How
We work
Programs
Evaluations
Evaluations
To determine how well a program is performing HasNa involves an evaluator
in all of its programs and allocates a portion of each program budget
for evaluation activities.
HasNa invests in program evaluation
for two purposes:
• To
assess how well the program is functioning. Evaluation data is collected
from participants and staff at various times while the program is in
operation. This data is provided to the program staff. The staff uses
this evaluation data to improve program design and operations.
• To
document program results for its stakeholders. Stakeholder audiences are interested in program effectiveness. These audiences include program
sponsors and contributors, potential sponsors, and the HasNa Board of
Directors as well as top HasNa leadership.
HasNa’s approach to program evaluation:
• Evaluation
activities and methods are included in the earliest stages of planning
a program. We determine as early as possible what questions need to
be addressed by the evaluation and what data collection methods are
to be used. A schedule of events for conducting the evaluation is established.
• HasNa
believes that including an independent consultant skilled in the evaluation
process, who understands the HasNa mission and program objectives, is
an effective way to monitor program effectiveness.
HasNa program evaluation typically involves
the following phases:
1) Collection
of background and context information about the program, its purpose,
logic, design, and management
2) Identification
of guiding questions, data collection methods and their feasibility, appropriate
analyses, a schedule of evaluation events, and appropriate ways to communicate
the evaluation plan to participants
3) Use
of various data collection techniques such as observation, interview,
and questionnaires followed by rapid data summary and reporting to program
staff
4) A
summary report based on the data collected and analyzed over the course
of the program to document the program for institutional memory and future
review
Evaluation of Past Programs
Below are the evaluators that have worked
with HasNa in data collection and program evaluation:
Dr. Robert Wise received his Masters in Statistics and a Ph.D in Education
with a focus on research and evaluation from Stanford University. He has
previously worked as a university professor teaching evaluation and research
methods and a manager of government-sponsored research. He is currently
a consultant with SystemWise and specializes in using measurement, evaluation,
and statistical analysis to improve organizational performance. He assists
HasNa participants with learning how to apply their new skills and provides
HasNa with evaluations of its programs.
Click here to read the DISIAD and MUSIAD Businessmen Trainings' evaluation by Dr. Wise
Click here to
read the Chairmen Training's preliminary evaluation by Dr. Wise.
Click here to read the Chairmen Training's final evaluation by Dr. Wise.
Dr. Bulent Gulcubuk is a sociologist who received his Ph.D. in Rural Development
at Ankara University. Dr. Gulcubuk has had many publications on agricultural
development, including several books on agriculture and society in Turkey.
He has also served as a consultant to the Turkish Prime Minister and the
United Nations.
He is currently an Associate Professor at Ankara University in the Department
of Agricultural Economics.
Click here
to read
the evaluation of the Water Resource Management Workshops by
Dr. Gulcubuk.
Dr. Dian Seslar Svendsen is an international human and organization development
consultant, with over 30 years of international development experience
in over 30 countries including the U.S. Her participatory people-centered
workshops, consultations, and capacity-building materials result in strengthened
individuals, programs, communities and organizations. She has worked as
an external consultant as well as in full-time positions with major international
and U.S. organizations designing, implementing, managing, and assessing
human and organization development activities.
Dr. Mark Svendsen is a water resource planning and management specialist,
with more than 30 years of experience in International Agricultural Development.
He has worked extensively in impact assessment, water resource policy
analysis, program and project evaluation, program and project planning
and design, and institutional analysis in Asia, South America, Africa,
and North America. His background is characterized by a wide range of
disciplinary skills in both physical and social sciences and an ability
to bring diverse perspectives and tools to bear on a problem. He has worked
on staff at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI),
the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID), the United States Peace
Corps, and Cornell University, in addition to carrying out a variety of
consulting assignments for various multilateral and bilateral donors.
Click on the pertinent year to read the Svendsen's evaluations:
2000
2002
2003
Nilay Cabuk, a sociologist, received her Ph.D. in social policy at the
University of Durham. A professor at Ankara University, Cabuk has often
served as a consultant, and has participated in World Bank projects in
southeastern Turkey including the ‘Southeastern Anatolia Region
Urban Sanitation and Planning Project’ and the ‘Sanliurfa-Harran
Plains On-Farm and Village Development Project.’ In 2001, Cabuk
evaluated the results of the HasNa training workshops in the Sanliurfa
province of southeastern Turkey.
Click here
to read Ms. Cabuk's evaluation.
