What we do
Coutts J&R provides you with industry leading expertise and tools to collect, interpret and effectively use information to make the best decisions for your project and program. Our expertise is in undertaking reviews, establishing evaluation frameworks, planning and undertaking monitoring and evaluation activities (or mentoring your staff as they undertake the process) and measuring and reporting on impact. Our challenge is to make sure that you have the information you need to make the most informed decisions and meet your reporting requirements.
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Monitoring, Evaluation & Reviews
| M&E planning & frameworks | |
| Program & project evaluations | |
| M&E management & support | |
| Reviews | |
| Benefit Cost Analysis |
Data Management & Reporting
| Planning and managing data collation | |
| Database development and support (YourDATA) | |
| Data analysis and reporting |
Communication Evaluation
| Evaluation plans for communication programs | |
| Defining objectives and KPIs | |
| Reviews of communication programs |
News Updates
- What Constitutes Practice Change
Two-page document developed by Jeff Coutts and the DCAP project on ‘What constitutes Practice Change’. It is intended to be useful in articulating the different practice change levels, definitions of practice change and provide helpful examples in the M&E context of the DCAP project.
- Handbook of Social Impact Assessment and Management
This carefully conceived Handbook presents a state-of-the-art discussion of the field of social impact assessment (SIA), highlighting contemporary understandings and emerging issues in this continually evolving area of research and practice. Experienced SIA practitioners from around the world share their learnings and advice on a comprehensive range of issues faced in social performance practice.
- 2023 CSIRO collaboration award win
We were really pleased to see the Climate Services for Agriculture program that we work on with CSIRO, the Bureau of Meteorology and FarmLink receive the 2023 CSIRO Collaboration Medal. Over the last few years, the collaboration and teamwork between the different organisations has been one of the program’s key success factors. It’s a really good demonstration of the importance and benefits of fostering a positive project team culture, regardless of where people may be based. And just so you can see what it looks like, we’ve included a photo of Jeff’s award.
Latest Post
- My three key takeaways from evokeAG. 2025
This week I attended evokeAG. 2025 in Brisbane and it was inspiring to see all the different types of technology being developed for, and by, the agriculture sector. As a way to reflect (and to practice what we preach in evaluation!) I thought I would share my three key takeaways from the two days. - Jeff’s Update September 2024It’s getting to be more of an annual blog update from me rather than the planned quarterly. Life and work get in the way – but I will work towards better balance and a more regular blog! What has really hit me recently is how the pendulum is swinging back to a national interest in agricultural extension (and advisory services), extension frameworks, extension capacity – in fact all things extension. We are working with John James (Enablers of Change) and Denise Bewsell (Scarletti) on two cross – Rural Development Corporation projects exploring how to strengthen extension capacity and impact in …continue reading → Jeff’s Update September 2024
- Jeff’s 2023 December UpdateNovember this year was the Australasian Pacific Extension Network (APEN) conference held in Tasmania and organised by John James and a conference committee. It was 30 years ago in 1993 that I was responsible for organising an international extension conference at the Gold Coast for the Queensland Department of Primary Industries (QDPI). That ‘first’ conference resulted from a few of us in QDPI who had the opportunity to study extension at post-graduate level – at government expense – in other countries. We wanted to share what we had learned and to reignite interest and skills in what extension could do …continue reading → Jeff’s 2023 December Update