• A body of knowledge on theories and approaches used to conduct impact evaluations of public policies, development programmes, and projects
• Methodologies and approaches to design impact evaluation using both: qualitative and quantitative data based design
• Criteria to decide which is the most appropriate impact evaluation design
• How to develop a process to plan, operationalize, budget, and manage an impact evaluation.

• General concepts and considerations for impact evaluation: the recurring dilemma of attribution versus contribution 
• Quantitative and qualitative methods for impact evaluation
• Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for impact evaluation
• Methods of data collection, processing and analysis for impact evaluation
• Managing and using the impact evaluation for decision-making and developing new knowledge

Work with your peers and expand your international network to access new resources, hone your skills and apply them immediately:

• Identify and engage relevant stakeholders throughout the impact evaluation process using technical and soft skills
• Select the most appropriate impact evaluation design to respond to the unique context of the intervention and to the prevailing constraints of data, time, money, and context.
• Design a customized impact evaluation scheme for the unique context of a development intervention of your choice.
• Build an operational plan to conduct the impact evaluation
• Collect, process, and analyses data to evaluate impact using quantitative and qualitative approaches
• Use impact evaluation results for informing decision-making and economic analyses.

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The certification programme is organised in a blended modality. It includes a distance learning phase followed by a one-week workshop in Turin on the United Nations Campus under the umbrella of the 2026 Development Cooperation Academy.

For more information on the Academy please click on the following link

Once participants have completed the workshop, they will then work remotely with the assistance of an expert on a final project and receive their certification. The entire programme consists of approximately 70 hours of learning.

Moreover:

• Monitoring and evaluation skills are essential to professionals working in development.
• Data analysis and evaluation skills are essential to professionals working in the public and development sectors.
• Employers that sponsor participants obtain the possibility to create an impact evaluation scheme for one of their development interventions.
• Successful participants receive a professional certification attesting their capacity to effectively design and conduct impact evaluation.
• The programme was developed and is implemented by evaluation experts and practitioners, researchers and development cooperation managers.
• Participatory activities include self-guided modules, webinars, online forum, practical assignments, individualized feedback and tutoring.
• Participants keep access to the e-Campus course on impact evaluation, training material, and references.

• Upon successful completion of the Academy, participants receive a Certificate of Achievement in their chosen discipline.
• This certificate shows that you have fulfilled all assignments, knowledge tests and other prerequisites to a minimum standard.
• The complete effort amounts to 70 hours of learning.
• The certificate is a digital certificate which is protected by block-chain technology and can be displayed on social media.