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Initiating an evaluation – being utilisation focused

Initiating an evaluation – being utilisation focused. Who are the primary stakeholders? How can you engage them, encourage their ownership, and ensure relevance of the evaluation to their needs?

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Initiating an evaluation – being utilisation focused

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  1. Initiating an evaluation – being utilisation focused • Who are the primary stakeholders? • How can you engage them, encourage their ownership, and ensure relevance of the evaluation to their needs? • Which stakeholders’ needs are you going to prioritise in order to make the evaluation do-able and to retain focus? • ‘The decision to evaluate should be the result of a considered and negotiated process involving the key stakeholders and especially the intended users’ (ALNAP Review 2006)

  2. What to evaluate • Establish the scope and focus of the evaluation (ideally with your primary stakeholders) • Select the type of evaluation most appropriate • Agree and decide upon the criteria (tomorrow’s session)

  3. Timing of an evaluation • Factors to consider: • Seasons eg agricultural season, rainy season • Patterns in the conflict • Political events • Work cycles eg end of the fiscal year, annual assessments and appeals • Public holidays and festivals • Be aware of how scheduling may affect the findings eg: • Malnutrition and certain diseases • Weighing children in winter months, with many clothes on • Availability of range of beneficiaries to interview eg migration patterns

  4. Terms of Reference • Represent agreed expectations in terms of: • Scope and parameters • Process (including timing) • Role of each key stakeholder • Obligations of evaluation team, and of other stakeholders • Key questions to be answered • NB. Should link evaluation design with intended use

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