The Monitoring and Evaluation Standard

We will monitor and evaluate whether the engagement achieves its purposes and meets the National Standards for Community Engagement.

Indicators for the Monitoring and Evaluation Standard are:

1. The engagement process and its effects are continually evaluated to measure progress, develop skills and refine practices
2. Progress is evaluated against the intended results and other changes identified by the participants
3. The participants agree what information needs to be collected, how, when and by whom, to understand the situated both at the start of the engagement and as it progresses
4. Appropriate participants collect and record this information
5. The information is presented accurately and in a way that is easy to use
6. The participants agree on the lessons to be drawn from the evidence of the results and the changes that occurred
7. The participants act on the lessons learned
8. Progress is celebrated
9. The results of the evaluation are fedback to the participants and the wider community
10. Evidence of good practice is recorded and shared with other agencies and communities