Using Information for Policy Change: The Only Reason to Do Evaluation (In This Context)

Patricia Patrizi, a "career-long evaluator," reflects on the current trends in evaluating advocacy efforts and offers suggestions. She proposes that "Policy change should be evaluated only when there is a reason to evaluate," and likens policy change evaluation to evaluating a campaign for public office. Patrizi asserts that an outcome evaluation is unnecessary, but an ongoing evaluation during the course of the campaign is helpful. She concludes by advising the evaluator (and funder) to keep in mind that the primary users of an advocacy evaluation are advocates, and therefore the evaluation should be in a language and format understood and used by advocates.

 

Bibliographic Details
Author	Patrizi, Patricia
Publisher	Patrizi, Patricia
Publication Date	March 6, 2006
Publication City
Publication Work
Resource Type	Opinion (blog, editorial)
Resource Focus	Advocacy Evaluation Capacity Building Program Evaluation Advocacy/Public Policy
Audience	Evaluators
Region	International or N/A
Keywords	advocacy policy
Submitted to Point K	January 18, 2008 - 12:03pm