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Gender-responsive evaluation for a sustainable future for all

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  • WHO
  • WHEN
  • WHAT
    • How can gender-responsive evaluations contribute to a sustainable future for all?
  • WHY
  • HOW
    • Tool 1. Assessing the gender evaluability of the intervention
      • Step 1. Understanding gender impacts
      • Step 2. When should you analyse gender impacts?
      • Step 3. How to move forward with a gender-responsive evaluation
    • Tool 2. Attracting institutional support and engagement
      • Step 1. Aligning with the EU and/or national policy frameworks and getting the basics right using this toolkit
      • Step 2. Securing support and resources
    • End-of-phase checklist : Before you start the evaluation
    • Tool 3. Establishing the evaluation team
      • Step 1. Checklist for establishing an evaluation team
      • Step 2. Advice on how to develop an evaluation Terms of Reference considering gender expertise
    • Tool 4. Defining the evaluation criteria, questions and indicators
      • Step 1. Constructing a gender-responsive intervention logic
      • Step 2. Setting evaluation criteria
      • Step 3. Defining evaluation (sub-) questions
      • Step 4. Designing indicators
      • Step 5. Preparing the evaluation matrix
    • Tool 5. Designing the methodological approach and tools
      • Step 1. Adopting an ecofeminist and transformative approach to your evaluation
      • Step 2. Ensuring your evaluation methods are gender-responsive
      • Step 3. Conducting a gender-responsive stakeholder analysis
    • Tool 6. Evaluating gender equality as a horizontal principle
      • Step 1. What were the gender impacts of the intervention?
      • Step 2. Did the intervention adopt a gender perspective?
    • Tool 7. Using gender-responsive strategic foresight in your evaluation
      • Step 1. Planning gender-responsive strategic foresight
      • Step 2. Implementing gender-responsive strategic foresight
      • Step 3. Analysing the implications of gender-responsive strategic foresight and using its results
    • Tool 8. Identifying the gender implications of environmental impacts
      • Step 1. Analysing the environmental impacts through a gender lens
        • Specific objective vii. Enhancing the protection and preservation of nature, biodiversity and green infrastructure, including in urban areas, and reducing all forms of pollution
        • Specific objective v. Promoting access to water and sustainable water management
        • Specific objective iv. Promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and disaster resilience
        • Specific objectives i. Promoting energy efficiency measures and ii. Promoting renewable energies
        • Specific objective vi. Promoting the transition to a circular economy and resource efficient economy
    • End-of-phase checklist: Preparing the evaluation strategy
    • Tool 9. Embedding gender equality throughout your fieldwork
      • Step 1. How to embed gender equality throughout the fieldwork period – practical advice
      • Step 2. How to carry out data collection – specific guidance
    • End-of-phase checklist: Conducting the evaluation
    • Tool 10. Drafting the evaluation report and preparing lessons learned
      • Step 1. Reporting on the gender impacts of the evaluated intervention
      • Step 2. Preparing the recommendations and lessons learned
      • Step 3. Drafting the evaluation report
    • Tool 11. Dissemination of evaluation findings and follow-up actions
      • Step 1. Draft a plan for dissemination and capacity development for social change
      • Step 2. Use various channels and media to communicate your evaluation’s findings
      • Step 3. Inform the decision-making process and facilitate positive changes
      • Step 4. Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the recommendations
    • Final checklist: Report writing and dissemination of evaluation findings
    • Additional resources
    • Annexes

How to implement a gender-responsive EU evaluation for a sustainable future for all: practical tools

Before you start the evaluation

  • Tool 1. Assessing the gender evaluability of the intervention
  • Tool 2. Attracting institutional support and engagement

Preparing the evaluation strategy

  • Tool 3. Establishing the evaluation team
  • Tool 4. Defining the evaluation criteria, questions and indicators
  • Tool 5. Designing the methodological approach and tools
  • Tool 6. Evaluating gender equality as a horizontal principle
  • Tool 7. Using gender-responsive strategic foresight in your evaluation
  • Tool 8. Identifying the gender implications of environmental impacts

Conducting the evaluation

  • Tool 9. Embedding gender equality throughout your fieldwork

Report writing and dissemination of evaluation findings

  • Tool 10. Drafting the evaluation report and preparing lessons learned
  • Tool 11. Dissemination of evaluation findings and follow-up actions

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