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would have happened without the LILW The Final Evaluation also provides an updated assessment on delivery by the operation against the ERDF Cross Cutting Themes (CCTs), considers what has worked well and less well in delivery, and considers implications for the sustainability/priorities of the operation following the close of the ERDF period. 1.10 The Final Evaluation commenced in September 2022, with primary research completed over March-May 2023. The report was drafted in May 2023, ahead of the formal completion of the operation in June 2023. As such, the Final Evaluation is based on evidence provided as the operation drew to a close, but whilst activity was on-going. This needs to be taken into account when considering the evidence on progress in terms of expenditure and in delivery of ERDF target indicators, and the wider final outcomes and impacts.

Evaluation methodology

Logic model

1.11 Logic models are useful devices to inform evaluation, because they encourage thinking about the steps required for an intervention to have its desired effects, and the nature of effects that can be covered in evaluation. A logic model articulates explicitly the relationship between inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes and impacts:

• inputs are the resources used by the intervention, including ERDF funding

• activities are those tasks undertaken by the intervention

• outputs are the readily measurable results of those activities

• outcomes are the changes in the behaviours and performance of those involved with an intervention

• impacts are the ultimate benefits attributable to the intervention and changes in wider conditions, both directly and indirectly.

1.12 Logic models also set out the external factors which are expected to influence activity (either positively or negatively), and therefore the realisation of anticipated outputs, outcomes and impacts. 1.13 T he logic model and associated narrative ‘theory of change’ developed during the Inception Evaluation (and reflecting the position before the project started) are set out below. This Final Evaluation seeks to test the logic model and underpinning theory of change, particularly the extent to which the LILW has delivered the outputs, outcomes and impacts anticipated.

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