Step 3: Drafting the evaluation report

On a practical level, for evaluations conducted within the Commission, it can be challenging to report on the gender impacts because the format of evaluation reports is well defined in the 'Better regulation' toolbox and because staff working documents are meant to be standalone texts that summarise an overwhelming amount of information in a limited number of pages.

Below you will find step-by-step guidance on how to incorporate a gender perspective into your evaluation report.

  1. Section 1 – Introduction

    Briefly mention how a gender perspective was adopted during the evaluation process

  2. Section 2 – What was the expected outcome of the intervention?

    • Link the problems/needs that the intervention was intended to solve to the challenges outlined in the EU gender equality framework and the European Green Deal.
    • If relevant, describe the gender objectives of the intervention and the expected gender-related achievements in terms of outputs, results and impacts.
    • If relevant, describe how the actions of the intervention would deliver on the gender objectives of the intervention.
    • Refer to any potential external factors that might influence the success of the intervention in relation to gender equality and environmental concerns (unconscious gender bias, drought etc.).

  3. Section 3 – How has the situation evolved over the evaluation period?

    • Explain if/how the intervention adopted a gender perspective during its implementation.
    • Use the available sex-disaggregated monitoring data and gender indicators to describe the current situation, beginning from the start of the period under evaluation.
    • List any unexpected changes and external factors relevant to gender equality and the environment that have affected the implementation of the intervention.

  4. Section 4 – Evaluation findings

    • Answer all the gender-sensitive evaluation questions.
    • Use the narrative to explain how the intervention contributed to gender equality.
    • Use this section to report on the gender impacts following the guidance of Step 1.

  5. Section 5 – Conclusions, recommendations, lessons learnt

    Following the guidance of Step 2, present conclusions, lessons learned and recommendations relevant to gender equality for attention at a political level.

  6. Annexes

    • Provide further details on how the evaluation process adopted a gender perspective in each relevant annex: procedural information (e.g. gender balance in the evaluation team); the methodology and evaluation matrix (e.g. details on how each criterion adopted a gender perspective); an overview of benefits and costs (e.g. the use of gender budgeting tools); and stakeholder consultation (e.g. relevant gender stakeholders consulted, gender breakdowns in consultations).

    • Provide any further information in a specific annex, for example a detailed gender analysis.

       

Use EIGE’s toolkit on gender-sensitive communication which provides guidance on the use of gender-sensitive language[1]