This is an article (by Patton, 1994) describing, also with examples, the approach of the developmental evaluation, applied to policies, projects, interventions. This is the definition of Developmental evaluation: Evaluation processes and activities that support program, project, product, personnel and/ or organisational development (usually the latter). The evaluator is part of a team whose members collaborate to conceptualize, design, and test new approaches in a long-term, on-going process of continuous improvement, adaptation, and intentional change. The evaluator’s primary function in the team is to elucidate team discussions with evaluative data and logic and to facilitate data-based decision-making in the developmental process.
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Target groups: Policymakers, RPOs, Higher Education Institutions, Innovation Business, CSOs