Evaluation Manual
Evaluations are independent and impartial assessments on Finland’s development policy and cooperation. They produce information on the achievement of development policy goals and help the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) to understand what works and why. On this basis, the evaluations produce knowledge and recommendations to the management that are used to further develop the quality of development policy and cooperation.
The primary users of the Evaluation Manual are officials who commission and manage evaluations and evaluator experts who conduct evaluations, both in Finland and in the partner countries. The Evaluation Manual is also intended more widely to anyone interested in the evaluation of Finland's development policy and cooperation.
The language of the manual is English. The first part of the manual presents the key concepts of development evaluation, as well as international norms and standards. The second part guides the evaluation process step-by-step.
The Evaluation Manual is accompanied by templates and tools that can be downloaded from below.
Templates and tools
Evaluation Manual (PDF, 59 pages, 2,34 MB)
Templates:
Terms of Reference for an evaluation
Outline for an inception report
Outline for an evaluation report
Management response for a project/programme evaluation
Evaluation plan for project and programme evaluations
Communication and dissemination plan
Quality checklists:
Quality of recommendations made in the evaluation report
Tips and tools:
Practical tips for supporting evaluation capacity and systems in partner countries
Guidance note on MEL and evaluation plans
List of terminology applied in evaluations and project cycle management
Guideline for complaints process (in Finnish)