Presentations &
Publications

PUBLICATIONS

• Evaluating global aid projects ex-post closure: Evaluability… and how-to via Sustainability Evaluation training materials Cekan, Spearman, & Vidal Merino for the Adaptation Fund 2023
• Cekan, J. Fostering Values-Driven Sustainability Through an Ex-Post Capacities Lens JDME Special Issue: Evaluator Competencies, Vol 19, Issue 46 2023
• “Promises made and promises unfulfilled: Focusing evaluations after COP26” in Evaluation, What should evaluation learn from COP 26? Views of evaluation practitioners 2022
• “Can We Assume Sustained Impact? Verifying the Sustainability of Climate Change Mitigation Results.” Cekan J., Legro S. In: Uitto J.I., Batra G. (eds) Transformational Change for People and the Planet. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, DE 2022
• Preston Stewart, Jindra Cekan Valuing Voices Better Ex-Post Evaluation White Paper Series Part 1: Toward Building Better Evaluation Practices: A Series on the Ex-Post Evaluation Practices of Nordic Countries and the Netherlands: The Search 2021
• Evaluating the sustainability of health programmes: A literature review Ishola, F & Cekan 2019
• “Impact Investing – International Development’s New Holy Grail?” Medium 2018
• “Valuing Voices: Why the 2030 Agenda Starts with Them“ Transformation Forum: J Cekan, PhD, de Bruin, C. and Kimeu, P on Medium 2018
• “Measuring SEIE Impacts” American Evaluation Association 365 2017
• “Building the case for post project evaluation, Valuing Voices” Final Report for Michael Scriven’s Faster Forward Fund published 2017, presented at the American Evaluation Association Conference Nov 2017, featured on Better Evaluation Zivetz, L. Cekan J and Robbins, C. 2017
• “In 17 years, 1.6 trillion dollars spent on Sustainable Development; Very few undergo post-project evaluation” Six Degrees News Interview 2017
• “Missing Link: Sustained and Emerging Impact Evaluations” Zivetz, Cekan Better Evaluation 2016
• “How to Foster Sustainability“. Global Policy Journal, Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2016
• “How to Foster Sustainability“ European Evaluation Society 2015
• “Rolling the Dice: Impact or Self-Sustainability?” American Evaluation Association 365 2015
• “When Funders Move on“. Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) 2015
• “Furthering Community self-Sustainability of our Projects” American Evaluation Association 2014
• “Increasing Nigerien women’s incomes, increasing peace: triangulation and unexpected results” Lutheran World Relief’s ARVIP project” PLA Notes- IIED link research with Hlaibi, J. 2013
• “Monitoring and Evaluation Platforms: Considerations for Design and Implementation Based on a Survey of Current Practices” USAID’s PPL/LER link & Discussion Note key researcher
• “Appreciative Strategic Planning at World Vision USA” link Axiom News 2011
• “Improving International Food Security” in LBX Journal 2011
• One Chance to Get it Right: 7 Key Pillars for Achieving Food Security” for Women Thrive link and Gender in Agric Bibliography: link 2011
• Society for International Development on the Power of the Appreciative Question regarding the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Advocacy Evaluation (2009)
• “A Wealth of Knowledge: Case Studies in Learning from a PVO’s Most Precious Assets” article in Monday Developments with G. McAuliffe 2008
• CRS Participatory Rural Appraisal/ Rapid Rural Appraisal (PRA/RRA) including a food security chapter by Cekan (2008)
• “Seasonal Coping Strategies in Central Mali, 5 villages During the Soudure” Disasters #16 2007
• Field tools: “ARC Food Security Proposal Review Checklists & Tools, Food Ration Calculation Exercise”, “White Paper” 2001
• “Red Cross’ Humanitarian Mission to Assist the Most Vulnerable — Safety Nets Programs and The American Red Cross.” Food Aid Management Food Forum Newsletter, II Q, Washington, DC 2000
• “Food security” chapter in CRS PRA/RRA Manual, Spring 1999. Baltimore, MD.
• “Food Security Workshop: Developing Best Practices for Design and Implementation of Food Security Programs” 1999.
• “Toward a conceptual framework of household ‘coping’ – reflections from rural West Africa” Cambridge University Press reprinted in 2011 from original Africa, Volume 68 , Issue 2 , with Adams, A and R. Sauerborn April 1998
• “NGO recommendation for U.S. Action Plan on Food Security: Mini-paper #13 – ‘Food aid to promote food security’’’. Food Forum (FAM). Ellen Levinson & TJ Ryan. Nov/Dec 1997, DC.
• “Monetization – Links to Food Security?’’’ Relief and Rehabilitation Network Series, ODI. With Amy MacNeil and Steve Loeggering. November 1996. London: UK
• “Foreign Aid Cuts – Food Security Effects’’ Bread for the World Annual Report. Kim Miller. 1996.
• “Five Malian Villages During the ‘Soudure’: Counter-Seasonal Coping Strategies Observed” March 1992. London: UK.