EVALUATON SERVICES

In 2016, the HLF commissioned the development of an evaluation framework for the Heritage Enterprise programme.

As part of this work, recommendations were made on the development of monitoring and evaluation tools to measure the performance of individual projects funded within the scheme.

Six case studies with accompanying metrics were also conducted as part of this reporting.

The framework document is available alongside this invitation to tender brief.

The HLF are keen to review the performance of our annual monitoring, evaluation and programme management review tools.

We are keen to understand the information they will give us and make recommendations on any areas where the tools may be further improved.

The HLF further wishes to update the metrics for the existing case studies and to add additional case studies to this suite as more projects come on stream.

This study will involve: • Updating the metric information from official sources for our existing six case studies and producing up to date metrics for a further six case studies; • Developing and testing the questionnaires to evaluate the success and impact of projects a year after their completion, and annually thereafter; • Developing and testing a questionnaire for completed projects to evaluate the grantees experience with the HLF application and monitoring process as it specifically applies to HE projects; • Conducting evaluation exercises on up to 4 completed projects where the building(s) have been operational for a year or more; • Making recommendations for additional evaluation and project monitoring guidance for grantees to improve the relevance and consistency of project-led evaluation The first audience for this evaluation activity is HLF, where the findings will inform our on-going programme evaluation and policy work.

However, the results will be made publicly available and may be of interest to other policy makers, funders and practitioners in the heritage sector.

A FULL DESCRIPTION IS AVAILABLE IN THE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS TO THIS NOTICE.