Economic Evaluation
Short course
In Nottingham
Description
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Type
Short course
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Level
Intermediate
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Location
Nottingham
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Duration
1 Day
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Start date
Different dates available
There are growing demands for public and third sector organisations to demonstrate the economic impacts associated with their activity. This course is aimed at non-specialists who need a functional understanding of key economic concepts and data in order to confidentially deal with the practicalities involved in economic impact evaluation.
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About this course
You will improve your understanding of the following:
Fundamental requirements of economic impact evaluation
Role that evaluation can play in policy or programme development
Range of techniques and data sources appropriate to economic impact evaluation
Practicalities involved in undertaking or managing an economic impact evaluation
Local Government officers, private and third sector workers who are asked to undertake economic assessments, evaluations and bid for funding.
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Subjects
- Evaluation
- Project
- Policy Context
- Project Development
- Typology
- Development
- Map projects
- Project Lifecycle
- Economic
- Establishing
Course programme
Welcome and Introduction
Introduction to Evaluation:
- Evaluation in policy context
- The different types of evaluation and their relation to the project development cycle
- Useful guidance
- Group Exercise: map projects that you are responsible for onto the evaluation typology/project lifecycle
Evaluation Planning, Resources and Context:
- The role of the evaluation plan
- Thinking practically - the role of resource constraints
- The importance of context
- Group exercise: using the projects from the first exercise, set out the key information that will inform the development of your evaluation project
Evaluation Methods and Techniques:
- The logic model
- Establishing the counterfactual
- Economic impact assessment and cost benefit analysis
- Data requirements
Use of Evaluation Findings and Group Exercise
- Presentation of results
- Group exercise: thinking about the concepts and techniques set out in the previous session, prepare an outline approach to the evaluation of your project
Economic Evaluation