Evaluation is an important process undertaken during and after a project to assess what happened and what has changed against the project objectives. Evaluation meets the critical need to know how and whether a project works or doesn’t work. It is how the project accounts to the community in which it occurs and to those who provide the funding. However accountability is not the only reason to undertake evaluation. There are three main reasons for doing evaluation in a community project.
1. To improve and develop a project.
2. To communicate about a project.
3. To account for a project by showing how it is working and what is happening as a result.