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The initial report - 2010-2011
This initial report will seek to establish a baseline of the practice to date and the extent to which the project aim and
objectives have been progressed. This is with a view to then agree a number of measures by which the actions of the
second year will be critically reviewed and evaluated through:
• the current partners evaluating their own work from September 2011;
• those measures and experiences that will be gathered by an evaluator;
• other measures that will be within the record keeping of the Dublin Partnership.
(See Section 5)
Evaluation Methodology
The needs and rationale will be established as a context for looking at the aim of Dún Laoghaire / Rathdown
Comenius Regio ‘Restorative Practices’ Programme. This will be linked to a description of the inputs in terms of human
resource and organisational commitments.
Owing to the limited amount of evaluation time available this evaluation will focus on practice and not look at the
financial variables.
The analysis will look at activities, outputs, outcomes and benefits from the experiences of the partners, participants
and the record keeping within the Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown Comenius Regio ‘Restorative Practices’
Programme.
The analysis will then attempt to articulate the strategic impacts from the evidence before setting out the implications
for the development of the programme beyond 2012.
The issue of relevance will be especially important in the context of promoting a restorative practice initiative at a
time of decreasing public expenditure.
Clarifying Initial Needs and
rationale
Meeting Individual
Partners.
Organisational
Resources and
Commitment
The Development of
Coherence and Project Aim
Progress to each Objective
Growing Points, Limiting Factors
and Constraints Identified
Inputs Described and Analysed
Processes Valued
Case Studies
Critique developed
Outputs & Strategic Impacts Considered:
1.Organisationally
2.Broader Civil Society
3.Public Policy
Figure 1: Progressive Elements of the Evaluation Process
Programme Implications for 11-12 and
beyond
Future Relevance of Restorative Practices