As a long-term Climate Adaptation Partnership (CAP) Program, the Pacific RISA is committed to learning from the outcomes of its work, fully expecting to adjust its efforts over time. Pacific RISA has pursued internal and external program evaluation for over a decade. Integrated evaluation efforts have provided an evidence-based framework for the RISA to iteratively develop as a holistic program, improve individual project outcomes, and contribute scholarship on evaluation to advance science policy. The initial Action Logic Model (ALM) reflected the team’s understanding of the research process at the time and – through repeated evaluations – was refined into a more comprehensive programmatic Theory of Impact (TOI). Incorporating stakeholder feedback, the Pacific RISA program since then thinks of its work as having four functions: to support practitioners, policy-makers and other partners and stakeholders by being 1) responsive, 2) supportive, 3) generative, and 4) critical. The Pacific RISA ALM and TOI also recognize that adaptation impacts and systems transformation occur at a variety of timeframes and that external factors can play a significant role in outcomes achieved across time scales, geographies, and complex systems. Annual evaluations can be completed at the project or program-scale.
Our Vision
Pacific Island communities that are resilient to climate impacts and using climate information to manage risks.
Program Evaluation
As a long-term Climate Adaptation Partnership (CAP) Program, the Pacific RISA is committed to learning from the outcomes of its work, fully expecting to adjust its efforts over time. Pacific RISA has pursued internal and external program evaluation for over a decade. Integrated evaluation efforts have provided an evidence-based framework for the RISA to iteratively develop as a holistic program, improve individual project outcomes, and contribute scholarship on evaluation to advance science policy. The initial Action Logic Model (ALM) reflected the team’s understanding of the research process at the time and – through repeated evaluations – was refined into a more comprehensive programmatic Theory of Impact (TOI). Incorporating stakeholder feedback, the Pacific RISA program since then thinks of its work as having four functions: to support practitioners, policy-makers and other partners and stakeholders by being 1) responsive, 2) supportive, 3) generative, and 4) critical. The Pacific RISA ALM and TOI also recognize that adaptation impacts and systems transformation occur at a variety of timeframes and that external factors can play a significant role in outcomes achieved across time scales, geographies, and complex systems. Annual evaluations can be completed at the project or program-scale.
Our Vision
Pacific Island communities that are resilient to climate impacts and using climate information to manage risks.
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