Join ALNAP for the launch of our new guide on evaluating humanitarian action
We’re excited to launch ALNAP’s updated guide on adapting the OECD criteria for evaluating humanitarian action.
This new guide builds on our widely used 2006 publication and responds to a humanitarian landscape that is more complex, protracted, and interconnected than ever before. It covers seven criteria — relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, coherence, coverage and inclusion, and inter-connection — but brings updated definitions, clear explanations, and guidance tailored to humanitarian contexts.
The guide has been shaped by extensive consultation across languages, regions, and organisations - and is designed to be both practical and flexible, whether you’re managing, commissioning, or conducting evaluations.
At the launch event, we’ll introduce what’s new in the guide, explain how to use it in real-world evaluation contexts, and explore three priority themes that emerged during consultation (putting people affected by crisis at the centre, locally led humanitarian action, and the environment and climate crisis).
Taking part in the event will be:
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, UN Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- Alistair Hallam | Director, Valid Evaluations
Co-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
Conversation moderated by Alejandro Posada Bermudez, Research Fellow (ALNAP)
The launch event will be moderated by Julia Steets, (Global Public Policy Institute -GPPiD) with introductory remarks from Juliet Parker (ALNAP).
Whether you’re new to evaluation or have decades of experience, this guide is a clear, accessible resource that helps you interpret and apply the OECD criteria in ways that are relevant, inclusive, and grounded in humanitarian realities.
To ensure wide access, the event will be livestreamed at two different times on Tuesday 16 September.
Register now to secure your spot for Session 2: 15:00–16:00 (UK time) – with French sub-titles
If you would rather join Session 1: 08:00–09:00 (UK time) – with Arabic sub-titles: register here.