1. Kurrajong Hill, Dignams Creek, Narooma 2546 NSW Making Evaluations of Capacity Development Programs More Influential Fiona Kotvojs: fiona.kotvojs@bigpond.com andfiona.kotvojs@bigpond.com Rosalind Hurworth: r.hurworth@unimelb.edu.aur.hurworth@unimelb.edu.au

2. Kurrajong Hill, Dignams Creek, Narooma 2546 NSW Capacity Development Evaluation Experience Mine The literature This research

3. Kurrajong Hill, Dignams Creek, Narooma 2546 NSW One of the biggest problems we have is that we are not producing the sort of information that is useful

4. Kurrajong Hill, Dignams Creek, Narooma 2546 NSW Methodology Testing the CDE Framework Utilisation focussed approach Intended user groups 51 interviews

5. Kurrajong Hill, Dignams Creek, Narooma 2546 NSW Capacity & Capacity Development The process of developing competencies and capabilities in individuals, groups, organisations, sectors or countries which will lead to sustained or self generating performance improvement Capacity The ability of people, organisations & society as a whole to manage their affairs successfully. Capacity development Ability Process

6. Kurrajong Hill, Dignams Creek, Narooma 2546 NSW Key Questions to Answer

7. Kurrajong Hill, Dignams Creek, Narooma 2546 NSW Intended Users Distance from Initiative Diversity of Questions Use of Findings

8. Kurrajong Hill, Dignams Creek, Narooma 2546 NSW Development Assistance Committee (DAC) criteria Relevance. Effectiveness. Efficiency. Impact. Sustainability.

9. Kurrajong Hill, Dignams Creek, Narooma 2546 NSW Implications Development Assistance Committee (DAC) criteria Use of evaluation Evaluation for whom

10. Kurrajong Hill, Dignams Creek, Narooma 2546 NSW I want to know what changed, why did it change, what else was going on in the environment. If you have this information, you can form a judgement.

11. Kurrajong Hill, Dignams Creek, Narooma 2546 NSW Environmental influences Capacity & Capacity Development Capacity Capacity development strategy Ability Process = Capacity Development