All organisations — whether government, Councils, NGOs, philanthropic and community organisations — need the best available information to help determine priorities and make good decisions for the people they serve.
We offer a range of evaluation and research services tailored to meet organisational needs. We have a reputation for building strong teams, including subject matter specialists, to deliver high quality evaluations to time and to budget. We work with your organisation to make sure solutions are workable and realistic.
Key features of our approach
- Evaluation-specific methodology
- Responsiveness to client needs
- Asking and answering the right questions
- Transparent judgements
- Excellent project management
- Pragmatic solutions
Our evaluation services
- Assessing evaluative feasibility
- Evaluation of pilot programmes
- Formative evaluation
- Process evaluation
- Impact or outcome evaluation
- Monitoring and evaluation frameworks
Our toolkit
Approaches
- Action research
- Developmental evaluation
- Systems approaches
- Theory-based approaches
Methods
- Evaluative criteria / rubrics
- Case studies
- Literature review
- Interviews and focus groups
- Surveys
Analytical tools
- Programme logic
- Theories of action and change
- Thematical analysis
- Simple statistical analysis
- Value for money analysis.
Rich picture
Rich picture, developed with colleagues as part of a workshop mid 2015.
Capability mentoring
Evaluation Works Ltd is a Ministry of Social Development (MSD) CapabilityMentor Qualified Supplier. We can assist organisations with:
- a capability assessment
- an organisational capability development plan
- capability plan actions (such as developing strategic governance, designing and implementing a outcomes measurement system)