Institutional context Practicality Accessibility to and Are physical security risks? Will weather be a constraint? Are and key stakeholders likely to be present, or absent on leave or availability of secondment? Can reported availability be relied upon? stakeholders? Resources available to Time available in total and in country? Timing within the schedule of all other activities? Funding available for the relevant team and duration? do the evaluation? People with the necessary skills available at this point? Is the timing Is there an opportunity for an evaluation to have an influence? Has the project accumulated enough implementation experience to enable useful lessons to be extracted? If the evaluation was planned in advance, is the evaluation still relevant? Coordination How many other donors, government departments, or NGOs need to be or want to be involved? What forms of coordination are possible and/or requirements? required? Utility Who wants an Have the primary users been clearly identified? Can they be involved in defining the evaluation? Will they participate in an evaluation process? evaluation? What do stakeholders What evaluation questions are of interest to whom? Are these realistic, want to know? given the project design and likely data availability? Can they be prioritised? How do people want to see the results used? Is this realistic? What sort of evaluation What designs do stakeholders express interest in? Could these work process do given evaluation the questions of interest and likely information stakeholders want? availability, and resources available? What ethical issues Are they known or knowable? Are they likely to be manageable? What constraints will they impose? exist? What are the risks? Will stakeholders be able to manage negative findings? Have previous evaluation experiences prejudiced stakeholder’s likely participation?
Institutional context Practicality Accessibility to and availability of stakeholders? Are physical security risks? Will weather be a constraint? Are and key stakeholders likely to be present, or absent on leave or secondment? Can reported availability be relied upon? Resources available to do the evaluation? Time available in total and in country? Timing within the schedule of all other activities? Funding available for the relevant team and duration? People with the necessary skills available at this point? Is the timing Is there an opportunity for an evaluation to have an influence? Has the project accumulated enough implementation experience to enable useful lessons to be extracted? If the evaluation was planned in advance, is the evaluation still relevant? Coordination requirements? How many other donors, government departments, or NGOs need to be or want to be involved? What forms of coordination are possible and/or required? Utility Who wants an evaluation? Have the primary users been clearly identified? Can they be involved in defining the evaluation? Will they participate in an evaluation process? What do stakeholders want to know? What evaluation questions are of interest to whom? Are these realistic, given the project design and likely data availability? Can they be prioritised? How do people want to see the results used? Is this realistic? What sort of evaluation process do stakeholders want? What designs do stakeholders express interest in? Could these work given evaluation the questions of interest and likely information availability, and resources available? What ethical issues exist? Are they known or knowable? Are they likely to be manageable? What constraints will they impose? What are the risks? Will stakeholders be able to manage negative findings? Have previous evaluation experiences prejudiced stakeholder’s likely participation?
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