Sentence examples for funder evaluation from inspiring English sources

Many of the framework documents referred to reports produced by other funders or to funder evaluation networks.

This article breaks new ground by describing the key characteristics of funder evaluation frameworks, and how they are used to support evaluation of health RCS.

Few explicit mentions of specific funder evaluation frameworks were made, although some referred to "frameworks" generally as a way of facilitating systematic data collection and thereby improving evaluation quality.

Unable to find peer reviewed literature describing the role and use of funder evaluation frameworks in evaluations of health RCS, we sought to identify ways in which existing frameworks might be developed in order to better guide RCS planning, monitoring and evaluation; facilitate sharing and learning; and enhance coordination and harmonisation of evaluation across different funding agencies.

This was done via the stakeholder engagement process, a thematic analysis of publicly available documents produced by funder evaluation departments, such as policies and good practice reports, and an analysis of evaluation frameworks, guides and tools identified from a systematic search of peer reviewed literature [ 21].

Our systematic analysis of diverse international health research funders' evaluations uncovered a broad set of indicators including metrics available to measure return on investment in health research [ 17].

In keeping with an emphasis on making the Framework practical and usable for experienced program evaluators, training program implementers and funders, additional evaluation planning tools were developed to accompany the Framework.

More interaction between funders, evaluators and funding recipients from the outset was suggested to allow time to share knowledge, develop trust and institutionalize involvement in evaluation (Agyepong et al. 2008; Vullings and Meijer 2009; Podems 2010).

Arguably this group are not given as high a priority by funders of evaluations compared to the target group of many communicable disease interventions: children and pregnant women.

The majority of framework documents related to either on-going monitoring or one-off, retrospective summative evaluations, usually conducted at the end of the project or programme by external consultants or by the funder's own evaluation unit.

We propose that one promising solution lies in evaluation partners (evaluators, designers, implementers, funders and others) working together at the outset of a project to produce a concordat.