Why evaluate or review?
Why evaluate or review?
The purposes of NZAID evaluative activities are threefold:
Accountability | NZAID is accountable both to Parliament and the New Zealand tax-paying public who fund the work, and to the communities in which NZAID and its partners are working.
Learning | It’s important to learn from the successes and mistakes of international development activities funded by the New Zealand Government. Evaluations will help build understanding about what difference NZAID work is making; what impact New Zealand Government funding is having; and whether and how the work NZAID is doing is making lasting changes to the lives of poor and marginalised women, men, boys and girls.
Improvement | The knowledge gained from reviews and evaluations will help to improve the on-going quality of NZAID’s work. Information from evaluation should feed back into policies, strategies and activities ensuring on-going improvement to programme delivery and development impact.