nelson mandela foundation evaluating community dialogues how do we know we are making a difference?
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Nelson Mandela Foundation
Evaluating Community Dialogues
How do we know we are making a difference?
Why evaluate community dialogues?
• Accountability – upwards, peers & downwards• Develop capacity to reflect, analyse, learn and
use learning to improve practice• Celebrate and build on strengths• Learn from weaknesses• Share what works – wider learning• To strengthen the dialogues• PM&E tools are a vehicle for collective
discussion, analysis, problem-solving & action
Key evaluation questions
• What do we need to know? Who needs what information?
• Why? For whom?
• How? Who should be involved?
• How can we ensure quality?
• What are the resource and support implications?
Strengths of participatory M&E
• Fits with dialogue principles and values• Maximises the learning potential of evaln.• Prioritises marginalised voices• Fosters ownership of and commitment to
the results• Outsiders facilitate, insiders evaluate• Wider long-term benefits• A positive alternative to “policing” evals.
Thank you
Questions
• What have you learned from collecting stories of change from dialogue participants?