Practical Tools for NRN Self-Assessment

Potential Tools for Supporting NRN Self-Assessment

The following documents are examples of the guidance provided for self-assessment of activities in NGO and social change networks. Some of the advice and practical examples they contain may also be relevant to NRN self-assessment.

	Measuring Effectiveness: A Self-evaluation Tool-kit (with practical examples) for the National Network of Councils for Voluntary Service - [PDF ]
	A Feedback Survey for Transnational Social Change Networks - [PDF ]
	CIVICUS (World Alliance for Citizen Participation) Monitoring and Evaluation Tool-Kit - [PDF ]

The European Evaluation Network for Rural Development provides methodological support for the evaluation of National Rural Network Programmes and National Rural Networks in line with the Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework.

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OUTLOOK

Update of the Working Paper on the Evaluation of National Rural Network Programmes, integrating experiences from the mid-term evaluation 2010. Activity to be launched in quarter 3/2011.

METHODOLOGICAL SUPPORT

Working Paper on the Evaluation of National Rural Network Programme (July 2010) documents the state of play of the envisaged approaches of Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain for the mid-term-evaluation of their National Rural Network Programmes.

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Working Paper on Capturing impacts of LEADER and of measures to improve Quality of Life in rural areas (July 2010) provides information on LEADER-type self-assessment methods.

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Working Paper on Approaches for assessing the impacts of the Rural Development Programmes in the context of multiple intervening factors (March 2010).

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Interactive version [PDF ]

Newsletter articles on above working papers [PDF ].