Evaluation of transforming procurement through Home Grown Talent: final report

There are 5 strands to the programme:

• Leadership
• Training
• Trainee Procurement Executive Programme
• Funding for e-procurement projects
• Funding for innovation projects.

Aims of the final evaluation

In 2013, a mid-term evaluation of the Home Grown Talent programme was completed. At this stage, three of the five strands were underway. The final evaluation builds on the findings of the mid-term evaluation. The main objectives for this evaluation are to:

• assess progress across all five strands of the evaluation and whether the programme’s objectives have been met
• assess how the programme has actioned the recommendations from the mid-term evaluation
• understand the inputs, activities and processes which have made possible the outcomes achieved by the programme (reporting the key
  factors that have helped or hindered progress)
• assess the impact of the programme, to the extent that this is feasible to discern in the time since the activities have been implemented
• outline the main lessons learned in the delivery of this programme, and to make recommendations for the delivery of future similar programmes
  of work.