Definitions for "Participatory evaluation"
A process of self-assessment, collective knowledge production, and cooperative action in which stakeholders in a development process participate substantially in the identification of evaluation issues, the formulation of evaluation questions, the design of the evaluation, the collection and analysis of data, and the actions taken as a result of the findings.
An evaluation organized as a team project in which the evaluator and representatives of one or more stakeholder groups work collaboratively in developing the evaluation plan, conducting the evaluation, or disseminating and using the results.
evaluation that involves key stakeholders in the design, data collection, and interpretation of evaluation methods.