DEval’s meta-evaluation examines the application of quality standards in 296 central (project) evaluations across eleven German governmental and non-governmental development cooperation organisations. For this purpose, an analysis grid was developed at the interface of quality standards defined by the OECD/DAC and the DeGEval, thus being relevant for a large number of organisations. The results show that the majority of given quality standards are applied by the organisations assessed, however application appears not to be based on a systematic awareness or understanding of evaluation quality. It is therefore recommended to explicitly define quality standards in organisational documents as well as to document application or non-application at the level of individual evaluations.

Schlagworte
Meta-Evaluation, OECD/DAC Standards, DeGEval Standards, Cross-organisational