Designing evaluation & communication for the CPC program and project impact
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2022-07
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The DECI-4 project was implemented from January 2020 until June 2022 (the last six months being an extension). DECI-4 differed from its predecessors as it included two dimensions: a continuation of the support to CPC partners, and a program-wide evaluation of the CPC program modality. The CPC partners did not experience an interruption in the mentoring which utilized the DECI-3 methodology. DECI-3 had brought together a combination of evaluation, communication and learning methods, that provided institutional capacity development through just-in-time mentoring during the full project cycle. As noted, during DECI-4, the New Economy team continued mentoring CPC partners and implemented a program wide evaluation of the CPC program modality which began in September 2020. This second role meant working closely with the former IDRC/NE team in defining evaluation users, evaluation uses and key evaluation questions to identify lessons for future program-level planning and adaptation. While we hoped for some overlap with some of the CPC partner’s evaluation plans, but it did not take place. While there was the precedent of the DECI team directly implementing the RIA evaluation, that process was kept separate from its mentoring role. At the outset of this project, the DECI team began to clarify its dual role with the CPCs to ensure the two dimensions worked separately while continuing to look for areas of complementarity and shared learning.
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Final Technical Report
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PROGRAMME EVALUATION, CYBER POLICY, CAPACITY BUILDING