Evaluation and Aid Effectiveness No 5 - Evaluation Feedback for Effective Learning and Accountability
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9789264034938
Subjects: Development
Description: Evaluation is a key tool in improving the quality and effectiveness of development co-operation. The Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Working Party in Aid Evaluation is the only international forum where bilateral and multilateral evaluation experts meet regularly. Its Members meet to improve evaluation practice and to learn lessons from development co-operation activities and experiences. A series "Evaluation and Aid Effectiveness" was launched to share selected pieces of work with a broader public. This publication is composed of two parts: The Workshop Report, based on the fore-mentioned meeting, highlights the various issues raised, topics of discussion and different feedback systems, and outlines the areas identified by participants as most relevant for improving evaluation feedback. The Background Synthesis Report, intended as a starting point for discussion at the workshop, outlines the main concerns and challenges facing evaluation feedback and the means to address these. The report is based on an analysis of questionnaire results, and a review of previous initiatives in this area. The print version of the above report is available free of charge from the Development Co-operation Directorate; please send an email to dac.contact@oecd.org to get a copy.
Table of contents: title: PART I. WORKSHOP REPORT; title: Executive Summary; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The Changing Aid Landscape&nbsp;; title: 3. The Feedback Challenge&nbsp;; title: 3.1. Learning and accountability; title: 3.2. The learning frontier; title: 3.3. Obstacles to learning; title: 3.4. Addressing the demand side; title: 4. Understanding Target Audiences&nbsp;; title: 4.1. Better targeting; title: 4.2. Parliament, ministers and boards; title: 4.3. The Media; title: 4.4. NGOs and CSOs; title: 4.5. The general public; title: 4.6. The case for disclosure; title: 5. Getting the Message Across&nbsp;; title: 5.1. Learning by doing; title: 5.2. Relevance; title: 5.3. Timeliness; title: 5.4. Quality issues; title: 5.5. Language barriers; title: 5.6. Intelligent use of the Internet; title: 5.7. Interagency lesson learning; title: 5.8. The value of face-to-face communication; title: 6. Involving Partners&nbsp;; title: 7. Institutional Issues&nbsp;; title: 7.1. The status of evaluation units; title: 7.2. Institutionalising lesson learning; title: 7.3. Results based management; title: 7.4. Staffing and resourcing; title: Conclusions; title: Annex I. Workshop Programme&nbsp;; title: -Annex 2 List of Participants in the DAC Tokyo Workshop&nbsp;; title: -Annex 3. Press Release&nbsp;; title: PART II. BACKGROUND SYNTHESIS REPORT; title: -Executive Summary; title: 1. Introduction; title: 1.1. The story so far; title: 1.2. So what is new?; title: 1.3. Current practices: the starting point; title: 1.4. Structure of the report; title: 2. Challenges; title: 2.1. Dual objectives: learning and accountability; title: 2.2. The move away from project-level evaluations; title: 2.3. The dissemination challenge; title: 2.4. Institutionalising lesson learning; title: 2.5. Process and politics; title: 2.6. The role and status of central evaluation units; title: 2.7. Encouraging participation and ownership; title: 2.8. Responding to information overload; title: 3. Opportunities&nbsp;; title: 3.1. Taking advantage of the Internet; title: 3.2. Using evaluation feedback to enhance learning in the organisation; title: 3.3. Linking in with the International Development Goals; title: 3.4. Looking ahead; title: -Annex 1. Conclusions from Previous Evaluation Feedback Studies; title: -Annex 2. Background Questionnaire and Results&nbsp;; title: -Annex 3. Evaluation Products&nbsp;; title: -Annex 4. Review of Evaluation Web Resources&nbsp;; title: Bibliography