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Introduction to evaluation

Evaluation helps us to assess the effectiveness of a piece of work, a project or a programme, and why it is or isn’t successful. We can then celebrate what has worked as well as learn from what hasn’t worked. It should be an ongoing process so that what we learn from experience we can use to develop and plan our work in the future.

Evaluation can be an empowering experience so long as all those involved in the process have a say in setting the criteria and in the analysis of findings.

Evaluation is not the same as routine monitoring or performance management. It focuses on the broader picture i.e. the extent to which projects contribute to meeting long term objectives, and the reasons why achievements or difficulties happen.


Key Principles

Evaluation should:

ü be a continuous process to assist planning and project development rather than just reviewing the impact of a particular initiative ‘after the event’.

ü involve all ‘stakeholders’ and help to answer the questions which are significant to them

ü involve imaginative and creative approaches to enable and encourage all involved to fully participate.

ü be part and parcel of accountability to the wider community.

ü challenge discriminatory and oppressive policies and practice and seek to overcome inequality and disadvantage.

ü highlight and celebrate successes and achievements as well as exploring weaknesses and difficulties.

A Step by Step Approach
In developing an evaluation action plan you need to think about:
- why you are evaluating
- what you are evaluating
- how you are going to do it
- who is going to do it
- when you are going to do it




Step 1
Identifying and analysing what you are doing, why you are doing it and what you hope to achieve.

Step 2
Identifying key evaluation questions that you need to ask to help measure success and to consider difficulties or weaknesses.

Step 3
Clarifying what information will be required to help you to answer or explore these questions and considering what information you already have.

Step 4
Considering the different methods that can be used for gathering additional information.

Step 5
Considering how the information you gather can be analysed and how the findings can be fed back internally within the project, to all those who have supplied information and to other stakeholders.

Step 6
Developing a clear and co-ordinated action plan for evaluation that is realistic and achievable in relation to the time and resources available.

Throughout the evaluation process consideration should be given to ways of effectively engaging people at all stages.
You need to find a way of being reasonably confident that the observed outcomes do come about as a result of the actions that are taken.

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