Regarding the evaluation of food security programs, regardless of the type of program, the evaluation should be carried out with and not on the stakeholders.
In our case, this means the participation of women in the first place, along with all others concerned in any way by the program (program manager, supervisor, producers, retailers ...). All these people should sit down at the same table to work together first for the co-production of a concerted evaluation framework and then for the participatory evaluation itself. It is no longer the case in evaluation to play the role of an expert who comes up with his predefined evaluation model, but rather of a facilitator and negotiator who accompanies the stakeholders throughout the evaluation process, from the design of the tools to the communication of the results. This way of doing things, which is increasingly used, allows a greater acceptability of the results but also the empowerment of the different actors who become more autonomous in their decision-making. It has nothing to do with traditional methods of action-research for example where participation is rather a formality rather than a recognition of the experiential knowledge of stakeholders.
RE: Gender and evaluation of food security
Hello everyone.
Regarding the evaluation of food security programs, regardless of the type of program, the evaluation should be carried out with and not on the stakeholders.
In our case, this means the participation of women in the first place, along with all others concerned in any way by the program (program manager, supervisor, producers, retailers ...). All these people should sit down at the same table to work together first for the co-production of a concerted evaluation framework and then for the participatory evaluation itself. It is no longer the case in evaluation to play the role of an expert who comes up with his predefined evaluation model, but rather of a facilitator and negotiator who accompanies the stakeholders throughout the evaluation process, from the design of the tools to the communication of the results. This way of doing things, which is increasingly used, allows a greater acceptability of the results but also the empowerment of the different actors who become more autonomous in their decision-making. It has nothing to do with traditional methods of action-research for example where participation is rather a formality rather than a recognition of the experiential knowledge of stakeholders.