both Ends; Center for
Women's Global Leadership
Consumers International
African Women's Development and
Communication Network (FEMNET)
International Alert
International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN)
ISIS
Instituto del Tercer Mundo (Third World Institute)
Third World Network (TWN)
Women in Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF)
Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML)
Women's Feature Service (WFS)
Women's Global Network for Reproductive
Rights (WGNRR)
A readable and
practical book, with illustrations by
Bindiya
Thapar, it is for those interested in civil society and
change through the experiences of networks and networking.
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