Colombia INSPIRE Coordination Course Evaluation – Final report

WHY WE LIKE THIS PIECE

In 2021, the End Violence Lab at the University of Edinburgh launched its third INSPIRE Coordination Course—the Colombia INSPIRE Coordination Course (CICC), co-delivered with the Government of Colombia and the support of international partners. The course set out to build the skills of practitioners and decision-making authorities involved in implementing, monitoring, and scaling up INSPIRE interventions in 32 Colombian government departments. Delivered online over three months, the course content followed the INSPIRE Competency Framework, developed by the INSPIRE Working Group.

This evaluation report is the result of a mixed-methods approach to monitoring and evaluation conducted in real-time by an independent consultant for the End Violence Lab. It contains a detailed evaluation of the planning, co-design, delivery, and results of the online CICC. As readers move through this evaluation, it is also recommended that they refer to its companion—the Colombia INSPIRE Coordination Course Documentation and Process Guide—which provides many of the tools used to conduct this evaluation.