Dear fellow evaluation experts. I am happy to subscribe that it is important to conduct an evaluability assessment is fundamental not only for the planning and monitoring of the evaluation, but also and particularly important to project the scope that the evaluation could have and to manage the expectations of the stakeholders. As a result of an evaluation, it was suggested to adopt evaluability steps for the follow-up of the project and to ensure the conditions for external evaluation, in particular. So yes, the distinction between evaluability assessment and internal and external evaluation exercises can be facilitated, strengthening the mechanisms to achieve the former and prepare the latter.
In the case mentioned above, not all the criteria included in the design of the instrument to measure the evaluability of the project were available and this led to some differences of opinion regarding the expected evaluation among stakeholders, particularly between the funder and the evaluand. Agreements were negotiated and reached, and as a result the evaluation process was able to continue.
The evaluated project was funded by multilateral agencies, so yes, it is possible to use the results of the EA in an evaluation and both complement each other's information to measure contributions to the SDGs.
RE: Evaluability Assessments: An invitation to reflect and discuss
Mexico
América Elvira Hernández
Especialista en Monitoreo y Evaluación
Evaluadora independiente
Posted on 24/08/2024
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Dear fellow evaluation experts. I am happy to subscribe that it is important to conduct an evaluability assessment is fundamental not only for the planning and monitoring of the evaluation, but also and particularly important to project the scope that the evaluation could have and to manage the expectations of the stakeholders. As a result of an evaluation, it was suggested to adopt evaluability steps for the follow-up of the project and to ensure the conditions for external evaluation, in particular. So yes, the distinction between evaluability assessment and internal and external evaluation exercises can be facilitated, strengthening the mechanisms to achieve the former and prepare the latter.
In the case mentioned above, not all the criteria included in the design of the instrument to measure the evaluability of the project were available and this led to some differences of opinion regarding the expected evaluation among stakeholders, particularly between the funder and the evaluand. Agreements were negotiated and reached, and as a result the evaluation process was able to continue.
The evaluated project was funded by multilateral agencies, so yes, it is possible to use the results of the EA in an evaluation and both complement each other's information to measure contributions to the SDGs.