Project Background
The City of Sydney has used the Culture Counts evaluation platform since 2016 to evaluate its activities and programs, with different teams of the City distributing over 1,100 surveys and collecting over 12,966 responses in that time.
City of Sydney and Culture Counts have worked together to determine an appropriate evaluation methodology that:
- Gives individual teams the flexibility to measure activity-specific outcomes to aid practical program-level evaluation, reflection and decision-making
- Can collect data related to larger strategic outcomes, supporting policy decision-making processes
- Uses standardised terms and practices wherever possible to maximise comparative evaluation between programs and activities
- Considers the evaluation activity of external partners and other third-parties in a manner that can support City of Sydney evaluation activity
- Reflects the holistic and evolving strategic goals of the City of Sydney and it’s research and learnings into evaluation practice thus far
Culture Counts reports evaluation data back to the City of Sydney on a monthly basis, and also produces an annual report each year.