Early on, the CNPEA chose to take a developmental evaluation approach to the Knowledge Sharing Project. This approach allows for an engaged, ongoing assessment of a project that is innovative, complex and broad in scope.

At the halfway mark, the evaluation process focused on asking about the results and success of the needs assessment, but also on exploring the effectiveness of the systems established in the first year for the project and its goals.

The first year has been about recruiting the right professionals to the paid roles, consulting with the sector as broadly as possible to ensure the right information is on hand, and identifying the technical and substantive content scope of the final product(s). This report has been designed to provide the evaluation findings so far for stakeholders. Read the full report here