It’s hard not to firmly agree with Oliver’s arguments on neutrality vs. usefulness. Higher inclusiveness and stakeholder participation in the process of evaluation combined with the sufficient conditions stimulating “open-mindedness” of the evaluators towards diverse views- are key to success in achieving objectivity, and in turn, in leading to a valuable learning outcome. It is important not to forget about the end users of the evaluation results as "customers" who anticipate the evaluation product to be useful.
RE: Neutrality-impartiality-independence. At which stage of the evaluation is each concept important?
Georgia
Lasha Khonelidze
Evaluation Specialist
Independent Consultant
Posted on 01/02/2022
Dear all,
It’s hard not to firmly agree with Oliver’s arguments on neutrality vs. usefulness. Higher inclusiveness and stakeholder participation in the process of evaluation combined with the sufficient conditions stimulating “open-mindedness” of the evaluators towards diverse views- are key to success in achieving objectivity, and in turn, in leading to a valuable learning outcome. It is important not to forget about the end users of the evaluation results as "customers" who anticipate the evaluation product to be useful.
Cheers,
Lasha