"This Guide aims to help practitioners make sense of monitoring and evaluation as applied to inter-religious action in peacebuilding. It aims to support good practice among people who are involved in commissioning or contributing to such efforts, whether they be religious, secular or a combination of both, to maximize peacebuilding learning and effectiveness. Therefore, the audience for this Guide is anyone who is involved in the design, monitoring or evaluation of inter-religious peacebuilding programs or initiatives. These users include interreligious peacebuilders, evaluators, practitioners, and leaders who are tasked with commissioning an evaluation or who are managing learning and evaluation processes, as well as donors (public and private) who are involved in funding and evaluating inter-religious action for peacebuilding. Thus, a wide range of people and organizations might make use of this Guide. Throughout the Guide, we indicate which sections might be most useful for which audiences. For purposes of simplicity, we will flag sections for three (overlapping!) overall categories of users: Inter-religious peacebuilding implementers; Internal project managers or monitoring and evaluation specialists; External evaluators." (p.5-6)
Contents
1 Introduction to the Guide, Audiences, Key Terms & Illustrative Scenario, 4
2 Distinctive Considerations for Monitoring & Evaluating Inter-Religious Peacebuilding, 17
3 Designing and Monitoring of Inter-Religious Action Programs, 36
4 Preparing for an Evaluation, 70
5 Implementing an Evaluation, 105
Annex A: Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation Checklist, 123
Annex B: Project Reflection Exercise, 128
Annex C: Bibliography, 144