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EVALUATION & ADAPTATION
Evaluation creates value when it does more than measure performance—it helps institutions understand what works, why it works and what should change.
Dr Orna Rosenfeld provides independent evaluation and assessment of housing and urban policies, programmes, strategies, projects and initiatives at different stages of their development and implementation. Drawing on experience assessing more than 400 projects and initiatives internationally, she combines rigorous analysis with an understanding of the policy, institutional and delivery contexts in which interventions operate.
Her work ranges from ex-ante assessment and evaluation design to real-time implementation review, ex-post evaluation and impact assessment. Depending on the assignment, she works with established evaluation frameworks or develops criteria and methodologies tailored to the objectives, context and decisions the evaluation needs to inform.
The purpose is not only to establish whether an intervention has succeeded, but to generate actionable learning—strengthening implementation, informing adaptation and improving future policy, investment and programme design.
EX-ANTE EVALUATION & ASSESSMENT
Good decisions depend on understanding the potential value, feasibility and quality of an intervention before resources are committed.
Dr Rosenfeld assesses projects, programmes, strategies and proposals against their objectives, policy context and defined evaluation criteria. Her work can examine strategic relevance, coherence, quality, feasibility, innovation, expected results and potential impact, helping clients identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for improvement.
She also supports the design of evaluation frameworks, criteria and methodologies, ensuring that assessment reflects the objectives and characteristics of the intervention rather than relying on generic measures of success.
Featured work
European Urban Initiative / Urban Innovative Actions
Assessment of innovative urban projects and proposals across European policy themes, including extensive evaluation of housing initiatives.
New European Bauhaus & Horizon Europe — European Commission
Expert evaluation of European research, innovation and place-based proposals against defined programme and impact criteria.
IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW & ADAPTATION
Evaluation during implementation creates an opportunity to improve outcomes while there is still time to act.
Complex housing and urban programmes evolve as policies encounter institutional realities, partnerships develop and circumstances change.
Dr Rosenfeld provides independent review during implementation, examining progress, governance, decision-making, emerging challenges and the relationship between planned objectives and what is happening in practice.
The emphasis is on turning evidence into practical feedback and adaptation—identifying what is working, where delivery is constrained and what can be adjusted to strengthen implementation and results.
This approach is particularly relevant to multilevel and multi-stakeholder initiatives, where outcomes depend not only on individual actions but on how institutions, partners and decisions interact over time.
Featured work
Urban Agenda for the EU — 14 Thematic Partnerships
Assessment of 14 Partnership Action Plans, examining integrated approaches and implementation across major European urban policy themes.
Urban Agenda for the EU Housing Partnership
Real-time assessment and methodological support to a complex multilevel partnership involving Member States, cities, European institutions and housing stakeholders.
EX-POST EVALUATION, IMPACT & LEARNING
The end of an intervention should generate evidence for the beginning of the next one.
Dr Rosenfeld undertakes ex-post evaluation and impact assessment to examine results, effectiveness, implementation experience and wider effects, and to identify lessons that can inform subsequent policies, programmes and investments.
Her approach recognises that important housing and urban outcomes are not always captured by simple quantitative indicators. Evaluation may therefore combine quantitative and qualitative evidence to examine institutional, governance, spatial, social and policy effects, as well as intended and unintended outcomes.
Findings are translated into clear conclusions and actionable recommendations, enabling organisations to demonstrate accountability while using experience to improve future decision-making.
Featured work
Housing & Urban Project Evaluation — International Portfolio
Evaluation and assessment contributing to a portfolio of more than 400 projects and initiatives across housing, urban development, inclusion and related fields.
European & International Programmes
Independent assessment of projects, programmes and integrated strategies for European institutions and international organisations, translating implementation experience into recommendations for future policy and programme design.