Activity File
Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Incubators
Summary
The Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment (MEIA) is an effort to draw lessons and experience, and learn more about different business models from infoDev's Global Network of more than 60 business incubators around the developing world.
Background / Terms of Reference
In April 2006, infoDev commissioned a study on “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries: Impact Assessment and Lessons Learned from infoDev’s Global Network of Business Incubators.” This study focuses on Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment (MEIA) and aims to:
- Draw lessons from the business incubators in supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in developing countries
- Assess the key challenges for business incubation and how they have been addressed by the incubators
- Provide recommendation for sustainable and effective support for the development of a vibrant network of innovators and business incubators globally
- Develop 10 detailed case studies of institutions providing entrepreneurship and business development support
- Implement and revise the infoDev incubation monitoring and evaluation survey tool for wider dissemination
- Build monitoring and evaluation capacity within business incubators participating in the assessment
The results of this assessment will be presented at the 2nd Global Forum on Business Incubation taking place in Hyderabad, India, November 6-10, 2006.
To learn more about the incubators in the network, go to:
Africa
Asia
Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & the Caribbean
Middle East & North Africa