Develop recommendations

If recommendations are developed on the basis of the evaluation findings, processes which involve stakeholders in developing and/or reviewing them will contribute to the use of the evaluation findings. The individual or group who has control of the evaluation – a manager or evaluation steering committee – should be consulted when developing recommendations as their support will probably be very important in order to  ensure that the evaluation findings are disseminated and used. 

Options

• Beneficiary exchange: discussing findings between beneficiaries in order to provide feedback
• Chat rooms: setting up online spaces where findings can be discussed
• Electronic democracy: using new and emergent forms of media in order to engage community members in seeking to influence the decision making process.
• External review: having external experts or anonymous reviewers provide feedback.
• Group critical reflection: facilitating a group stakeholder feedback session.
• Individual critical reflection: asking particular individual stakeholders for their independent feedback
• Participatory recommendation screening: testing recommendations with key stakeholders
• World Cafe: hosting a group dialogue which emphasizes the power of simple conversation when considering relevant questions and themes

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