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The evaluation process of the national evaluation of Partnerships Phase 1

Aim

The national evaluation aimed to:

• Bring together the collective learning that will be gained over the life of the initiative about how better to provide assistance to people affected by domestic violence, and improve strategies to prevent its occurrence.

• Inform government decisions regarding future directions for domestic violence policy and program development.

• Satisfy basic accountability requirements for the overall initiatives funded by Partnerships.

Elements of the evaluation

The national evaluation was designed to inform stakeholders of relevant findings for future directions throughout the life of the program and not merely report on the program after its completion. Thus lessons learned at the beginning of the program or in a particular jurisdiction were identified, disseminated and built upon.

All Partnerships projects were evaluated, either internally or independently, the method being determined by the size and nature of the project. The national evaluation incorporated information from three different levels:

• The evaluation of national projects identified and developed by the Partnerships Taskforce through Office for Women.

• The evaluation of projects under the auspices of Commonwealth and State/Territory departments.

• The evaluation of the sum of all parts of the initiative.

Information sources for the meta-evaluation included:

• Evaluations of individual projects. Projects without and in-built evaluation were provided with an evaluation tracking tool by the meta-evaluators.

• Early consultations with State/Territory Departmental representatives, project managers, workers, researchers and evaluators.

• Evaluation workshops across Australia for service providers and policy makers on a number of key issues (women, men, men and relationships, children and young people, cultural diversity, rural and remote, community education, indigenous issues and infrastructure).

• National Showcases link to project in the data matrixof Partnerships projects and key findings to date.

• National forums as a means of sharing emerging findings and increasing evidence-based practice on key topics: link to project descriptions in the data matrix
  
  - Domestic Violence Perpetrators Programs Forum
  - The Way Forward: Children, Young People and Domestic Violence
  - Rekindling Relationships: Indigenous Family Violence Forum
  - Men and Relationships: Partners in progress
  - Across the Lifespan: Violence in the lives of women and girls

• Bulletins, Key Findings and Case studies link to 3 publications list Across the life of the meta-evaluation, Strategic Partners prepared a range of publications designed to raise awareness of the evaluation process and emerging findings.

• Literature review, Current Perspectives on Domestic Violence, link to publication description relating to Partnerships key themes was published in 1999.

• Field consultations held in 1999 by the Women’s Services Network (WESNET) with practitioners in domestic violence, family support and health services. The consultations aimed to inform the meta-evaluation by identifying current issues and emerging gaps.