Launch of ALNAP's guide for adapting the OECD criteria in humanitarian evaluation | Session 1

We’re thrilled to share ALNAP’s updated guide on adapting the OECD criteria for evaluating humanitarian action! 🌍✨

Building on our widely used 2006 publication, this new guide responds to today’s humanitarian landscape — more complex, protracted, and interconnected than ever before. It introduces updated definitions, practical explanations, and tailored guidance for humanitarian contexts across seven criteria:
Relevance
Effectiveness
Efficiency
Impact
Coherence
Coverage & Inclusion
Inter-connection

Shaped by extensive global consultation, the guide is designed to be practical, flexible, and accessible, whether you’re managing, commissioning, or conducting evaluations.

In this launch event, we explore:
✅ What’s new in the guide
✅ How to apply it in real-world evaluation contexts
✅ Three priority themes:
• Putting people affected by crisis at the centre
• Locally led humanitarian action
• The environment & climate crisis

Contributors:
Noura Mahmoud | Business Development and Research Manager- Raagsan Consulting
Susanna Morisson-Métois | Senior Research Fellow, ALNAP
Tasneem Mowjee | Director, Policy to Practice Team (P2PT).
Cristina de Nicolás Izquierdo | Associate researcher and academic tutor at The Institute of Studies on Conflicts and Humanitarian Action (IECAH)
Laura Olsen | Evaluation Specialist, OCHA
Alistair Hallam | Director, Valid Evaluations

Authors of the guide
Margie Buchanan-Smith | Senior Research Associate, HPG at ODI Global, Visiting Fellow, Feinstein International Center at Tufts University, Fellow, Rift Valley Institute.
Pamela Combinido | Leader, Humanitarian Advisory Group (HAG)
Sarah Gharbi | Research Fellow, ALNAP

Moderated by Julia Steets (GPPiD) with introductory remarks from Juliet Parker (ALNAP).
Conversation moderated by Alejandro Poadao, Research Fellow (ALNAP)

📚 Explore the full E-guide and dive into the updated criteria: https://alnap.org/help-library/resour...
Download the guide: https://alnap.org/help-library/resour...

⏱️ Short on time? Read the summary in your preferred language:
🌐 English: https://alnap.org/help-library/resour...
🌐 Spanish: https://alnap.org/help-library/resour...
🌐 Arabic: https://alnap.org/help-library/resour...
🌐 French: https://alnap.org/help-library/resour... (translation under review)

💡 Whether you’re new to evaluation or an experienced practitioner, this guide is a clear, accessible resource to help you apply the OECD criteria in ways that are relevant, inclusive, and grounded in humanitarian realities.

📅 The launch was streamed in two sessions on Tuesday, 16 September, to ensure global access.

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