Process evaluation: Efficiency and Cost-effectiveness -
How do we Evaluate Programmes?
Evaluation Typologies with respect to to the managerial level of the programme cycle management
Efficienza: giudica se i risultati attesi di un progetto siano stati raggiunti con un utilizzo proporzionato di risorse e quindi quanto efficientemente le risorse abbiano alimentato le attivitą, in termini di qualitą, quantitą e tempo.
le risorse sono state chiaramente identificate e sono state definite le procedure di monitoraggio del loro utilizzo?
i risultati sono stati raggiunti con un utilizzo ponderato delle risorse economiche?
i risultati sono stati raggiunti secondo il cronogramma concordato?
sono state attivate sinergie con altri portatori d'interesse in modo da condividere gli sforzi e risparmiare le risorse?
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· Cost-effectiveness - an assessment of how much the project or programme has been able to achieve in relation to the resources used and time taken.
It is very important to link evaluation of managerial processes with the evaluation of the programme/project outcomes. For a manager to learn means to understand the relationship between processes and outcomes since s/he can achieve outcomes only by improving the management of processes. Although there are different indicators and different information sources for monitoring and evaluating processes and outcomes, real understanding can be done only integrating the two dimension in a unitary vision of necessary relationship amongst resources, activities, results, objectives and impacts. The central element is always the empowerment of the human resources to do actions in a better way so as to achieve better results and obtain better outcomes.
Link between Evaluation Criteria and the Logframe
· Organisational support and capacities - the influence that different organisations (e.g. donor, Oxfam, counterpart, community organisations) have had on the project or programme and the organisational capacities that have been developed or will be required in the future.
