Workforce Innovation and Reform: Demonstration projects national evaluation framework

The NHWT has developed an evaluation framework and template to ensure a consistent nationwide approach to prospective evaluation of NHWT’s Demonstration Projects.

The framework will also assist applicants to facilitate project conceptualisation and planning by helping to identify key project parameters such as objectives, indicators, measures of success and sustainability.

Projects are commissioned by NHWT to determine ‘what works’ in relation to workforce innovation. Accordingly, specific attention must focus upon clear specification of ‘what was done’ and ‘what was achieved’ by each project.

In order to do this effectively, emphasis must be placed upon the activities undertaken by each project, the degree to which they can be successfully implemented, and their ultimate influence upon project objectives.

Particular attention must focus upon how project activities, rather than other competing factors, have influenced these objectives in order to determine the relative value of implementing project activities in an ongoing basis.

In order to achieve this goal, the evaluation framework sets out nine minimum specifications required of prospective applicants:

The rationale or need for the project
The key activities to be implemented as part of the project
The key objectives that are to be achieved from the project
The resources planned and allocated to the project
The indicators used to monitor the degree of project implementation and impact
The additional factors likely to influence project implementation and impact
The method of managing risks to project implementation
The method of proving the impact of project activities from other factors
The sustainability and generalisability of project activities to other contexts.

The template is broken into 4 sections (Parts A-D) which outline methods to specify these nine project features. It has been designed as a helpful planning tool for organisations seeking Demonstration Project funding.

Demonstration Projects national evaluation framework (pdf,154k)

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