End-of-phase checklist: before you start the evaluation
Before you start your evaluation, make sure you:
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Familiarise yourself with what gender impacts are.
Familiarise yourself with the legal and policy framework for gender equality at the EU, national or local level, as required.
Familiarise yourself with the relevant gender equality requirements of specific EU funds.
Familiarise yourself with the intervention logic and approach to gender equality of the intervention to be evaluated.
Establish a preliminary list of the potential gender impacts of the intervention to be evaluated.
Familiarise yourself with the toolkit and how it can help you conduct a gender-responsive evaluation for a sustainable future for all.
Secure the funding and resources needed to implement a gender-responsive evaluation.
Identify allies and gather institutional support.
Before you start to prepare your evaluation strategy, make sure you avoid the following mistakes:
- Do not assume that gender equality is not relevant to the intervention/policy area to be evaluated.
- Do not assume that the intervention under evaluation had no impacts on gender equality.
- Give proper consideration to EU obligations and requirements relating to gender equality and gender mainstreaming during the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of interventions.
- Give proper consideration to internal resistance that might frustrate your efforts to conduct a gender-responsive evaluation.