| Session Title: Peace Corps’ Volunteer Reporting Tool: Increasing the Capacity for Evidence-based Decision-Making at Multiple Levels of the Peace Corps |
| Demonstration Session 577 to be held in REPUBLIC A on Friday, Nov 12, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM |
| Sponsored by the International and Cross-cultural Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Eleanor Shirley, Peace Corps, eshirley@peacecorps.gov |
| Abstract: The Volunteer Reporting Tool (VRT) represents a significant step towards Peace Corps’ goal of rigorously demonstrating the results of our Volunteers’ and Partners’ diverse work worldwide. The Peace Corps’ size and unique structure have made standardized monitoring and evaluation a real challenge for the agency over the years. When the VRT was rolled out to over 65 Peace Corps posts worldwide in 2008-2009, it was the first time in the agency that every Post and every Volunteer used a standardized, yet customizable, data collection and data management system. This demonstration will show how the VRT works at each Peace Corps post, and will reveal successes, challenges and lessons learned in designing this system to align with Peace Corps work, and in training field staff and Volunteers to effectively use the system. |