Trainings

Causal Pathways 101 Virtual Trainings

Understand, Implement, and Benefit from Causal Pathways

Are you a foundation strategy, learning, or evaluation officer seeking to enhance your organization's impact? Or are you an evaluator working with philanthropy? Causal pathways exploration can provide valuable insights into how change happens, why it occurs, and under what circumstances.

The Initiative provides free, public virtual trainings, which are recorded and made available afterwards on YouTube. These trainings can also be modified based on your team's needs and interests and delivered privately to your team on your schedule, helping you effectively integrate causal pathways into your foundation's evaluation practices and drive more equitable outcomes. If your organization is interested in a customized, private training, please reach out to Carolina at carolina@causalpathways.org

Current Training Opportunities

This fall (2025), we are excited to offer a new series of free public virtual trainings. Learn more below (times are in Western Indonesia Time).

9/18 - 10:00am WIB

Session 1: Understanding and Getting Ready for Causal Pathways Evaluation

Yulianto Dewata

Reforma Visi Utama

Jeph Mathias

Independent Consultant

Materials

Explore what are causal pathways, the myths that keep us from applying causal pathways approaches, when this type of analysis makes most sense, and how to build buy-in for causal pathways with key staff and partners. Register HERE

9/25 - 10:00am WIB

Session 2: Values-Driven Causal Pathways Evaluations: Strengthening Rigor and Quality

Materials

Explore what rigor looks like in causal pathways evaluations, building on the inclusive rigor framework and a values-driven approach, including unpacking why participatory approaches matter. Register HERE

Yulianto Dewata

Reforma Visi Utama

Jeph Mathias

Independent Consultant

10/2 - 10:00am WIB

Session 3: The Nitty Gritty of a Causal Pathways Evaluation Design and Implementation

Materials

Explore how to design and implement a causal pathways evaluation, recognizing it can differ from many other types of evaluation. Topics range from constructing an iterative design process to strategies for coding causal relationships in data. Register HERE

Jeph Mathias

Independent Consultant

Yulianto Dewata

Reforma Visi Utama

Key Benefits

Deepen understanding: Gain a comprehensive grasp of causal pathways evaluation, its benefits, and how it can be implemented in a participatory way that advances equity.
Counter myths: Overcome common misconceptions that hinder causal pathways exploration.
Understand implementation: Learn to select appropriate approaches and design and implement a causal pathways evaluation, recognizing how it often differs from other evaluations.
Strengthen quality and rigor: Learn how to use a values-driven and participatory approach in order to strengthening quality and rigor.
Foster buy-in: Discover strategies to encourage program officers and other foundation staff to adopt causal pathways exploration.