Making Evaluations of Capacity Development Programs More Influential

1. Making Evaluations of Capacity Development Programs More Influential Fiona Kotvojs: fiona.kotvojs@bigpond.com and Rosalind Hurworth: r.hurworth@unimelb.edu.au

2. Mine The literature This research Capacity Development Evaluation Experience

3. “One of the biggest problems we have is that we are not producing the sort of information that is useful”

4. Testing the CDE Framework Utilisation focussed approach Intended user groups 51 interviews Methodology

5. Capacity Capacity Capacity & Capacity Development The ability of people, organisations & society as a whole to manage their affairs successfully. Capacity development Process The process of developing competencies and capabilities in individuals, groups, organisations, sectors or countries which will lead to sustained or self generating performance improvement Ability

6. Key Questions to Answer

7. Use of Findings Diversity of Questions Intended Users Distance from Initiative

8. Relevance. Effectiveness. Efficiency. Impact. Sustainability. Development Assistance Committee (DAC) criteria

9. Development Assistance Committee (DAC) criteria Use of evaluation Evaluation for whom Implications

10. I want to know what changed, why did it change, what else was going on in the environment. If you have this information, you can form a judgement.

11. Capacity Capacity Capacity & Capacity Development Capacity development strategy Process = Capacity Development Environmental influences Ability