Tool 10: Drafting the evaluation report and preparing lessons learned
This tool will support you in preparing evaluation reports that incorporate a gender perspective, account for the gender impacts found during the evaluation process and prepare gender-responsive recommendations and lessons learned for future interventions.
The tool will be useful for those in the Commission services who are drafting an evaluation report in the form of a staff working document, as well as for external contractors preparing an evaluation or supporting study report. This tool complements tool #49 from the 'Better regulation' toolbox on the format of the evaluation report.
This tool has three steps:
- reporting on the gender impacts of the evaluated intervention,
- preparing the recommendations and lessons learned,
- drafting the evaluation report.
The evaluation report is the key document informing stakeholders and policymakers, in a narrative form, of what has been achieved (or not) and the lessons learned. As evaluation reports serve as the basis for new policy initiatives or follow-up actions, such as the revision of legislation, it is crucial to ensure that these reports account for gender impacts and provide gender-responsive lessons learned.