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Development cooperation evaluation manual - Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Evaluation Manual
Evaluation is independent analysis of development policy and development cooperation. The purpose is to evaluate if the objectives of cooperation are achieved and to understand what works and why. Based on this evaluation produces evidence and recommendations for decision making for continuous quality improvements of development cooperation.
Templates and tools
Terms of Reference for an Evaluation
Checklist: Quality of Terms of Reference
Terms of Reference for an Appraisal
Outline for an Inception Report
Quantitative and Qualitative Methods for evaluations
Outline for an Evaluation Report
Checklist: Quality of Evaluation Report
- Evaluations provide impartial information on the achievement of objectives set for development cooperation. Evaluations are conducted in order to learn from successes and setbacks, and the lessons learned are used for developing future cooperation.
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- The Ministry for Foreign Affairs conducts two kinds of evaluations based on the size of evaluations and on the party responsible for the implementation: decentralised (= project and programme) and centralised (= comprehensive) evaluations.
- Project and programme evaluations assess individual projects and programmes. They are carried out by the units and embassies responsible for projects' implementation.
- Comprehensive evaluations focus on larger entities, such as policies, strategies and instruments, and they are conducted by the Development Evaluation Unit (EVA-11).