Introducing Outcomes

Tuesday 06 December 2005

Tuesday 06 December 2005

10.00am

4.00pm

NICVA

£125 (community/voluntary) and £175 (statutory)

Event

Recent reviews of funding and the voluntary/community sector have highlighted the role of evaluation in demonstrating the "added value" of the sector and its contribution to achieving social, economic and environmental outcomes. Organisations within the voluntary and community sector are increasingly required to build in outcomes monitoring and evaluation systems which place importance on identifying and measuring the benefits gained from project activities.

The course emphasises the link between project aims or goals and anticipated outcomes. Participants will be given the opportunity to identify project outcomes before considering setting indicators of success and data collection issues. The course will use structured input, discussions, case studies and worked examples to guide participants through the process of developing an outcomes framework for their project.

Course Objectives

• To clarify concepts – explaining what outcomes are and why they are important
• To enable participants to locate outcomes within their own project work
• To explore measurement issues – including settling indicators of success
• To examine data collection methods and strategies
• To discuss collating, interpreting and using the evaluation findings
• To identify the benefits, as well as some of the difficulties, with evaluating outcomes
• To highlight some good practice guidelines

The course is suitable for project managers and staff within the voluntary and community sector who wish to monitor outcomes on an on-going basis as required by their funders or to enhance self-evaluation within their organisation contributing to internal project development.

To register for the event phone (028) 9074 9105 or email info@ceni.org.