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

8. Wading through
evaluation
jargon……

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

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

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
It can also happen before it
starts, and during the
project’s life
That would
be
SUMMATIVE
evaluation
That would
be
FORMATIVE
evaluation

14. Participatory Evaluation
Refers to getting all project stakeholders,
particularly the target group, involved in a
project evaluation

15. It is now time to explore
the evaluation toolbox