Applying a systems and complexity lens to building evaluation capacity: Learning from a multicountry donor's experience

Abstract Although the evaluation field has increasingly integrated systems thinking and complexity science (STCS) into its work, little been published on how capacity is built to do STCS‐informed evaluation. The chapter helps address this gap by exploring paired concepts drawn from STCS building (ECB) literature: adaptive action culture; boundaries structures; interrelationships leadership; perspectives communication. ideas are grounded with illustrative examples a reflective case narrative of an international donor organization system surrounding it. Ultimately, shares can reimagine ECB increased participants change broader system.