On October 9 2015, the CORE Group’s Social and Behavior Change Working Group designed and hosted a one-day workshop to explore new and emerging ideas for M&E of SBC. The group discussed whether behavior change evaluations as currently conceived can be responsive to the dynamic background in which interventions operate, looked at the needs and dynamics driving new trends in thinking for M&E of SBC, brainstormed on-the-ground approaches and limitations to engaging audiences and communities in M&E, and discussed the implications of greater community inclusiveness.
This panel will synthesize that discussion for the audience at this Inaugural SBCC Summit and present a “Call to Action” encouraging implementers and donors to make evaluation more responsive to the contextual realities of implementation. The panelists will include: