Monitoring, evaluation, and learning for planning and implementation of multi-actor interventions Merri-bek City Council

Monitoring, evaluation, and learning for planning and implementation of multi-actor interventions Merri-bek City Council

This project is a research and practice partnership between the staff of Merri-bek City Council and RMIT to evaluate the Human Rights Policy. The project aims to strengthen the planning and implementation of Council initiatives and build new knowledge about how to effectively use theories of change to support the planning and implementation of multi-actor interventions.

Description

The project focuses specifically on the Human Rights Policy. The Community Development and Social Cohesion team has drafted a theory of change and a list of evaluation indicators. They are now looking for feedback, collection of the data, and assistance with reporting. Human rights are addressed in many different policies, which are the responsibility of 10 different parts of the council, which means that intra- and inter-organisational collaboration is essential. Some parts of the human rights policy are within the team's power to control, but most activities require relationship-building with other council departments to influence their activities. 

The existing theory of change was developed by the Community Development and Social Cohesion team, and other teams will be asked to be involved in the monitoring, evaluation, and learning phase that starts now. The theory of change explains how activities in Merri-bek are understood to contribute to achieving longer-term results (intended and unintended), through a chain of intermediate results.

SERC researchers

  • Karien Dekker
  • Abigail Lewis

Project dates

2023 - 2024

Funding body

  • RMIT DSC Academic Development Fund
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RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.

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