1. What is Evaluation?

2. The first thing to point out is…..

3. Evaluation is the subjective interpretation of data collected during the monitoring of a project.

4. That means that different audiences may assign different value to the same information.

5. So what is monitoring
Monitoring refers to collecting data during the life of a project. This data is subsequently used to make a value judgement, or evaluation of the project’s worth.

6. Evaluation is also about learning….
What works and what doesn’t!

7. Could the funds have been better spent?
…. And accountability
Could the funds have been better spent?

8. Wading through evaluation jargon……

9. Efficiency Effectiveness
Relates to how economically activities were undertaken
Effectiveness
The extent to which a project meets its intended outputs

10. Activities
The tasks that are required to be done in order to achieve the outputs (eg. run a workshop, conduct and audit)
Outputs
Products or services delivered as part of the project’s activities (eg. workshops, audits, brochures)

11. Outcomes
Measures the change in behaviour or resource use in relation to goal of the project. Outcomes are usually considered in terms of their expected timeframe:
Short–term (or immediate)
Intermediate
Long-term

12. Impact
Refers to the measures of change that result from the outputs being completed, such as responses to surveys, requests for further information, or number of products taken up (eg. lights installed)
Impact is sometimes used in place of short-term outcomes

13. Evaluation can happen at any time
Evaluation is not just something that happens at the end of a project
That would be SUMMATIVE evaluation
That would be FORMATIVE evaluation
It can also happen before it starts, and during the project’s life

14. Participatory Evaluation
Refers to getting all project stakeholders, particularly the target group, involved in a project evaluation
For more information, a ‘SHORT GUIDE TO MONITORING AND EVALUATION’ can be downloaded from the toolbox.

15. It is now time to explore the evaluation toolbox