In Utilization Focused Evaluation (UFE) evaluators facilitate a learning process with attention on how real people in the real world apply evaluation findings and experiences.
Utilization-focused Evaluation (UFE) was used in this case as a “self-evaluation” for the organization itself, helping to provide feedback on needs and capacities of the organization’s operations.
Utilization Focused Evaluation (UFE) begins with the premise that evaluations should be judged by their utility and actual use.
This case study provides a summary of the Utilization Focused Evaluation (UFE) experience that DREAM-IT completed in collaboration with the Developing Evaluation Capacity in Information and Communication for Development (DECI).
The study considers the appropriateness of interventions by China in sub-Saharan Africa, and specifically in Mali.