Evaluation
Impact, process and mid-term evaluations of programmes and portfolios, from the inception phase to the final report and management response.
Independent research & evaluation · London
Finding out what's working, for whom, and why.
I'm Anita Pavic. I work with public and third sector organisations, from government departments to charities and international development programmes, to understand what's working and what people need. I do it through interviews, workshops, surveys and reports people actually read.
Worked with
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
- World Bank
- Wellcome Trust
- Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
- World Food Programme (WFP)
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
- Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
- LEGO Foundation
- British Council
- Youth Endowment Fund (YEF)
- Itad
Services
What I can do for you
I can take on a whole research or evaluation project, or join your team for one part of a bigger study.
Qualitative research
Interviews, focus groups and workshops, online and in person, with programme teams, partners, funders and participants. I code and analyse the data in MAXQDA, Dedoose and similar tools, then turn it into clear findings. Where it fits, especially with charities, I love using participatory methods so people help shape the research and make sense of the results.
Quantitative research
Surveys of people you can already reach, such as programme participants, grantees, partners or staff. I design the questionnaire, set it up on an online survey platform, then analyse and report the results. I also analyse existing survey and programme data.
Also:
- Policy & stakeholder research
- Market research & comms testing
- Evaluability assessments
- Conflict & political economy analysis
- Validation workshops
- Policy briefs & learning products
- Multi-country project coordination
Selected work
Published reports
Danish support to gender equality, 2014–2021
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark · with Itad
An evaluation of how Denmark's development cooperation supported gender equality from 2014 to 2021. I coordinated the project, wrote country case studies on programmes in Mali, Kenya and Burkina Faso, and case studies of UNICEF, UNFPA, Marie Stopes and the Green Climate Fund.
Read the reportChildren, Violence and Vulnerability 2024
Youth Endowment Fund · at Savanta
The Youth Endowment Fund's report on teenage children's experiences of violence, based on a national survey. I was project lead and co-author.
Read the reportCEPI 2.0 mid-term review
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations · with Itad
A review of CEPI's progress halfway through its second strategy. I analysed the survey data, ran key informant interviews, did the qualitative analysis and co-wrote the final report.
Read the reportFuture of Global Health Initiatives process evaluation
Wellcome Trust · with Itad
An evaluation of the process behind the Future of Global Health Initiatives, a multi-stakeholder effort to change how global health initiatives work together. I led the stakeholder mapping and analysis and co-wrote the report.
Read the reportNext Generation UK 2024
British Council · at Savanta
Research into the lives, priorities and attitudes of young people in the UK, part of the British Council's international Next Generation series. I was project lead and co-author.
Read the reportProtection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse evaluation
World Food Programme (WFP) · with Itad
An evaluation of WFP's approach to protection from sexual exploitation and abuse. I carried out the benchmarking analysis and coded the programme documents.
Read the reportMOPAN assessment of UNAIDS, 2023
Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN) · with Itad
An independent assessment of how well UNAIDS performs as an organisation. I designed and ran a survey, reviewed documents, conducted and analysed key informant interviews, and refined the data collection tools and stakeholder sample.
Read the reportMore evaluations
- Fleming FundPhases 1 and 2
- Blue Planet FundDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
- Supporting Inclusive Growth in SomaliaForeign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
- Global Challenges Research FundDepartment for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
- LEGO Foundation evaluationLEGO Foundation
- British International Investment (BII)Technology and telecoms
Testimonials
What people say about working with me
I worked with Anita over about a year on a range of data collation and analysis tasks. The work required a mix of more interesting advanced data analyst skills (Excel, Python, Power BI) and more routine tracking down and cleaning data from international databases, project monitoring and other sources. Throughout I found Anita proactive, capable and reliable. She was always happy to adapt, take on different or more work, and be flexible in how and when this needed to be done. All in all a great colleague and team member.
I have known Anita for years through development projects supporting vulnerable communities, victims of sexual violence and young people at regional and international level. She is highly efficient, with strong skills in programme management, advocacy and communications for development. Intelligent, dependable and dedicated.
About
Hi, I'm Anita
Anita Pavic, pronounced PAH-vich
I've worked in research and evaluation for over ten years. I've also run programmes myself, managing employment and housing projects for young homeless people in London and reporting to their funders. So I make sure my evaluations are useful to the people delivering a programme, the people it serves, and the people paying for it.
I work as a freelance evaluator on donor-funded programmes in global health, gender equality, climate and governance.
As Associate Director in the Public team at Savanta, I worked on policy research, stakeholder research, comms testing, participatory research and youth research for government departments, charities and other organisations. Young people are a particular interest of mine. Outside research, I founded a youth policy association in Croatia, served as Under-Secretary-General of the International Youth Federation, and was a youth ambassador for the WAVE Network (Women Against Violence Europe).
- Research Hero 2022Market Research Society (MRS)
- ESOMAR YES AwardFinalist, 2022
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