DAC Evaluation Series

Guidance for Managing Joint Evaluations

DAC Evaluation Series

Guidance for Managing Joint Evaluations

This booklet is a practical guide for managers of joint evaluations of development assistance programmes. It refl ects the evolution of development co-operation towards broader partnerships and, specifi cally, joint evaluations undertaken with the participation of developing country partners.

The guidance is based on the fi ndings and recommendations in a detailed study of experiences of members of the DAC Evaluation Network. It also draws on the outcomes of a workshop: “Joint Evaluations: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom – the View from Developing Country Partners” and on inputs and feedback from development agencies and partners.

This publication is the second in the DAC Evaluation Series which follows on from the former “Evaluation and Aid Effectiveness” series.

Previous titles include:

DAC Evaluation Series:- Lessons Learned on Donor Support to Decentralisation (2004)

Evaluation and Aid Effectiveness Series- No. 1 - Guidance for Evaluating Humanitarian Assistance in Complex Emergencies

(1999)- No. 2 - Evaluating Country Programmes. Vienna Workshop (1999)- No. 3 - Donor Support for Institutional Capacity Development in Environment:

Lessons Learned (2000)- No. 4 - Effective Practices in Conducting a Joint Multi-Donor Evaluation (2000)- No. 5 - Evaluation Feedback for Effective Learning and Accountability (2001)- No. 6 - Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management (2002)

www.oecd.org/dac/evaluation

DAC Evaluation Series

Guidance for Managing Joint Evaluations

DAC Evaluation Series

Guidance for Managing Joint Evaluations

This booklet is a practical guide for managers of joint evaluations of development assistance programmes. It refl ects the evolution of development co-operation towards broader partnerships and, specifi cally, joint evaluations undertaken with the participation of developing country partners.

The guidance is based on the fi ndings and recommendations in a detailed study of experiences of members of the DAC Evaluation Network. It also draws on the outcomes of a workshop: “Joint Evaluations: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom – the View from Developing Country Partners” and on inputs and feedback from development agencies and partners.

This publication is the second in the DAC Evaluation Series which follows on from the former “Evaluation and Aid Effectiveness” series.

Previous titles include:

DAC Evaluation Series:- Lessons Learned on Donor Support to Decentralisation (2004)

Evaluation and Aid Effectiveness Series- No. 1 - Guidance for Evaluating Humanitarian Assistance in Complex Emergencies

(1999)- No. 2 - Evaluating Country Programmes. Vienna Workshop (1999)- No. 3 - Donor Support for Institutional Capacity Development in Environment:

Lessons Learned (2000)- No. 4 - Effective Practices in Conducting a Joint Multi-Donor Evaluation (2000)- No. 5 - Evaluation Feedback for Effective Learning and Accountability (2001)- No. 6 - Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management (2002)

www.oecd.org/dac/evaluation