This paper presents a unique approach to the Impact Evaluation of a project that focused on low-threshold intergenerational play-based interactions in order to support young children from
marginalised communities in eight European countries. The approach builds upon the work of
Fetterman’s Empowerment Evaluation and Patton’s Utilization Focused Evaluation and brings them
together to form an adapted model of evaluation. We outline in this paper how these two well
developed methods of evaluation have been applied to a real world context, that is, the impact
evaluation of a complex international project. Our approach highlights the complexities of differing
contexts and allows for surprising and unintended consequences to emerge. It results, through
double loop learning, a type of feedback loop with the internal stakeholders and implementers that
is useful to the project coordination team, with a view to further upscaling of the initiative.
Recommendations for policy at local, national and European Union levels were provided to the
project and potential external users. However, the predominant feedback was provided at two
crucial points along the way; during a stakeholder mapping exercise and during the further
development of monitoring data tools.
Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union (Erasmus Plus, Key Action 3 – Social inclusion and common values) and Open Society Foundations. Grant Number: 604448-EPP-1–2018-1-NL-EPPKA3-IPI-SOC-IN.
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29267
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14 Dec 2023 14:57 by
Gillian Lake
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