Evaluation PolicyPurposeAn evaluation is an assessment, as systematic and objective as possible, of on-going or completed development activities, their design, implementation and results. The aim is to determine the relevance and fulfilment of objectives, developmental efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability. Read Danida's Evaluation Policy (2006) in HTML Read Danida's Evaluation Policy (2006) in PDF -------------------------------------------------------------GuidelinesPurposeThe primary purpose of the Evaluation Guidelines is to communicate to partners and external consultants Danida’s expectations of the quality of evaluations carried out on its behalf.QualityBecause quality touches on different aspects of the evaluative enterprise such as use, methodology and management, the guidelines explain Danida’s approach to evaluation of development interventions and identify those attributes it considers important to quality. The Evaluation Guidelines apply to evaluation activities financed fully or partly by Danida: they constitute a framework for achieving quality that is built on principles, criteria, standards, good practices and information about Danida’s evaluation process.
External consultantsThe guidelines are not intended as an evaluation manual. Danida requires that its external consultants have the competencies expected of evaluation professionals: a sound grasp of evaluation methodologies, the skills and abilities to carry out evaluations as well as up to date knowledge of developments in the field of evaluation, in particular development evaluation.As such, the guidelines incorporate concepts, methods, tools and issues basic to professional evaluation practice without discussing them at length; in some cases they provide a reference to more information.
Interested partiesThe guidelines are also intended as a source of information on Danida’s evaluation practice for partner countries, colleagues outside of the Evaluation Department (EVAL), staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and of the government of Denmark in general, Danida’s technical assistance personnel in the field, bilateral and multilateral assistance organisations, and the broader evaluation community.Read publication in HTML Read publication in PDF Order Publication
