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Module to influence the policy and decision making processes, which generally happen in predictable cycles, a
8 predominantly improvement-oriented evaluation is recommended.

9-12 December, 2013 Discussion Questions

1. Why do you need to plan for monitoring and evaluating your IEA process and its impact
at the beginning of the planning process?

2. Why is improvement-oriented evaluation relevant to your IEA process?

Having decided on the intended purpose of your evaluation, the next step is to clarify who has interest

in using the evaluation findings (users), and who will eventually implement the monitoring and evaluation
(evaluators).

2.2 Users

The users of an IEA-type evaluation are individuals who:

? can revise the IEA process: have the mandate, knowledge and skills; and
? want to revise the IEA process: have a vested interest in influencing the design and implementation
of the IEA process.

Identifying the users is perhaps the single most important step for getting the evaluation utilized. If you
know who the users are, what decisions they have to make, and how the evaluation results can support
their decisions, you can attract the users’ attention and increase the uptake of evaluation results.

14 Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning for Improvement and Increased
Impact of the IEA Process