How can evaluation help? Evaluation can help work on public engagement in four main ways:clarifying the objectives of the exercise by finding practical ways to measure /…
Public engagement in public policy-making Engaging the public in policy-making is an important step. If it is not done well, it can damage the reputation not only of the specific policy…
Thinking about objectives The overall objective of any public engagement exercise is to get effective public engagement that makes a difference to policy. You may want ideas…
Where to start evaluation It is often thought that evaluation comes at the end, to see what has been achieved. Evaluation at the end will be essential so that the complete…
Measuring success The table below provides a simple framework for assessing the benefits of participation, based on the four generic reasons why engagement is carried…
Doing the evaluation - what should it cover? The content of each evaluation will be different but the basic checklist below describes what needs to be covered in most cases. The evaluation…
Doing the evaluation - how to do it There are some basic steps that most evaluation processes will go through, as follows:Scoping the evaluationpurpose / objectives of evaluation;limits…
After the evaluation There is almost always a need to go beyond simply producing a final report of an evaluation.Further dissemination may include:presentation of the…
