East Oxford Action (EOA) , has been carrying out empowerment evaluations for internal projects and for clients for the last three years. During this time we have adapted the approach to the circumstances of British regeneration programmes and project delivery. A team of empowerment evaluators drawn from groups and individuals who have worked with East Oxford Action has been trained.
At East Oxford Action we break the process down into five stages (expanded from Fetterman's three) :
The first stage of an empowerment evaluation is to establish the aim of the project
The second stage is to agree criteria for success
The third stage is to score current performance against the criteria
The fourth stage is a facilitated discussion around the scoring on the criteria, to get beneath the skin of the scoring
The fifth stage is to identify actions to address the issues coming out of the workshop and to agree what actions are needed to a) address the issues and b) to evaluate performance.
Coming out of the evaluation workshop therefore are
Agreement on project aim, criteria for success, ways of measuring success
Agreement on priorities for future action in the project and evaluation
A written record of the evaluation workshop.
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