| Times cited |
---|---|
Factors operating as barriers | |
 Factors related to lack of resources | 36 |
  Financial resources | 14 |
  Staff resources | 6 |
  Lack of time | 6 |
  Lack of resources to hire external evaluators | 3 |
  Resources (unspecified) | 6 |
  Staff turnover | 1 |
 Factors related to technical capability and evaluation skills | 36 |
  Lack of expertise and internal capability | 17 |
  Problems with data collection and analysis | 11 |
  Inability to utilise existing data | 3 |
  Difficulty conceptualising and designing evaluation | 1 |
  Technical challenges | 4 |
 Challenges in utilising evaluation systems and identifying outcome indicators | 27 |
  Difficulty developing and using evaluation tools | 5 |
  Lack of integrated systems to collect and analyse data | 9 |
  Challenges in identifying accepted outcome and impact indicators | 13 |
 Factors related to organisational culture and management | 26 |
  No perceived benefit to conduct evaluation | 1 |
  Staff resistance to evaluation | 10 |
  Perceived compromise between evaluation and service delivery | 3 |
  Lack of evaluation strategies and planning | 3 |
  Lack of feedback between board and management staff | 1 |
  Low prioritisation of evaluation | 3 |
  Lack of support from board and leadership | 4 |
  Evaluation not part of everyday practice | 1 |
 Factors related to funder requirements | 25 |
  Lack of funder requirements and support | 3 |
  Differing requirements from different funders | 1 |
  Mismatch between funder requirements and appropriate goals | 16 |
  Poor proportioning of size of charities and funder requirements | 1 |
  Micro-management by donors | 1 |
  Funding insecurity (funding circles incentivising focusing on immediate outputs rather than long-term outcomes) | 3 |
 Other | 5 |
  Confidentiality of data | 3 |
  Lack of cooperation with stakeholders | 2 |
Factors operating as facilitators | |
 Factors related to receiving support to evaluate | 19 |
  Partnering with evaluation experts | 3 |
  Partnering with organisations working with similar activities | 1 |
  Technology availability and literacy to collect and analyse data | 4 |
  Benchmark data availability | 2 |
  Training of staff and evaluation literacy | 5 |
  Workable evaluation tools | 2 |
  Having sufficient resources to evaluate | 2 |
 Factors related to organisational culture and management | 18 |
  Understanding internal processes | 3 |
  To embed evaluation as part of everyday practice | 1 |
  Improve allocation of resources | 1 |
  Support from board and leadership | 4 |
  Have in-house evaluation staff | 3 |
  Having clear goals and evaluation strategies | 2 |
  Staff support | 3 |
  Positive perception of evaluation | 1 |
 Factors related to the motivation to be accountable | 17 |
  Involvement of stakeholders to identify outcome indicators and evaluation goals | 5 |
  The motivation to influence policy | 1 |
  Compare work and outcomes to others doing similar work | 1 |
  The motivation to inform the sector as whole | 1 |
  Improve targeting of beneficiaries | 1 |
  Identify new approaches | 1 |
  Ensuring control and legitimacy of activities to stakeholders | 3 |
  The motivation to demonstrate and improve effectiveness of services | 4 |
 Factors around funder requirements and regulations | 7 |
  Funder requirements | 6 |
  Regulation requirements | 1 |
 Factors around economic sustainability | 5 |
  Using evaluation to be eligible for funding opportunities | 3 |
  Using evaluation as marketing | 2 |