Evaluation training material
Evaluating humanitarian action
ALNAP first developed training modules in 2001 as a way of sharing knowledge and good practice identified through its research activities. The modules were updated in 2003.
The material has been further updated in collaboration with Channel Research for a course organised by Channel Research in January 2007.
The material is available to all free of charge, to aid those providing courses on the evaluation of humanitarian action. The materials are not a definitive set of ideas: you may want to add further training materials or activities, and introduce your own organisation's policies, procedures and models.
It may be possible for the ALNAP secretariat to put you in touch with a facilitator to teach your course. All contractual arrangements between your organisation and the facilitator are your own responsibility.
ALNAP would appreciate any feedback on the content and usability of these materials - alnap@alnap.org
List of materials
Course manual: this contains: a suggested outline programme; summaries of the teaching; background reference documents; definitions of terms; illustrations; checklists and tables; individual and group exercises; extensive references to sources of further information; and a specimen course evaluation form. The manual should be adapted to the course provider’s local needs and sent to the participants in advance of the course.
Session summaries: these include session objectives, key messages, and suggested timings for the components of each session to assist the course facilitator in planning, and where appropriate answers to exercises proposed in the manual.
PowerPoint slides cover the main points of each session.
Trainer tips
The authors of the materials offer a number of recommendations for those organising or facilitating courses. Download trainer tips here.
Authors
The updated materials were prepared by Margie Buchanan-Smith and John Telford, who also facilitated the January 2007 course. Click here for biographical summaries.
Disclaimer
The views expressed in these materials reflect those of the consultants who compiled the materials and not necessarily those of ALNAP Full Members.
Acknowledgements
ALNAP is grateful to Channel Research for its contribution to updating these training materials and for using them for its course.
ALNAP also wishes to acknowledge the work of Sara Swords who developed the original training modules in 2001 and updated them in 2003. John Telford also participated in the writing of the original materials, and there was significant input and constructive feedback from Sheila Reed of InterWorks.
Materials from other sources included in the manual are acknowledged therein.
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