Learning to evaluate capacity development: The making of 'Facilitating resourcefulness'
30 November 2011
This article is a supplement to Issue 43 of
Capacity.org. It takes a look behind the scenes of an extensive evaluation of 26 case
studies covering the support to capacity development of seven Dutch Development Partners under the
coordination and partial responsibility of the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) of
the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign affairs. The evaluation aimed to draw lessons on how to improve
the effectiveness of future capacity development interventions.
In 2008, the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to evaluate the effectiveness of Dutch support to Southern capacity development (CD). This resulted in an extensive and collaborative learning exercise. Now that the evaluation has been completed and the synthesis report published, it is time to look at ‘the making of’. We interviewed a number of key actors about their experiences with this complex evaluation. We looked at the methodology, the evaluation’s four main questions, the findings and the lessons that can be learned from this evaluation.
We recommend reading the findings alongside the lead article in Issue 43 by Doug Horton. Doug’s contribution is an evaluation of evaluations and is recommended reading for those who want to know how to approach capacity development evaluations.
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