United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Posted on 15/05/2024
This is interesting. To make the roles of the evaluation manager meaningful in the evaluation process, a proper orientation, and clear roles and responsibilities matter. I see many of the discussants emphasizing the relevance of the evaluation manager throughout the process. At what points (intervals) the evaluation team needs to bring in the evaluation manager? This is critical. Again, the independence of the evaluation needs to be protected to get credible results. It would be interesting to bring in the evaluation manager at the beginning and end of every critical step. This can take the form of debriefing, to allow the evaluation manager to contribute. I have led and participated in an evaluation where the evaluation manager tried to get involved with dictating which participants to be sampled. Similarly, the evaluation manager also attempted to model the minds of the participants. These actions undermine the independence and the credibility of the evaluation.
RE: Management matters: exploring the link between management models and the use of evaluations
Liberia
Musa K. Sanoe
National M&E Specialist
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Posted on 15/05/2024
This is interesting. To make the roles of the evaluation manager meaningful in the evaluation process, a proper orientation, and clear roles and responsibilities matter. I see many of the discussants emphasizing the relevance of the evaluation manager throughout the process. At what points (intervals) the evaluation team needs to bring in the evaluation manager? This is critical. Again, the independence of the evaluation needs to be protected to get credible results. It would be interesting to bring in the evaluation manager at the beginning and end of every critical step. This can take the form of debriefing, to allow the evaluation manager to contribute. I have led and participated in an evaluation where the evaluation manager tried to get involved with dictating which participants to be sampled. Similarly, the evaluation manager also attempted to model the minds of the participants. These actions undermine the independence and the credibility of the evaluation.