Some Keys to Evaluation as Learning

"While outcome is important, in peacebuilding it is equally important to explore our capacity for innovation, creativity, responsiveness to unexpected crises and adaptation to challenges."

In November 2001, John Paul Lederach and Emmanuel Bombande co-facilitated a seminar on the topic of “Strategic and Responsive Evaluation of Peacebuilding” for the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding. Over the course of the seminar, they looked at a number of key points about shifting evaluation from a success/failure model to evaluation as learning. This document summarizes the key ideas that emerged from the conversation.