Scottish Rural Communities Policy Review: Reviewing approaches and tools for evaluating rural community development interventions
This report is part of the Scottish Rural Communities Policy Review. The report presents findings from a review of monitoring and evaluation approaches and tools applicable to rural community development initiatives.
Footnotes
1 Atterton, J. (2024) Review of Evidence on Rural Community Interventions.
2 Scottish Rural Communities Policy Review Final Report.
3 Atterton, J. (2024) Review of Evidence on Rural Community Interventions.
4 Atterton, J., Philip, L., Shucksmith, M., Currie, M., Vuin, A., & Shortall, S. (2024) Informing Scotland’s Rural Delivery Plan and Rural Lens: Evidence, Indicators and Evaluation.
5 Scottish Government, Evaluation Action Plan.
6 United Nations Development Programme, Independent Evaluation Office, Evaluation Approaches.
7 HM Treasury, The Magenta Book.
8 Economic and Social Research Institute (2019) Valuing Community Development through the Social Inclusion Programme (SICAP) 2015 – 17. Towards a Framework for Evaluation.
9 Building your measurement framework: NPC’s four pillar approach.
10 LEAP: A manual for Learning Evaluation and Planning in Community Learning and Development
11 Dunkley, R. and Franklin, A. (2017) Failing better: The stochastic art of evaluating community-led environmental action programs. Evaluation and Program Planning.
12 See IVAR’s eight commitments for open & trusting grantmaking.
13 Cairns, B. and Firth, L. (2023). Making the case for unrestricted funding: A summary of key points for foundation staff and Boards. London: Institute for Voluntary Action Research.
14 Mills, C. (2023). Evidence review: Why restrict grants? London: Institute for Voluntary Action Research; Wiepking, P., & de Wit, A. (2023). ‘Unrestricted funding and nonprofit capacities: Developing a conceptual model’. Nonprofit Management and Leadership. Cited in A shared endeavour: Five approaches to assessing the impact of unrestricted funding (June 2024).
15 A shared endeavour: Five approaches to assessing the impact of unrestricted funding (June 2024).
16 OECD (2021) Applying Evaluation Criteria Thoughtfully.
17 OECD (2021) Applying Evaluation Criteria Thoughtfully.
18 OECD (2021) Applying Evaluation Criteria Thoughtfully.
19 Social Value International Principles of Social Value.
20 Evaluation support study of the costs and benefits of the implementation of LEADER (2023). Publications office of the European Union. Full report. Executive Summary.
21 EU CAP Network (2024) Assessing the value added of LEADER Guidelines.
21 Powell, J. and Courtney, P. (2013) An assessment of the Social Return on Investment of Axes 1 and 3 of the Rural Development Programme for England. Technical Report. Countryside and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire; An assessment of the Social Return on Investment of Axes 1 and 3 of the Rural Development Programme for England - Research Repository.
24 Atterton, J. (2024) Review of Evidence on Rural Community Interventions.
25 Atterton, J., Philip, L., Shucksmith, M., Currie, M., Vuin, A., & Shortall, S. (2024). Informing Scotland’s Rural Delivery Plan and Rural Lens: Evidence, Indicators and Evaluation.
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