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Evaluation in today’s
Australian public sector has emerged as a vital ingredient for
demonstrating performance and to support decision making at all levels in
organisations and programs. Recent developments such as the
public sector’s focus on sound policy implementation and project management
require program and project managers to know how to use evaluation to
support the successful development, implementation, and monitoring and
review of public initiatives.
In response to these
developments, IPAA has developed a comprehensive Evaluation Training Program
for public sector program/project managers who are new to evaluation or who
wish to increase their knowledge in evaluation. We have been successfully
running the workshops since July 2007 and have received exciting
feedback from participants.
The IPAA Evaluation Training Program comprises
of the following five
modules:
Module
1: Evaluation
Explained
Module
2:
Managing
and Conducting Evaluations
Module
3: Data
Collection and Analysis – the Options
Module
4: Improving Program Design,
Management and Evaluation through Program Logic
Module 5:
Developing an Evaluation Capability
Learning Outcomes
The
Evaluation Training Program has been designed to provide participants with:
an
understanding of evaluation concepts and accountability requirements within
the public sector context
knowledge
and practical tools and tips on how to initiate, plan, manage, conduct and
report an evaluation project
knowledge of how evaluation can be used to enhance the
design, implementation and overall management of programs and projects
an
understanding of the range of data collection and analysis techniques and
pros/cons
an
understanding of how to develop an organisational evaluation
capability/capacity and culture
Courage Partners - specialist program and project
evaluation and review consultants - will deliver the individual
training modules on behalf of IPAA.
Training Delivery Timetable
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