PROJ10091 Evaluation Quality Assurance and Learning Services (EQuALS 2)

This service, Evaluation Quality Assurance and Learning Service 2 (EQUALS 2), will provide support and assurance in a range of sectoral and methodological areas, with the responsiveness and quick turn-around times that countries and teams require. It will build on our experience of the current EQUALS (Evaluation Quality Assurances and Learning Service) which is due to end in March 2022.

The main objective of the programme is to contribute to the ongoing improvement of evaluative activities and products and their use across FCDO and Other Government Departments (OGD's). The programme will enable FCDO evaluations to continue to be high quality, where high quality is defined as: strategic, used for learning and improvement; independent and objective, with a robust methodology and the right expertise; following transparent processes; safe and ethical; and delivered in partnership with stakeholders. Better evaluation management, together with a more joined up approach, will allow for better synthesis and learning from the evaluation portfolio. FCDO evaluation evidence will continue to be a trusted source that can be used confidently in decision making.

EQUALS2 will retain the core functions of the current programme. It will:

Through the Panel, EQUALS2 will provide the three core services of short term (a) technical advice, (b) quality assurance, and (c) evaluation insights.