Community Learning Development Resource 603 – 07

 

A FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING CAPACITY BUILDING WORK

 

SUMMARY

A specimen framework for use with community learning/capacity building work with ‘hard to reach’ local people within a community development strategy

 

Broad evaluative considerations:

• How much has the work contributed to benefits gained within and by the target community?

• What has worked, how well has it worked, and what has not worked?

• Has the work practice operated in accordance with agreed values,  purposes, principles and priorities set for the work.

• In the evaluation of learner feedback and the recording and measuring of impact, benefit, actions, etc., do we have reliable evidence  and findings – do we have triangulation, for example with witness statements.

• What formative conclusions do we have – what can we learn from the experiences, including the experience of evaluating?

• What summative evidence have we gained that addresses the requirements – of our  project, agency and other stakeholders?

• What can we usefully share and disseminate?

• What are our plans coming from our evaluation and review?

 

Specimen framework – community learning and capacity building

 

Examples of evaluative questions for a worker in relation to who they work with, and focused on different phases of the work – Inputs – Outputs & Outcomes.