Gender-responsive evaluation for a sustainable future for all

This tool will support you in preparing evaluation reports that incorporate a gender perspective, account for the gender impacts found during the evaluation process and prepare gender-responsive recommendations and lessons learned for future interventions.

The tool will be useful for those in the Commission services who are drafting an evaluation report in the form of a staff working document, as well as for external contractors preparing an evaluation or supporting study report. This tool complements tool #49 from the 'Better regulation' toolbox on the format of the evaluation report.

This tool has three steps:

1. reporting on the gender impacts of the evaluated intervention,
2. preparing the recommendations and lessons learned,
3. drafting the evaluation report.

The evaluation report is the key document informing stakeholders and policymakers, in a narrative form, of what has been achieved (or not) and the lessons learned. As evaluation reports serve as the basis for new policy initiatives or follow-up actions, such as the revision of legislation, it is crucial to ensure that these reports account for gender impacts and provide gender-responsive lessons learned.