Browsing by Author "Montano, Luigina Jessica"
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- Co-learning through participatory evaluation: an example using theory of change in a large-scale EU-funded tourism interventionPublication . Montano, Luigina Jessica; Font, Xavier; Elsenbroich, Corinna; Ribeiro, Manuel AlectorTourism interventions, as tools for social change and preservation of natural and cultural assets are inherently complex. This study presents an improved method for the evaluation of complex tourism interventions. We argue that participatory methods can promote a culture of evaluation that supports partners throughout evidencing project impacts, eliminating negative attitudes to evaluation resulting from fear of being judged on performance. We demonstrate that Theory of Change (ToC) is an effective tool that allows organisations to actively co-create and own an evaluation strategy to ensure the delivery of project outcomes. We show how ToC can be applied as a useful process and impact evaluation tool. This paper represents a novel methodological application of ToC based on participatory approaches to evaluation to disseminate knowledge and to improve decision-making in the field of tourism interventions and tourism policy making.
- Harnessing the power of stories: evaluating complex tourism interventions through a ‘most significant change’ approachPublication . Montano, Luigina Jessica; Font, Xavier; Elsenbroich, Corinna; Ribeiro, Manuel AlectorThis study explores the power of the story-based 'Most Significant Change' evaluation method to evidence the impacts of a complex sustainable tourism intervention implemented through the cross-border EU-INTERREG 'EXPERIENCE' project across six regions on the French-English Channel. The method provides a participatory evaluation framework to capture contextual changes by collecting and analysing personal stories of change considered significant by those directly affected. As intervention-driven changes are often unpredictable and non-linear, the method supports researchers in exploring and learning about unexpected or complex outcomes emerging from the stories. Findings highlight the effectiveness of this narrative approach in capturing complex, unforeseen changes that may not be quantifiable through pre-defined performance indicators. The study contributes to evaluating EU-funded regional development programmes in tourism.
- Impact evaluation with process tracing: explaining causal processes in an EU-interreg sustainable tourism interventionPublication . Montano, Luigina Jessica; Elsenbroich, Corina; Font, Xavier; Ribeiro, Manuel AlectorDrawing from the field of complex evaluations we discuss a novel application of process tracing for the evaluation of complex tourism interventions. We argue that to better evidence impact of tourism interventions and facilitate policy transfer we ought to adopt approaches to evaluation that allow us to deepen our understanding of causal mechanisms at play in an intervention. We adopt process tracing as a qualitative, theory-based evaluation method to make within-case causal inferences about impact. To showcase the method, we apply it to evaluate the outcomes of a real-world EU-Interreg sustainable tourism intervention called "EXPERIENCE," implemented across six pilot regions across France and England. We argue that deepening our understanding of how interventions work in a local context is necessary for the design and transferability of future interventions across similar contexts.