Evaluating the impact of a multi-year capacity building programme
Challenge
The Leaders in Innovation Fellowships Programme (LIF) has trained nearly 950 entrepreneurs from 17 countries around the world. Funded by the Newton Fund and managed by the Royal Academy of Engineering (the Academy) with support of local partners, LIF is designed to build entrepreneurship capacity and help researchers commercialise innovations that address the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals. A key output is the extent to which these innovative projects lead to economic and social impact in the participating countries.
Approach
In order to measure this impact, the Academy and the British Embassy Manila commissioned Oxentia to conduct an impact evaluation study for LIF in the Philippines, where the programme is viewed to have been particularly successful. The aims of the study were to better understand what the Newton Fund is achieving through the LIF programme, adding colour and detail to existing quantitative evaluations, providing stories and evidence of the impact, and identifying and describing enabling factors that have accelerated this change. The study included a baseline assessment of the local entrepreneurship and innovation (E&I) ecosystem, a survey of LIF participants, and interviews with selected internal and external stakeholders.
Impact
