Economic Evaluation

Level(s) of study: Short course
Study mode(s): Short course
Location: City Campus
Starting: TBC
Course duration: One Day

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This course will start on 29 November 2017

There are growing demands for public and third sector organisations to demonstrate the economic impacts associated with their activity. This course is aimed at non-specialists who need a functional understanding of key economic concepts and data in order to confidentially deal with the practicalities involved in economic impact evaluation.

Who is the course for?

Local Government officers, private and third sector workers who are asked to undertake economic assessments, evaluations and bid for funding.

What will I get out the course?

You will improve your understanding of the following:

Fundamental requirements of economic impact evaluation
Role that evaluation can play in policy or programme development
Range of techniques and data sources appropriate to economic impact evaluation
Practicalities involved in undertaking or managing an economic impact evaluation

This course has been approved by the Institute of Economic Development meaning that IED members can claim CPD points from attending the full-day.

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What you'll study

The day breaks down as follows:

Course Outline

Time	Topic
09:30 - 09:45	Welcome and Introduction
09:45 - 10:45	Introduction to Evaluation: Evaluation in policy context The different types of evaluation and their relation to the project development cycle Useful guidance Group Exercise: map projects that you are responsible for onto the evaluation typology/project lifecycle
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30	Evaluation Planning, Resources and Context: The role of the evaluation plan Thinking practically - the role of resource constraints The importance of context Group exercise: using the projects from the first exercise, set out the key information that will inform the development of your evaluation project
12:30 - 13:15	Lunch
13:15 - 14:30	Evaluation Methods and Techniques: The logic model Establishing the counterfactual Economic impact assessment and cost benefit analysis Data requirements
14:30 - 14:45	Coffee Break
14:45 - 15:45	Use of Evaluation Findings and Group Exercise Presentation of results Group exercise: thinking about the concepts and techniques set out in the previous session, prepare an outline approach to the evaluation of your project
15:45 - 16:00	Summary and Close

Location

The course is held at Nottingham Business School and is normally delivered at Nottingham Conference Centre. Located right at the heart of Nottingham City Centre, the Nottingham Conference Centre benefits from excellent transport links by car, plane and train.