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  • Orient the evaluator / evaluation team

    The evaluator(s) need a clear understanding of what needs to be evaluated.  They need to obtain as much background information on the project / program as possible, its implementers, the intended beneficiaries, and its specific context.
    Framework/Guide
    Manager's guide to evaluation

  • Guider l’évaluateur ou l’équipe d’évaluation

    L’évaluateur doit bien comprendre ce qui doit être évalué. Il doit obtenir autant de renseignements généraux que possible sur le projet ou le programme, les responsables de sa mise en oeuvre, les bénéficiaires prévus et son contexte précis.
    Framework/Guide
    Manager's guide to evaluation

  • Identify reporting requirements

    Identify the primary intended stakeholders and determine their reporting needs, including their decision-making timelines. Develop a communication plan.
    Framework/Guide
    Rainbow Framework

  • Develop reporting media

    Produce appropriate written, visual, and/or verbal products that communicate the findings.
    Framework/Guide
    Rainbow Framework

  • Consider the implications of the resources available and specific constraints

    Identify the resources that can be used for the evaluation, and any particular constraints for them.
    Framework/Guide
    Manager's guide to evaluation

  • Tenir compte des répercussions des ressources disponibles et des contraintes spécifiques

    Il faut cerner les ressources qui pourront être utilisées aux fins de l’évaluation y compris potentiellement les suivantes
    Framework/Guide
    Manager's guide to evaluation

  • Develop recommendations

    Draw on the findings and an understanding of the implementation environment to make recommendations such as how the programme can be improved, how the risk of programme failure can be reduced or whether the programme should continue. (This is often useful…
    Framework/Guide
    Rainbow Framework

  • Use measures, indicators or metrics

    Choose or develop measures, indicators or metrics of interest, such as performance, activities or context. (This is useful for many evaluations but in some cases rubrics which synthesise qualitative information will be more valid).
    Framework/Guide
    Rainbow Framework

  • Collect and/ or retrieve data

    Decide how to collect or retrieve data to answer the Key Evaluation Questions.
    Framework/Guide
    Rainbow Framework

  • Combine qualitative and quantitative data

    Combine qualitative data (text, images) and quantitative data (numbers) to improve the quality of findings.
    Framework/Guide
    Rainbow Framework

  • Identify potential unintended results

    It is useful and ethical to consider possible negative impacts (that make things worse not better) and how they can be identified before an intervention (project, programme, or policy) is implemented and addressed in an evaluation or M&E System.
    Framework/Guide
    Rainbow Framework

  • Identify primary intended users

    Clarify who will actually use the evaluation—not in vague, general terms (e.g. "decision makers") but in terms of specific identifiable people (e.g. the manager and staff of the programme; the steering committee; funders deciding whether to fund this…
    Framework/Guide
    Rainbow Framework

  • Decide purposes

    Clarify the intended uses of this evaluation—is it to support improvement, for accountability, for knowledge building? Is there a specific timeframe required (for example, to inform a specific decision or funding allocations)? If there are multiple…
    Framework/Guide
    Rainbow Framework

  • C4D Hub: Check the results support causal attribution (strategy 2)

    Checking the consistency of results means analysing data in systematic ways to check the extent to which it matches what would be expected if it has worked, in order to understand whether a causal relationship exists between variables.
    Framework/Guide
    Communication for Development (C4D)

  • Principles and Protocols for the BetterEvaluation team

    Ten foundational principles and protocols will guide BetterEvaluation core team and members of the project working team (present and future) in their engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
    Framework/Guide
    Evaluation practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander settings

  • C4D: Participatory Matrix

    Participation is a fundamental element of C4D, and should, where possible and appropriate, be incorporated into RM&E as a means of developing effective, innovative and sustainable C4D.
    Framework/Guide
    Communication for Development (C4D)

  • Principles: C4D RME Framework Summary

    The C4D Evaluation Framework was developed to reflect the needs and values of Communication for Development. The Framework is made up of seven interconnected principles. These principles guide our choices about R,M&E. 
    Framework/Guide
    Communication for Development (C4D)

  • C4D: Frame

    Framing R,M&E involves being clear about the boundaries of the R,M&E. Why is the R,M&E being done? What are the broad R,M&E questions it is trying to answer? What are the values that will be used to make judgments about whether it is good…
    Framework/Guide
    Communication for Development (C4D)

  • C4D: Understand causes and contributions

    Most evaluations need to investigate what is causing any changes observed. This involves selecting methods for investigating causal attribution and contribution.
    Framework/Guide
    Communication for Development (C4D)

  • C4D: Participatory

    Inclusion; dialogue; partnership; human rights-based Participation is a central principle for C4D, and therefore should be incorporated in the R,M&E of C4D. Participatory R,M&E is undertaken in partnership with children and adolescents
    Framework/Guide
    Communication for Development (C4D)

  • C4D: Realistic

    Pragmatic; mixed-methods; grounded; flexible To be most effective, R,M&E approaches and methods need to be grounded in local realities.
    Framework/Guide
    Communication for Development (C4D)

  • C4D: Establish Decision making processes

    Many decisions will need to be made in the course of planning and implementing research monitoring and evaluation. To think about and implement effective decisions it is useful considers several factors.
    Framework/Guide
    Communication for Development (C4D)

  • C4D: Document management processes and agreements

    A number of documents (such as Terms of Reference (ToR), Request for Proposal (RFP) and/or Scope of Work) need to be created as part of the management of research, evaluations and studies. Such documents provide guidance, and they are particularly…
    Framework/Guide
    Communication for Development (C4D)

  • C4D: Develop initial description

    It is important to be clear about the boundaries of what will be included in an evaluation.  As part of this, it can be helpful to develop an initial brief description of what will be evaluated, which can provide a starting point for discussions to find…
    Framework/Guide
    Communication for Development (C4D)

  • C4D: Use measures, indicators or metrics

    Measures, indicators or metrics are used to succinctly describe the context, implementation and/or results of an intervention (project, program, policy) such as inputs, processes or activities, outputs, outcomes and impacts. The terms are often used in…
    Framework/Guide
    Communication for Development (C4D)

  • C4D: Synthesise data across studies (research, monitoring data, evaluations)

    There are often questions beyond a single program or initiative, such as “Do these types of interventions work?” or “For whom, in what ways and under what circumstances do they work?” Answering these kinds of questions means locating the evidence,…
    Framework/Guide
    Communication for Development (C4D)

  • About our project on 'Evaluation practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander settings'

    The story behind the Project When the project was started with a grant from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPM&C), Indigenous Affairs, in July 2018, the need for cultural sensitivity and input from Aboriginal and Torres Stra
    Framework/Guide
    Evaluation practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander settings

  • Investigate possible alternative explanations

    Identify other factors that might have caused the impacts and see if it is possible to rule them out.
    Framework/Guide
    Rainbow Framework

  • Understand and engage stakeholders

    Identify who has an interest in the evaluation in addition to the primary intended users, and whose interests need to be prioritised and why. Ensure their engagement throughout the evaluation.
    Framework/Guide
    Rainbow Framework

  • Determine and secure resources

    Identify what resources (time, money, expertise, equipment, etc.) will be needed and available for the evaluation. Consider both internal resources (e.g. staff time) and external resources (e.g. participants' time to attend meetings to provide feedback).
    Framework/Guide
    Rainbow Framework

  • Review evaluation (do meta-evaluation)

    Decide processes to review the evaluation process, findings, and conclusions drawn.
    Framework/Guide
    Rainbow Framework

  • Legal and policy basis for M&E systems

    The legal and policy basis refers to the formal legislative and policy frameworks that underpin the establishment, operation, and integration of M&E practices within government processes.
    Framework/Guide
    National M&E Systems

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