MUE25 Online guidance - Evaluation and reporting

After an intensive phase of implementing activities and with the monitoring data output at hand, it is time to step back and evaluate what has been achieved. The data collected through monitoring are used for evaluating both the results obtained through implementation and the way the management cycle is working.

Evaluation and reporting is the last step of the cycle, but provides the basis for starting a new year with a new cycle. It analyzes what has happened during the year in order to understand why things happened or failed to succeed. It provides the politicians with a basis for taking further decisions on the targets and actions for the next year. It provides the stakeholders, including the public, with a report on what the city has done during the year and how they have succeeded in fulfilling their targets. The importance of this step is the actual city council decision on how to act on the results of the evaluation process. How will the knowledge gained be used to adapt or set the short-term targets for the next year? What actions should be implemented next year? Is there a need to revise the baseline review because of major changes in the city or its surroundings? In any case, a decision should be taken and a new annual cycle should begin.

Introduction to Evaluation and Reporting The distinction between monitoring, evaluation and reporting How to evaluate? Audit Utilizing evaluation results Reporting the results What is next? Checklist Sources Annexes	1. Introduction to Evaluation and Reporting After an intensive phase of implementing activities and with the monitoring data output at hand, it is time to step back and evaluate what has been achieved. The data collected through monitoring are used for evaluating both the results obtained through implementation and the way the management cycle is working. Evaluation and reporting is the last step of the cycle, but provides the basis for starting a new year with a new cycle. It analyzes what has happened during the year in order to understand why things happened or failed to succeed. It provides the politicians with a basis for taking further decisions on the targets and actions for the next year. It provides the stakeholders, including the public, with a report on what the city has done during the year and how they have succeeded in fulfilling their targets. The importance of this step is the actual city council decision on how to act on the results of the evaluation process. How will the knowledge gained be used to adapt or set the short-term targets for the next year? What actions should be implemented next year? Is there a need to revise the baseline review because of major changes in the city or its surroundings? In any case, a decision should be taken and a new annual cycle should begin.	IMS short tour Background to the model City examples Glossary Links Downloads Contact us
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1. Introduction to Evaluation and Reporting