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Evaluability assessment of a community development leisure program in Spain Hortigüela Arroyo, María Ubillos Landa, Silvia Evaluability assessment Public program evaluation Community development Program improvement Sociología Sociology This paper presents the results of an evaluability assessment (EA) conducted in Spain. EAs are assessments that minimize the uncertainty and risk inherent in a subsequent evaluation (e.g. an impact or results assessment) that may require excessive resources. We designed our own EA model by combining three theoretical approaches, with a holistic and pedagogic vision of the process and a flexible methodology to enable adaptation to different programs and contexts, thus fostering transferability. The EA was carried using a qualitative methodology: documentary analysis, seven semi-structured interviews with stakeholders, eight direct observation sessions and a check-list for politicians and experts. The outcome report helped promote organizational learning, provided the program with a logical and assessable theoretical model, detected its strengths and helped overcome the barriers to efficient assessment. Based on these achievements, an evaluation of the results was recommended, with repeated pretest-posttest measurements and an equivalent control group. 2020-06-03T11:31:45Z 2020-06-03T11:31:45Z 2019-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 0149-7189 http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5324 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2018.10.014 eng Evaluation and Program Planning. 2019. V. 72, p. 219-226 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2018.10.014 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf Elsevier