DEVELOPMENTAL EVALUATION. CASE STUDY: THE EVALUATION OF THE ‘ROMANIA’S YOUTH CAPITAL’ NATIONAL PROGRAMME
DEVELOPMENTAL EVALUATION. CASE STUDY: THE EVALUATION OF THE ‘ROMANIA’S YOUTH CAPITAL’ NATIONAL PROGRAMME

Summary/Abstract: This paper is an invitation to the reader to rethink the role of the evaluator in our days. Should the evaluator be an expert that determines the success of an intervention based on an external view or may be even someone from the implementation team that can determine the value of his/hers own activity? My evaluation on the ‘Romania’s Youth Capital’ National Programme is both an analysis of the results of the applied measures and an introductive training for the members of the management team on developing their own evaluation competences. The case study emphasizes the innovative process in which the role of the external evaluator is replaced by one that is an integrated part of the programme. By the empowerment component of the evaluation, this approach proved to be beneficial in the given case helping the initiators of the programme to acknowledge the status of their activities and the need of perspective for the future. It is expected this study to be a positive example of how to use the developmental evaluation and its outcomes.

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