Stakeholder Involvement in a Government-Funded Outcome Evaluation

Lessons from the Front Line

Authors

  • Mary Sehl Health Canada, Kitchener, Ontario

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.19.003

Abstract

This article describes the process behind a government-initiated outcome evaluation that involved stakeholders from funded projects in planning and decision making. It reviews the strengths, challenges, and limitations of the evaluation. Follow-up consultations with project staff involved in data collection for the evaluation identified strengths of the process as the opportunity for staff to get to know individual program participants through interviews and the good will established between staff, funders, and evaluators. Weaknesses included concerns about some of the questions asked of participants, the complexity of the evaluation design, and a failure to identify the implications of staff turnover and workload when deciding to employ front-line staff to collect evaluation data.

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Published

2004-11-21

How to Cite

Sehl, M. (2004). Stakeholder Involvement in a Government-Funded Outcome Evaluation: Lessons from the Front Line. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 19(2), 37–56. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.19.003

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Vol. 19 No. 2 (2004): Fall

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Copyright (c) 2004 Mary Sehl

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