How to Manage Gender-Responsive Evaluation: Evaluation Handbook
New York: UN Women (2015), iii, 162 pp.
"This Evaluation Handbook is a practical handbook to help those initiating, managing and/or using gender-responsive evaluations by providing direction, advice and tools for every step in the evaluation process: planning, preparation, conduct, reporting, evaluation use and follow up. The primary audience is UN Women staff who manage evaluations or are involved in evaluation processes. However, it may also be useful to international development evaluators and professionals, particularly those working on gender equality, women's empowerment and human rights." (Page ii)
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO GENDER-RESPONSIVE EVALUATION
A. Frame of reference and principles for gender-responsive evaluation, 2
B. Definition of gender-responsive evaluation in UN Women, 4
C. Strategic intent of gender-responsive evaluation, 5
D. Gender-responsive evaluation within results-based management, 7
E. Differences and similarities between evaluation and other organizational functions, 9
CHAPTER 2. GENDER-RESPONSIVE EVALUATION IN UN WOMEN
A. UN Women evaluation governance and roles and responsibilities, 14
B. UN Women quality assurance and accountability systems, 17
CHAPTER 3. PLANNING
A. Decentralized evaluation planning, 26
B. Steps for evaluation planning, 28
C. Deciding on evaluation type and modality, 32
D. Budgeting for evaluations, 34
CHAPTER 4. PREPARATION
A. Checking evaluability, 38
B. Stakeholder analysis and engagement, 40
C. Developing an evaluation terms of reference, 47
D. Selecting an evaluation team, 58
E. Quality assurance of the ToR, 60
CHAPTER 5. CONDUCT
A. Managing the evaluation consultant or team, 66
B. Inception phase, 69
C. Data collection, 73
D. Analysis and interim reporting, 76
CHAPTER 6. REPORTING
A. Ensuring a high quality evaluation report, 82
B. Stakeholder involvement in reviewing the evaluation report, 83
C. Quality assurance of the evaluation report, 86
CHAPTER 7. USE AND FOLLOW-UP
A. Using evaluation for managing for results, 92
B. Management response and action plan, 94
C. UN Women systems to facilitate use of evaluation, 99
D. Communicating evaluation results, 102
TOOLS
Tool 1. Evaluation process standards for decentralized evaluation, 110
Tool 2. Eight parameters for prioritizing evaluation, 113
Tool 3. Evaluation plan template, 114
Tool 4. Selecting the type of evaluation, 116
Tool 5. How to conduct an evaluability assessment, 121
Tool 6. Evaluation terms of reference template, 128
Tool 7. Evaluation product comment template, 137
Tool 8. Evaluation matrix template, 138
Tool 9. Stakeholder analysis template, 139
Tool 10. Tips for employing gender-responsive evaluation methods, 140
Tool 11. Management group terms of reference template, 142
Tool 12. Reference group terms of reference template, 144
Tool 13. Advantages and disadvantages of data collection methods, 146
Tool 14. GERAAS evaluation report quality assessment checklist, 147
Tool 15. How do you develop an evaluation dissemination strategy? 151
Tool 16. Management response template, 160
A. Frame of reference and principles for gender-responsive evaluation, 2
B. Definition of gender-responsive evaluation in UN Women, 4
C. Strategic intent of gender-responsive evaluation, 5
D. Gender-responsive evaluation within results-based management, 7
E. Differences and similarities between evaluation and other organizational functions, 9
CHAPTER 2. GENDER-RESPONSIVE EVALUATION IN UN WOMEN
A. UN Women evaluation governance and roles and responsibilities, 14
B. UN Women quality assurance and accountability systems, 17
CHAPTER 3. PLANNING
A. Decentralized evaluation planning, 26
B. Steps for evaluation planning, 28
C. Deciding on evaluation type and modality, 32
D. Budgeting for evaluations, 34
CHAPTER 4. PREPARATION
A. Checking evaluability, 38
B. Stakeholder analysis and engagement, 40
C. Developing an evaluation terms of reference, 47
D. Selecting an evaluation team, 58
E. Quality assurance of the ToR, 60
CHAPTER 5. CONDUCT
A. Managing the evaluation consultant or team, 66
B. Inception phase, 69
C. Data collection, 73
D. Analysis and interim reporting, 76
CHAPTER 6. REPORTING
A. Ensuring a high quality evaluation report, 82
B. Stakeholder involvement in reviewing the evaluation report, 83
C. Quality assurance of the evaluation report, 86
CHAPTER 7. USE AND FOLLOW-UP
A. Using evaluation for managing for results, 92
B. Management response and action plan, 94
C. UN Women systems to facilitate use of evaluation, 99
D. Communicating evaluation results, 102
TOOLS
Tool 1. Evaluation process standards for decentralized evaluation, 110
Tool 2. Eight parameters for prioritizing evaluation, 113
Tool 3. Evaluation plan template, 114
Tool 4. Selecting the type of evaluation, 116
Tool 5. How to conduct an evaluability assessment, 121
Tool 6. Evaluation terms of reference template, 128
Tool 7. Evaluation product comment template, 137
Tool 8. Evaluation matrix template, 138
Tool 9. Stakeholder analysis template, 139
Tool 10. Tips for employing gender-responsive evaluation methods, 140
Tool 11. Management group terms of reference template, 142
Tool 12. Reference group terms of reference template, 144
Tool 13. Advantages and disadvantages of data collection methods, 146
Tool 14. GERAAS evaluation report quality assessment checklist, 147
Tool 15. How do you develop an evaluation dissemination strategy? 151
Tool 16. Management response template, 160
