Evaluation is critical to good governance. It improves decision-making, assists in resource allocation, enhances accountability, and informs strategic management. Increasingly evaluation is an institutional requirement. This workshop looks at approaches to evaluation, reviews the tools and techniques for effective evaluations and identifies common problems and provides guidance on how to solve them. Key skills will be identified from presentations of successful case studies. Key Issues for Discussion:
Program, policy, project and political evaluations
Common myths and fears
The evaluation framework
Stakeholders in the evaluation process
Evaluation in the public policy domain
Managing evaluation activities strategically
Selecting the right approach for an evaluation
Keys to effective evaluations
Monitoring and collecting information
Why evaluations fail
Feedback mechanisms for evaluations
Presenting and integrating evaluations
Good practice evaluations
Successful evaluations
Common problems and solutions
Key skills for evaluating policies and programs
Methodology
Facilitators will lead discussion, providing key concepts, outlining relevant issues and providing 'core' information for participants to discuss and analyse. The approach is interactive with role-plays, case studies and hypothetical scenarios being used.
This workshop requires participants to:
Understand the significance of systematic monitoring of policy and program performance
Incorporate evaluation findings into strategic planning
Identify key criteria for effective policy and programming evaluation
Incorporate appropriate monitoring and evaluation into program planning
Appreciate the kinds of evaluation tools available
