Evaluations
Evaluation
Evaluation has a crucial role in assessing whether policies or programmes have actually met their intended objectives. The Department for Employment and Learning has a Rolling Programme of Evaluation, which is the principal mechanism through which it monitors and reviews existing policy. The Department regularly publishes evaluation reports from across the range of its policies and programmes.
Evaluation can help ensure good Value For Money by identifying difficulties, preventing the repetition of mistakes, revealing positive points and generally learning lessons which may be of use in other projects and/or other Departments.
More detail on taking forward evaluation can be found in the Northern Ireland Guide to Expenditure Appraisal and Evaluation (NIGEAE), which can be found at:
Further Project and Programme Management guidance, including a number of useful evaluation templates, can be found at DFPs Successful Delivery | D F P (NI) website.
Departmental Economists will be happy to advise on a case-by-case basis on the application of the appraisal and evaluation guidance.
Published Evaluations
- Longitudinal evaluation of the Learner Access and Engagement pilot programme
- New Deal Evaluations
- Higher Education Innovation Fund (NI HEIF 2) report and appendices
- Evaluation of Springvale Community Outreach Initiative (SCOI) Report
- "Connected Review" - Evaluation of the Higher and Further Education Collaboration Fund
- Evaluation of DEL Research Agenda 2004-07
- Review of Widening Participation Funded Initiatives - Final Report
