Our
Pioneering
Approach
Shifting the Current
Philanthropies around the world, especially those that operate in the global South, are contending with questions of power and how that shapes the flow of knowledge and resources.
How We Differ
For transformative and sustainable solutions to emerge from philanthropy’s investments, donors must turn to the Global South as a source of critical perspectives, strategies, and solutions that are best-positioned to address some of the key challenges of our time.
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Place-based learning: we inform philanthropy’s lens on knowledge-generation and resource distribution
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Shifting power: for power to shift from the core to the periphery, philanthropy’s endeavours to learn and evaluate must enable programming from the region, rather than just for the region
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Reversing the flow of knowledge: to truly shift the power of generating discourse , philanthropy must invest in reversing the flow of knowledge - from the South to the North.
Shifting the Current
Philanthropies around the world, especially those that operate in the global South, are contending with questions of power and how that shapes the flow of knowledge and resources.
How We Differ
At the heart of these drivers is how philanthropies view pathways for change and the role of knowledge in shaping those.
For transformative and sustainable solutions to emerge from philanthropy’s investments, donors must turn to the Global South as a source of critical perspectives, strategies, and solutions that are best-positioned to address some of the key challenges of our time.
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Place-based learning: we inform philanthropy’s lens on knowledge-generation and resource distribution
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Shifting power: for power to shift from the core to the periphery, philanthropy’s endeavours to learn and evaluate must enable programming from the region, rather than just for the region
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Reversing the flow of knowledge: to truly shift the power of generating discourse , philanthropy must invest in reversing the flow of knowledge - from the South to the North.
Holistic Evaluation Perspective
From criteria-driven evaluation, we devise complexity-aware strategies, leading to sustained impacts. We believe that to achieve its full potential, philanthropy must nurture a productive relationship with learning cycles.
How We Differ
Rather than looking at organisations, strategies, projects, programs or verticals in isolation, Antara offers evaluation services for each element of the spectrum, layering our methodological expertise with social reality and a first-hand understanding of the complex ecosystem in which social change actors operate.
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Operating context
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Organisations
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Strategies
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Program/Portfolio perfomance
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Project performance
Hybrid Approaches
Antara specialises in a range of evaluation services, covering conventional use-based methods to emerging value-based ones.
How We Differ
From use-based methods...
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Formative evaluation
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Process evaluation
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Summative evaluation
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Outcome evaluation
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Utilisation-focused evaluation
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Developmental evaluation
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to value-based methods:
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Gender transformative evaluation
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Theory-based evaluation
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Participatory evaluation
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Configurational evaluation
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Realist evaluation
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Goal-free evaluation
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Empowering evaluation
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Culturally-responsive evaluation