Monitoring and evaluation can be and should be valuable tools for assuring accurate achievement of goals and impacts of our projects and programmes, for providing the base for accountability and for improving our performance in the future.
Ever tried, ever failed, no matter.
Try again, fail again, fail better.
(S. Becket)
We do not consider all the efforts regarding indicators, monitoring and evaluation as a value per se. The focus always needs to be on practicability of system and procedures and the utility of information. Thus, evaluation requires a professional, systematic approach. We therefore rely on scientific evaluations standards: utility, feasibility, fairness and accuracy.
For achieving this we are guided by a holistic view, and our evaluations follow a systemic approach, taking into account different contexts and perspectives. Thus, it is particularly important to include diverse views, interests and needs of stakeholders. This not only contributes to the quality of the findings, but also ensures that these findings are a good base for adequate action.
Communication is crucial for collective learning. We provide factual based information and practical recommendations in an understandable way for instigating learning processes and improving system and procedures.
Manfred Kojan has a long track record of all kinds of evaluation projects following international and EU standards and applying a wide range of different evaluation tools and methodologies. He considers evaluations as joint learning processes for which the evaluators provide factual based information.
Consulting areas
Setting-up of comprehensive monitoring and indicator systems
Developing indicator systems for the monitoring and evaluation of national and international development and cooperation programmes, frequently in the framework of ex-ante evaluations.
Hands-on support for setting-up monitoring systems and procedures for monitoring of projects and programmes, including the elaboration of relevant manuals and capacity development for responsible staff.
Result oriented evaluations
Support ranging from the development of possible evaluation designs and methods, evaluation of the employed processes and procedures and the assessment of results and impacts of projects and programmes.
Project examples
Programming Interreg Programme Slovenia-Austria 2021-2027
(SI, AT, 03/2020-05/2022) Team Leader
On-going evaluation of the Interreg V-A Programme Slovenia-Austria 2014-2020
(Slovenia, Austria 03/2019-12/2022); Evaluator
Evaluation National Park Gesäuse Partner
(Austria, 6/2021 – 5/2022) Team Leader
On-going evaluation of the Austrian IWB/EFRE Programme 2014-2020;
(AT, 12/2017-07/2021) Evaluation Expert
Evaluation EU support to the Palestine Cultural Sector
(Palestine, 11/2016-03/2017); Team Leader, Evaluation Expert
Mid-term evaluation KASA project of Swiss Humanitarian Foundation
(Armenia, 7-12/2021); International Evaluation Expert
Technical Assistance for Kosovo´s Cross-border Cooperation Programmes
(Kosovo, 1/2014-4/2015); Team Leader
Programming Bulgarian IPA CBC Programmes 2014-2020
(Bulgaria, FYROM, Serbia, Turkey; 11/2013 – 7/2014); Team Leader
Ex-ante Evaluation and SEA for RO-BG CBC Programme 2014-2020
(Romania, Bulgaria; 9/2013 – 10/2014); Team Leader, Evaluation Expert
Ex-ante Evaluation and SEA for ETC Programme AT-HU 2014-2020
(Hungary, Austria; 3/2013-6/2014); Team Leader, Evaluation Expert
Ex-ante Evaluation and SEA for ETC Programme AT-SK 2014-2020
(Slovakia. Austria; 3/2013-6/2014); Team Leader, Evaluation Expert
Self-evaluation of IPA assistance to Regional Economic, SME and Tourism Development
(Bosnia and Herzegovina; 2-8/2013); Senior Evaluation Expert
Final Evaluation SEE-IFA network
(Austria/SEE, 2-4/2012); Team Leader, Evaluator
Interim Evaluation Small Projects Funds ETC CZ-AT
(Austria, Czech Republic; 7/2011 – 5/2012); Team Leader, Evaluation Expert
EU Support to Implementation of Cross- Border programmes under IPA Instrument,
(Bosnia and Herzegovina, 8/2010 – 7/2011); Team Leader