Developing culturally responsive M&E: Learning from international cultural heritage programmes
Panel Discussion | Online
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Organized by:
British Council; The Social Investment Consultancy
About the Event
There is an urgent need for more meaningful and participatory M&E approaches in the international development sector to help support more equitable, inclusive and sustainable interventions. What does it mean to create and implement ways of working in M&E that are responsive to, and influenced by, the needs, lived experience and cultural context of local citizens, organisations and stakeholders?
Since 2018 the British Council’s Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Growth (CH4IG) programme, has been exploring how to embed this through applying people-centred principles in its delivery including culturally responsive M&E approaches. This locally-rooted, globally connected programme has worked with indigenous peoples in Colombia, helped to restore libraries for communities in Kenya and supported community cultural heritage in Viet Nam.
As well as evidencing the value and contribution of cultural heritage to long-term inclusive and sustainable development, the programme has generated significant learning on how M&E decision-making by funders and evaluators can help to ensure influence and agency for communities in the global south.
This session, delivered in partnership with The British Council and The Social Investment Consultancy, brings together an international panel of stakeholders involved in the programme to share their journey, experiences and learnings.
The session will be delivered in English, with live auto-translated captions in French, Portuguese, Spanish and Swahili.
About the British Council
https://www.britishcouncil.org/
We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide. We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.
About The Social Investment Consultancy
https://www.tsiconsultancy.com/
TSIC is a global social impact consultancy. We partner with our clients to create an equitable society that puts impact first. We have offices in London, Hong Kong, Ghana and India. We specialise in social impact measurement, social investment and diversity, equity and inclusion strategies, amongst other service offerings bespoke for clients. Since TSIC was founded in 2008, we have worked with over 150 clients and in 30 countries, to help them maximise their social impact. We pride ourselves on our approach of delivering local-minded solutions whilst leveraging our global networks.
© British Council [2023]
© The Social Investment Consultancy [2023]
Since 2018 the British Council’s Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Growth (CH4IG) programme, has been exploring how to embed this through applying people-centred principles in its delivery including culturally responsive M&E approaches. This locally-rooted, globally connected programme has worked with indigenous peoples in Colombia, helped to restore libraries for communities in Kenya and supported community cultural heritage in Viet Nam.
As well as evidencing the value and contribution of cultural heritage to long-term inclusive and sustainable development, the programme has generated significant learning on how M&E decision-making by funders and evaluators can help to ensure influence and agency for communities in the global south.
This session, delivered in partnership with The British Council and The Social Investment Consultancy, brings together an international panel of stakeholders involved in the programme to share their journey, experiences and learnings.
The session will be delivered in English, with live auto-translated captions in French, Portuguese, Spanish and Swahili.
About the British Council
https://www.britishcouncil.org/
We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide. We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.
About The Social Investment Consultancy
https://www.tsiconsultancy.com/
TSIC is a global social impact consultancy. We partner with our clients to create an equitable society that puts impact first. We have offices in London, Hong Kong, Ghana and India. We specialise in social impact measurement, social investment and diversity, equity and inclusion strategies, amongst other service offerings bespoke for clients. Since TSIC was founded in 2008, we have worked with over 150 clients and in 30 countries, to help them maximise their social impact. We pride ourselves on our approach of delivering local-minded solutions whilst leveraging our global networks.
© British Council [2023]
© The Social Investment Consultancy [2023]
Speakers
| Name | Title | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Mofoluwake Fadare | Senior Evaluation Advisor, Sub Saharan Africa, British Council | Foluke is the British Council’s Senior Evaluation Advisor for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). She is responsible for leading the SSA’s Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) strategy and ensuring that strategic priorities are at the centre of evaluation efforts to guarantee that the design, implementation and quality assurance of programmes meet organisational and donor reporting standards. With over 17 years of experience, Foluke has led on establishing efficient M&E systems and teams for international development programmes across sectors such as education, livelihoods and skills, gender, governance, agriculture and health. Her skills span quantitative and qualitative approaches and she adept at contextualising M&E processes to suit programme needs. She has worked as a consultant for and staff of international development organisations and with national government agencies across several countries in Africa as well as multiple international donors amongst which are the FCDO, USAID, CIDA, GIZ, WHO, UNICEF, the EU and the World Bank and over the course of her career has published several articles of evaluations conducted in peer-reviewed journals. |
| Yu-Shan Chiu | Senior Consultant, The Social Investment Consultancy | Yu-Shan is a Senior Consultant at The Social Investment Consultancy. She has conducted 30+ impact evaluation projects with clients focused on issues such as community development, arts and cultures, participatory grant-making, and diversity, equity and inclusion. She has worked with clients in the UK, Europe and Asia, such as the British Council, Comic Relief, Porticus and North-East Family Office. She specialises in equitable evaluation, participatory methods and data visualisation/story-telling. She embeds an equity-lens in her evaluation, which seeks to give users agency throughout the M&E cycle and advance equity in society. Prior to joining TSIC, she worked in management consulting at KPMG, where she advised social enterprises in sectors ranging from sustainable agriculture to children and young people. She also has experience in a start-up accelerator, an education charity and a sustainability business. |
| Liliana Carral | Evidence and Evaluation manager Americas, EU & Wider Europe cluster, British Council | Liliana is the British Council’s Evidence and Evaluation Manager for the Americas, EU and Wider Europe cluster to which she provides strategic and operational support to the development and implementation of evaluative evidence strategies for global programmes in local contexts. Her role includes articulation of evaluative evidence for external stakeholders, design and delivery of independent programme assessments and evaluations of global programmes and contracts, and technical support to programme leads in the design of effective Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning strategies for their areas of work, strengthening the evaluability of work across the British Council portfolio. Prior to this role and with more than 20 years of experience in M&E, Programme & Evaluation Design, project management, business development, international relations and educational programmes, she has led different teams of project managers and project officers and have rolled out and implemented successfully a diversity of educational programmes in Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation for the International Development. |
| Kimani Njogu | Executive Director, Twaweza Communications | Kimani Njogu is the Executive Director of Twaweza Communications Centre – an arts, culture and media institution. Previously, he taught in the Department of Kiswahili and African Languages as Kenyatta University, Nairobi. He is Chair of the Creative Economy Working Group (CEWG), a network of organizations working in support of creative industries in Kenya and has been actively involved in advancing freedom of artistic expression. He has convened numerous forums on arts and culture and has worked with the British Council to convene Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Growth Symposia in Nairobi. Currently, he is running a series of cultural heritage conversations in Kenya and documenting the endangered cultural heritage of the Bajuni community on the Kenyan coast with the support of the British Council. Dr. Njogu is a Commissioner of Kiswahili Cross-Border Language Commission at the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN), an organ of the African Union. He is also the Founding Chair of the Kalasha Film and Television Awards Nominating Academy, and the National Kiswahili Association (CHAKITA). He serves as Culture Expert at Kenya National Commission for UNESCO (KNATCOM), Chair of the Board at the Legal Resources Foundation Trust (LRF) – a human rights organization - and sits on the Board of Trust for Indigenous Cultures and Health (TICAH). Kimani Njogu is extensively published in the areas of language, culture and media in Africa. |
| Dr Chris Dalglish | Director of Inherit, York Archaeological Trust | Chris is a Director of Inherit, the York Archaeological Trust’s Institute for Heritage & Sustainable Human Development (www.inherit-institute.org). He has 25 years experience in the heritage sector and a particular interest in the role of heritage in social justice and community development. The York Archaeological Trust is a UK-based charity which has been safeguarding heritage and making a difference to people’s lives since 1972 (www.yorkarchaeologicaltrust.co.uk). Chris joined the Trust in 2017 to help establish Inherit, having previously worked in the public sector, academia and commercial practice. He has led major Inherit projects in Europe and Asia, working with local communities, NGOs, public bodies, government agencies and universities. Inherit supports community development through cultural heritage, and it does this in three main ways. Firstly, it provides people with practical support to safeguard their heritage, transmit it and use it for the collective good. Secondly, the Institute carries out purposeful research and advocates evidence-based policy change which enables communities to realise their cultural rights and achieve their development goals. Thirdly, Inherit helps other organisations to improve their programmes and services for the benefit of the communities they work with. |
Moderators
| Name | Title | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Nikki Locke | Senior Relationship Manager, Culture Responds, British Council | Nikki Locke is a Senior Relationship Manager in the Culture Responds team, overseeing the British Council’s international work supporting arts and culture for sustainable development. Nikki brings over 15 years’ experience to the team of developing and delivering strategies in the UK and Internationally which enhance the role and value of culture across society in a people-centred, inclusive and sustainable way. For the British Council she has led Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Growth, an action research initiative exploring ways in which community cultural heritage can bring prosperity and wellbeing to local life. During its pilot phase in Colombia, Kenya and Viet Nam the programme reached over 44,000 people, generating significant impact through its locally led approaches. Nikki also co-authored Heritage for Inclusive Growth, a report by the RSA in partnership with the British Council. Previously Nikki worked in the Northeast of England’s cultural sector managing programmes, festivals and strategies aimed at increasing local engagement and ownership in the arts and heritage. This included leading East Durham Creates, one of 21 independent projects funded by Arts Council England as part of the Creative People and Places programme. |