Evaluating Development Cooperation

Evaluating Development Cooperation

Concepts and Tools


 * Introduction
 * Defining Evaluation
 * General Purview: Aid Effectiveness: Evaluating The Impact Of Aid
 * Establishing A Process Of Monitoring, Evaluation And Learning
 * Evaluation Types with Respect To The Programme Cycle Management Phases
 * 1) Ex Ante Evaluations
 * 2) In Itinere Evaluations
 * 3) Evaluations At Project Closure
 * 4) Ex Post Evaluations


 * Evaluation Criteria With Respect To The Management Quality In Programme Cycle Management
 * 1) Efficiency Evaluation
 * 2) Evaluation of the Performance of Human Resources
 * 3) Accountability And Transparency
 * 4) Effectiveness Evaluation
 * 5) Impact Evaluation
 * 6) Sustainability Evaluation


 * Standard Evaluation Methods
 * 1) Data Collection Methods
 * 2) Data Analysis Method
 * 3) Reporting Methods
 * 4) Methods For Generating Acceptance For The Evaluation Reports


 * Elements Of An Evaluation Action
 * Planning The M&E Action
 * Determine What Information The Evaluation Must Provide
 * Define The Data To Collect
 * Decide On Data Collection Methods
 * Decide How Information Will Be Collected And Analyzed
 * Deciding The Concrete Outputs Of The Action -(Reports, Presentations, Etc.
 * Deciding How The Outputs Of The Evaluation Activity Will Be Used By Evaluation Stakeholders
 * Executing The Evaluation Action
 * Subdividing The Tasks And Allocating The Resources
 * Collect And Process The Data
 * Analyse The Data To Answer To The Evaluation Questions
 * Evaluating Development Cooperation/Elements Of An Evaluation Action/Executing The Action/Prepare M&E Reports
 * Lessons Learned
 * Disseminate Reports
 * Generate Acceptance And Utilization Of The M&E Reports
 * Use The Evaluation: Revising Programme Strategies And Plans, Empowering The Organization And Increase Learning
 * Evaluating the impact of an evaluation (meta-evaluation)
 * Analyzing the impact of the evaluation action on the programmes upon which it was meant to give strategic contribution
 * What are the sine-qua-non conditions for a meaningful evaluation?
 * Evaluation, accountability and professional standards


 * Sectorial Evaluations
 * - /Evaluation Of Advocacy Programmes/
 * - /Evaluating Governance/
 * - /Evaluation Of Training/
 * - /Gender Sensitivity Evaluation/ - The Extent To Which Men And Women Have Benefited Differently In Terms Of Greater Control Of Their Lives, Resources And Changes In Responsibilities And Gender Relations.
 * /Environmental Impact Evaluation/ - An Assessment Of How The Natural Environment And Resources Have Been Affected (Both Positively And Negatively) As A Result Of The Project Or Programme Intervention.
 * /Evaluation Of Communication/
 * /Evaluation Of Communication/