South Africa Water Experiment Blog Series

This blog series reflects the experiences of the teams in the debut South Africa TIP experiment, as they navigated through the TIPC Methodology to overlay the TIP theory of change on to their Living Catchments water provision and security project. This project works to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 6: Water for All.

The main delivery partner were the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and the Water Research Council (WRC) who worked with the TIPC research team through, TIPC member, the national Department for Science & Innovation (DSI).

Blog 3: Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) from a Transformative...

Thinking & Analysis

26 May 2021

“It was like a roller-coaster in a thunderstorm! Once… familiarity grew, it was easier to talk about concepts. I found the practitioner-academic dynamic so fascinating. I’m so grateful for this experience.” Evaluation comes at the end, right? Along with...

BLOG 2: The Transformative Outcomes: Does the Theory Stick? Practitioners’...

Thinking & Analysis

16 December 2020

By Geraldine Bloomfield Interview with Tanya Layne and Nontutuzelo Pearl Gola from the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) This is blog No. 2 in the South Africa Water Experiment Blog Series. For reference the first in the series is here “There...

BLOG 1: How did that go? Reflections from the South...

Thinking & Analysis

19 October 2020

By Geraldine Bloomfield, with Mahlodi Tau and Dan’sile Cindi. “It draws out exactly what we want to say. It shows the Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP) team get it! It’s a good feeling. It’s amazing…I am still learning – I...