This document is a short explanation on partnerships’ evaluation process and how to use the evaluation tools contained in the toolbox.
The evaluation process consists in two steps:
- STEP 1: the individual partner evaluation;
- STEP 2: the joint evaluation.
TOOL A the guidelines for the evaluation process should be read completely before beginning the evaluation process and used throughout. The evaluation toolbox contains the following:
- TOOL B “The Matrix for the Evaluation of the Partnerships (MATRIX)”:a tool with which each single actor of the partnership (AP) carries out their own individual evaluation of the partnership within its organisation/company. Two versions of the matrix have been produced to take into account the various dimensions of the organisations/companies which may use the evaluation methodology: The full version of the matrix (TOOL B1) and a shorter version (TOOL B2);
- TOOL C for forming the partnership diamond in two tools (one for the civic organisation and one for the company) to fill in with the results of the individual evaluation:
- TOOL C1a “Civic organisation scores and partnership diamond”;
- TOOL C1b “Company scores and partnership diamond”;
- TOOL C1 “Shared scores and partnership diamonds”; one tool which both actors of the partnership (APs) fill in with the results of the joint evaluation:
- TOOL D “the evaluation output: lessons learned and future commitments”: a tool with which the actors of the partnership record the lessons learned and find an agreement on future commitments for improving their partnership.
The following sections describe:
- Section 1: Explains the Individual Partnership Evaluation and the Evaluation Matrix tool used;
- Section 2: Explains the Joint Evaluation Meeting process and the tools used during this step. This section includes a specific explanation on the assessment and the scoring of the indicators;
- Section 3: Explains how to fill in the scores to depict the Partnership Diamonds using TOOL C1a, TOOL C1b and TOOL C1;
- Section 4: Explains how to record the lessons learned and find an agreement on future commitments for improving their partnership using TOOL D.