Stakeholder Participation in Evaluation - Gender and Evaluation2024-03-28T16:51:02Zhttps://gendereval.ning.com/forum/topics/stakeholder-participation-in-evaluation?commentId=6606644%3AComment%3A2044&feed=yes&xn_auth=noDear Ranjani,
Me too thanks…tag:gendereval.ning.com,2013-03-14:6606644:Comment:35102013-03-14T15:06:22.419Z26ud4hdar71g0https://gendereval.ning.com/xn/detail/u_26ud4hdar71g0
<p>Dear Ranjani, </p>
<p>Me too thanks for your reply ! I think women do speak freely when they are with other women, i would say familiar and peer women. For instance a rural somali woman speak more freely and confidently with another somali rural woman than urbanized Somalia women. similarity and peer approach i think is more effective. As you put it, addressing individual interview and free-talk would be more effective. Or even FGD of same ppl works allot. A women with disability will talk…</p>
<p>Dear Ranjani, </p>
<p>Me too thanks for your reply ! I think women do speak freely when they are with other women, i would say familiar and peer women. For instance a rural somali woman speak more freely and confidently with another somali rural woman than urbanized Somalia women. similarity and peer approach i think is more effective. As you put it, addressing individual interview and free-talk would be more effective. Or even FGD of same ppl works allot. A women with disability will talk freely with another women with disability and this has been proved our project peer education. The peer education on GBV is carried out by women an girls with disability targeting the whole community and women and girls with disability specifically . And during these peer education, girls and women with disability grow speaking and communicating with the peer educators more freely, even than the neighbors. Similarity matter in communication and participation. even, check yourself who are your friends? who do you find it more easy to talk to? Are not most of such ppl share many similarities with you? in term so education, choice, test, fun, etc.. and Birds with same feather flies together. Love to hearing it from you too :) </p> Dear Belete
Thanks for your v…tag:gendereval.ning.com,2013-03-14:6606644:Comment:38112013-03-14T13:46:35.542ZRanjani K.Murthyhttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/RanjaniKMurthy
<p>Dear Belete</p>
<p>Thanks for your very useful inputs - in particular on women's participation in evaluation and that of sexual minorities. I agree totally with what you have said!</p>
<p>Yes, it is true that at times late entrants into project come for evaluations and this gives a wrong impression about the project.</p>
<p>You have mentioned that women rarely speak in public, do they do so in private? If the woman in the evaluation team meets them on a one to one basis</p>
<p>With warm…</p>
<p>Dear Belete</p>
<p>Thanks for your very useful inputs - in particular on women's participation in evaluation and that of sexual minorities. I agree totally with what you have said!</p>
<p>Yes, it is true that at times late entrants into project come for evaluations and this gives a wrong impression about the project.</p>
<p>You have mentioned that women rarely speak in public, do they do so in private? If the woman in the evaluation team meets them on a one to one basis</p>
<p>With warm regards</p>
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<p>Ranjani </p>
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<p><br/> <cite>Belete said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://gendereval.ning.com/forum/topics/stakeholder-participation-in-evaluation?commentId=6606644%3AComment%3A3507&xg_source=msg_com_forum#6606644Comment3507"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><div><span>i) <em><strong>Who are the stakeholders in evaluation?</strong></em></span></div>
<div><span>stakeholders, as the name implies, are those who have stake in the project designing, development, implementation, and evaluation. Above all, stakeholders are those people who are directly or indirectly affected by the process or end result of the project. Oftentimes, those stakeholders who involve in the project designing and evaluation are quite different so that unable to get the required/dreamed data. In short, i would say stakeholders are those affected by the project directly or indirectly, intended or unintended. Yet, the level of stakeholders varies depending on the magnitude of the effect. if it is GBV project for instance, women and girls are highly vulnerable to the violence than men and boys, </span></div>
<div><strong>ii) What are the constraints in participation of marginalized communities, and women <font color="#000099">and sexual minorities </font>amongst them in evaluations?</strong></div>
<div>the first constraint is in identification of the right stakeholders in the evaluation As mentioned above, we may let involve ppl who were not a part during the need and gap identification and prioritization If x was a part of the need assessment and project designing phase and Y is invited to involve in the project evaluation then the evaluation has failed from its start. How can Y evaluate X's need satisfaction? This is what happens usually with marginalized community and sex minorities. X decided for woman and she will be asked at the end of the protect to evaluate if x was correct on her behalf. we are also elite and think-tank driven, we are not good at grass root knowledge and community animation, we are not innovative to present ourselves at their level, we prefer to use jargon and technical words and examples than simple and cultural sensitive. Most cultures doesn't encourage women to speak up and entertain her views yet we expect them to give us their reflection which is unrealistic. I think these are few of the constraints </div>
<div><span>iii) <strong>What are the constraints faced by implementing agencies in participation in evaluation? In particular by women staff?</strong></span></div>
<div>time bound and big deadlines from donors. If the project is late, then an evaluation will not be carried out. Evaluation is always a scapegoat for late or poor performance of a project. Budget is not sufficiently allocated to evaluations and learnings so that evaluations done quickly to satisfy donors expectation than to really learn and capitalize on them. If gender response staff is not there, women most likely will be left out </div>
<div><span>iv) <strong><font color="#000099">Would you have any experience</font> to share on overcoming the constraints faced by marginalized women and sexual minorities and women staff in evaluation?</strong></span></div>
<div>we usually empower sexual minorities lead the evaluation so that there will be a big eye who will look at the gender balance componnet. Or, we will empower other sexual majority to recognize the need and priorities of sexual minorities. Both approaches work</div>
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</blockquote> i) Who are the stakeholders i…tag:gendereval.ning.com,2013-03-14:6606644:Comment:35072013-03-14T13:08:12.242Z26ud4hdar71g0https://gendereval.ning.com/xn/detail/u_26ud4hdar71g0
<div><span>i) <em><strong>Who are the stakeholders in evaluation?</strong></em></span></div>
<div><span>stakeholders, as the name implies, are those who have stake in the project designing, development, implementation, and evaluation. Above all, stakeholders are those people who are directly or indirectly affected by the process or end result of the project. Oftentimes, those stakeholders who involve in the project designing and evaluation are quite different so that unable to get the…</span></div>
<div><span>i) <em><strong>Who are the stakeholders in evaluation?</strong></em></span></div>
<div><span>stakeholders, as the name implies, are those who have stake in the project designing, development, implementation, and evaluation. Above all, stakeholders are those people who are directly or indirectly affected by the process or end result of the project. Oftentimes, those stakeholders who involve in the project designing and evaluation are quite different so that unable to get the required/dreamed data. In short, i would say stakeholders are those affected by the project directly or indirectly, intended or unintended. Yet, the level of stakeholders varies depending on the magnitude of the effect. if it is GBV project for instance, women and girls are highly vulnerable to the violence than men and boys, </span></div>
<div><strong>ii) What are the constraints in participation of marginalized communities, and women <font color="#000099">and sexual minorities </font>amongst them in evaluations?</strong></div>
<div>the first constraint is in identification of the right stakeholders in the evaluation As mentioned above, we may let involve ppl who were not a part during the need and gap identification and prioritization If x was a part of the need assessment and project designing phase and Y is invited to involve in the project evaluation then the evaluation has failed from its start. How can Y evaluate X's need satisfaction? This is what happens usually with marginalized community and sex minorities. X decided for woman and she will be asked at the end of the protect to evaluate if x was correct on her behalf. we are also elite and think-tank driven, we are not good at grass root knowledge and community animation, we are not innovative to present ourselves at their level, we prefer to use jargon and technical words and examples than simple and cultural sensitive. Most cultures doesn't encourage women to speak up and entertain her views yet we expect them to give us their reflection which is unrealistic. I think these are few of the constraints </div>
<div><span>iii) <strong>What are the constraints faced by implementing agencies in participation in evaluation? In particular by women staff?</strong></span></div>
<div>time bound and big deadlines from donors. If the project is late, then an evaluation will not be carried out. Evaluation is always a scapegoat for late or poor performance of a project. Budget is not sufficiently allocated to evaluations and learnings so that evaluations done quickly to satisfy donors expectation than to really learn and capitalize on them. If gender response staff is not there, women most likely will be left out </div>
<div><span>iv) <strong><font color="#000099">Would you have any experience</font> to share on overcoming the constraints faced by marginalized women and sexual minorities and women staff in evaluation?</strong></span></div>
<div>we usually empower sexual minorities lead the evaluation so that there will be a big eye who will look at the gender balance componnet. Or, we will empower other sexual majority to recognize the need and priorities of sexual minorities. Both approaches work</div> stanley capela
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<p class="commenter">• <span class="comment-body">Right now in NYS there is an emphasis in moving developmental disabilities services to a managed care model. One area that they are focusing on is the use of Council on Quality Leadership Personal Outcome Measures. This process requires interviewing individuals with developmental disabilities regarding 21 outcomes where is the individual achieving outcome and does agency provide supoort. It is a very good approach but resource intense since the interviews take 2 to 3 hours and the involvement of stakeholders who can range from high to low functioning. Reading your comments, I came away that the issues are similar in identifying who is the stakeholder and how do you engage them in the evaluation process.</span></p>
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<p class="commenter"><span class="comment-body"><span class="comment-body">For additional info go to the Council on Quality Leadership website. Here are the personal outcome measures: Basically you are trying to determine is the individual achieving the outcome and is the program providing support to the individual to achieve the outcome. <br/> CQL Personal Outcome Measures <br/> <br/> People are connected to natural supports <br/> People have intimate relationships <br/> People are safe <br/> People have the best possible health <br/> People exercise rights <br/> People are treated fairly <br/> People are free from abuse and neglect <br/> People experience continuity and security <br/> People decide when to share personal information <br/> People choose where and with whom they live <br/> People choose where they work <br/> People use their environments <br/> People live in integrated environments <br/> People interact with members of the community <br/> People perform different social roles <br/> People choose services <br/> People choose personal goals <br/> People realize goals <br/> People participate in the community <br/> People have friends <br/> People are respected</span></span></p>
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<p class="commenter"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?viewMemberFeed=&gid=1493297&memberID=228131447&goback=%2Egmp_1493297" title="See this member's activity" class="commenter">Xenia Hidalgo-Panameno, MCP-ARCH</a> • <span class="comment-body">The participants sometimes don´t believe in the effectiveness of the programs, that´s why they don´t want to participate in evaluation. But as an incentive it is a method to awake the willingness to participate, plus that their working time could be interrupted, therefore it is needed to pay them</span></p> Two more responses from Linke…tag:gendereval.ning.com,2013-02-27:6606644:Comment:22832013-02-27T17:10:49.146ZRituu B Nandahttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/1uniqcg103ltu
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<p><img class="commenter" alt="Hasina RAKOTOZAFIARISOA" src="http://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/shrink_80_80/p/4/000/187/118/01b392f.jpg" width="80" height="80"/></p>
<p class="follow inactive"><a class="commenter" title="See this member's activity" href="/groups?viewMemberFeed=&gid=1493297&memberID=93706951&goback=%2Egmp_1493297">Hasina RAKOTOZAFIARISOA</a> •<span class="comment-body">First, it is necessary that each stakeholder approves of the vision, after that they align to share responsibilities and their respective contributions. These preparatory steps ensures ACCEPTANCE. During and after implementation evaluation will be participatory manner. However, a specialist should supervise them to ensure quality: choice of indicators, form and presentation ... The evaluation reports demonstrate their efficiency through objectives and especially compared to their contributions. One of the added values of this assessment is the identification of good practice, to formalize its scaling and replication in other localities.</span></p>
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<p class="follow inactive"><span class="comment-body"><a class="commenter" title="See this member's activity" href="/groups?viewMemberFeed=&gid=1493297&memberID=229064083&goback=%2Egmp_1493297">Susan Ajambo</a> •<span class="comment-body">Very relevant and interesting topic! I want to comment on the issue of participation especially for the marginalized. Many evaluation projects indicate that the communities in which they work are stakeholders on paper yet they do not involve them the way it ought to be. This is due to challenges arising from either the finders or the mangers of the project on one hand and the marginalized communities on the other hand. First, meaningful participation is very expensive and requires a lot of time yet projects are usually time bound. Secondly. the professional orientation of the designers of the project also matters: if they are from a field of study that considers participation to be important, they surely include it in the design and viceversa. Another challenge comes from the implementors who tend to worship the design documents and follow them to the dot regardless of where the project is heading. Such, cannot think of working within the design to involve the stakeholders. Participation is crucial but quite challenging!</span></span></p>
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<p class="follow inactive"><a class="commenter" title="See this member's activity" href="/groups?viewMemberFeed=&gid=1493297&memberID=14042991&goback=%2Egmp_1493297">Michael Moore</a> •<span class="comment-body">Dear all, thanks for this. A project design process that is participative for the get go, perhaps using a community planning process (Future Search) that involves communities in setting project objectives for learning, action and transfer of learning to the context strengthens the project design and ownership. However does this necessarily strengthen the reliability and objectivity of the evaluation of impact? <br/>Best,<br/>Michael</span></p> Hi Ranjaniji,
I was part of a…tag:gendereval.ning.com,2013-02-24:6606644:Comment:20592013-02-24T05:12:57.342ZRituu B Nandahttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/1uniqcg103ltu
<p>Hi Ranjaniji,</p>
<p>I was part of a participatory evaluation project , PAR for two years in India and Cambodia which was funded by IDRC. Here are some of my learnings:</p>
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<li>Projects which are participatory in nature, the engagement of stakeholders is easier and more likely</li>
<li>Earlier the engagement of stakeholders, more is the degree of participation and greater ownership</li>
<li>A challenge we faced was that the project team considered evaluation was an external thing and…</li>
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<p>Hi Ranjaniji,</p>
<p>I was part of a participatory evaluation project , PAR for two years in India and Cambodia which was funded by IDRC. Here are some of my learnings:</p>
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<li>Projects which are participatory in nature, the engagement of stakeholders is easier and more likely</li>
<li>Earlier the engagement of stakeholders, more is the degree of participation and greater ownership</li>
<li>A challenge we faced was that the project team considered evaluation was an external thing and they had no role in it except provide data. We tried a problem based approach in India and strength-based approach in Cambodia for the baseline. During the course of the project we realised that strength-based approach greatly helped us in encouraging stakeholder participation. We used community life competence approach (<a href="http://www.communitylifecompetence.org">www.communitylifecompetence.org</a>). Thereafter, we changed to strength-based approach in India as well.</li>
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<p>All the best for your presentation in Kathmandu!</p>
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<p> </p> BIHONEGN TEFERI AYNALEM sai…tag:gendereval.ning.com,2013-02-22:6606644:Comment:20442013-02-22T14:27:21.020ZRanjani K.Murthyhttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/RanjaniKMurthy
<p><br></br> <br></br> <cite>BIHONEGN TEFERI AYNALEM said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://gendereval.ning.com/forum/topics/stakeholder-participation-in-evaluation?commentId=6606644%3AComment%3A2218&xg_source=msg_com_forum#6606644Comment2218"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Hi Ranjani!</p>
<p>Marginalized community groups has to be participated not only during evaluation but also on planning. If your project has not participated these groups during planning period, you have to…</p>
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<p><br/> <br/> <cite>BIHONEGN TEFERI AYNALEM said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://gendereval.ning.com/forum/topics/stakeholder-participation-in-evaluation?commentId=6606644%3AComment%3A2218&xg_source=msg_com_forum#6606644Comment2218"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Hi Ranjani!</p>
<p>Marginalized community groups has to be participated not only during evaluation but also on planning. If your project has not participated these groups during planning period, you have to participate them during evaluation even. But if they were not participated during planning and implementation they don't have that much awareness about the evaluated issue, so that they could not contribute much as expected. </p>
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Marginalized comm…tag:gendereval.ning.com,2013-02-22:6606644:Comment:22182013-02-22T14:22:05.542ZBIHONEGN TEFERI AYNALEMhttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/BIHONEGNTEFERIAYNALEM
<p>Hi Ranjani!</p>
<p>Marginalized community groups has to be participated not only during evaluation but also on planning. If your project has not participated these groups during planning period, you have to participate them during evaluation even. But if they were not participated during planning and implementation they don't have that much awareness about the evaluated issue, so that they could not contribute much as expected. </p>
<p>Bihonegn T.</p>
<p>Hi Ranjani!</p>
<p>Marginalized community groups has to be participated not only during evaluation but also on planning. If your project has not participated these groups during planning period, you have to participate them during evaluation even. But if they were not participated during planning and implementation they don't have that much awareness about the evaluated issue, so that they could not contribute much as expected. </p>
<p>Bihonegn T.</p>