Participatory and learning evaluations
to value success and imagine the future
Do you need to conduct an evaluation to check that the grants you received have achieved the goals you set?
Would you like to invest in a learning and participatory approach to prepare for future decisions?
We provide you with structured and learning support in order to think about the future together.
An evaluation will allow you:
- to make informed decisions
- to report on results to managers and users
- to improve the efficiency and relevance of implementation by assessing the use of allocated resources and the mandated organization
- to increase the motivation and skills of the people involved through a participatory and learning approach
A proven and agile approach for a successful evaluation
An evaluation is generally conducted in four stages:
Stage 1
Define
Kick-off session with the principal and governance of the entity being evaluated
Deliverables: inception report with evaluative questions, methodology, project plan, data sources
Stage 2
Inquire
Information gathering (interviews, focus groups, observations, secondary sources), analysesand syntheses
Deliverables: answers to evaluative questions and first learnings
Stage 3
Innovate
Creative, structured and interactive workshopwith the principal, agent and external stakeholders
Deliverables: goals, characteristics and future functionalities of the entity or programme, implementation scenarios
Stage 4
Handover
Closing session to discuss learnings, conclusions, scenarios and recommendations.
Deliverables: final report presenting the different points of view, with traceability from the evaluation questions to the recommendations.
- We favour a human-centred approach in order to create a favourable environment for future developments.
- We cover summative, formative and prospective aspects in accordance with the standardsof the Swiss Evaluation Society SEVAL andthose of the OECD.
- We also assess the contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goalson the basis of the principle of materiality.
This project on the evaluation of a partnership for a federal department will give you a better understanding of our approach.
Recent evaluations
Parliamentary Control of the Administration
Parliament's services
Completion of eight case studies on extra-parliamentary committees and drafting of a summary report to complement the evaluation carried out by the Parliamentary Control of Administration for the Parliamentary Control Committees.
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI
DIvision Institutes for Higher Education
Summative evaluation at the end of 2020 of SERI project-related contributions according to the HEdA for the Special programme in human medicine, the strategy against the shortage of qualified personnel in the health professions, the biocatalysis innovation space and the design and implementation of a Swiss centre for barrier-free communication in partnership with econcept.
Innosuisse
Swiss Innovation Promotion Agency
Holistic analysis with the aim of identifying the impact and relevance of Innosuisse’s initial training programme and supporting the management’s decision to develop a complementary, needs-, future- and impact-oriented offer in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity and in synergy with existing offers in partnership with econcept and AIT.
Research, International Relations and Continuing Education Department
University of Lausanne
Evaluation of the relevance of the creation of a research support service at the University of Lausanne, with proposals for renewed missions and organisational structures that were developed in a participatory process.
Following the mandate, a new research support service was set up.
Peace and Human Rights Division
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA
Evaluation of the role and impact of the partnership with the Geneva Academy (established in 2007 by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and theUniversity of Geneva), in terms of relevance, results and impact, particularly in terms of its contribution to Switzerland’s foreign policy activities in the field of human rights.
ARSEP
Fondation pour l’Aide à la Recherche sur la Sclérose en Plaques
Evaluation every four years since 2004, mainly concerning the measurement of the impact of research support programmes, the analysis of the portfolio from a positioning perspective, and the preparation of communication tools to enhance the value of the foundation’s action in terms of results and participation in the debate between Science and the City. Latest evaluation report.
Fondation Leenaards
Supports changes in the cultural, age & society and scientific fields
Evaluation of biomedical scientific research projects supported over the past 20 years through prizes and scholarships awarded to researchers from the university hospital institutions of Lausanne and Geneva.
Presentation of the results in terms of portfolio analysis, results achieved and impact at the anniversary ceremony on 27 March 2019.
Event website.
Swiss Space Office
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI
Evaluation with the aim of taking stock of the Swiss Space Center’s mandate and missions, analysing its challenges and formulating recommendations with corresponding success indicators (evaluation report).
The services were then redefined and transferred in 2022 to theSpace Exchange Switzerland (SXS).
We are experts in evaluation and collective intelligence
We are a collective of consultants united within Strategos SA, a consulting firm in strategy, organisational transformation, evaluation and capacity building.
Based in Lausanne, we help institutions and companies to develop and innovate through pragmatic and daring approaches. We act out of conviction in the respect of people for the needs of the organization and society.
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