EFX: Evaluation support for FAIR and X4L Projects

Toolkit Navigation

- Toolkit Introduction
- Project Logic
- The Purpose of Evaluation
- Evaluation Goals and Questions
- Indicators of Achievement
- Evaluation Methods
- Analysis of Data
- Presentation of Results
- Timing Evaluation Activity
- Administrative Considerations
- Ethical Considerations in Evaluation
- General Links

Administrative Considerations

A successful evaluation takes administrative issues into consideration from the start. Ask:

Who is responsible overall for the evaluation?
Who will undertake the work? And will they be available as required?
Will special expertise also be needed (e.g. design of a web-based questionnaire)?
Who else needs to be involved?
What are the reporting lines?
What are the milestones and deliverables?

Set up a budget for the evaluation activity. If the work is to be subcontracted this may be a one-line budget. Otherwise specify:

Staffing costs
Travel and subsistence
Materials
Equipment (e.g. a tape recorder for interviews)
Funding for rewarding participants (an honorarium per participant or maybe a prize draw)

Consider what you will do with the data you collect:

Where will raw data be stored?
Where will processed data be archived?
Will anyone else (e,g, other projects' staff) be permitted access to the data and on what terms?

Finally make sure that the evaluation activity will mesh in with the project's work and with the constraints imposed by the individuals and groups you will engage with.