Report of the Joint Participatory Evaluation of Society for People Education and Economic Change (SPEECH) and The Activists for Social Alternatives (ASA)

This report concerns participatory evaluations of two Indian NGOs "by the grassroots people themselves". The reasons for undertaking this form of evaluation are discussed, together with the expectations of the organisations involved: Society for People Education and Economic Change (SPEECH), Activists for Social Alternatives (ASA) and Oxfam (India), with whom both NGOs have close contacts. Ten phases of evaluation process are outlined, the questions and issues discussed are presented, and the process of evaluation is documented. The bulk of the report (Chs. 1 and 2) report the results of the two evaluations. A final chapter reports reflections on the participatory evaluations by the evaluators and the external resource person from Oxfam. Annexes include discussions of key aspects of the training of evaluators (including trust building, listening and communication skills, and situation analysis).