ALNAP's conceptual framework for locally led evaluation, developed as part of our research on Advancing locally led evaluations, has three major components:
1. The principles of locally led evaluation are important to understand and uphold. Stakeholders can start by engaging in reflective exercises and discussions, taking time to learn and exchange knowledge with others.
2. Longer-term strategies and immediate actions are needed for stakeholders to create their own pathways. Stakeholders can take different approaches depending on the resources available to them. Practical steps for longer-term strategies are grouped into topic areas, and more immediate actions are illustrated through examples mapped onto the stages of an evaluation. Stakeholders are invited to take parallel steps both as part of their longer-term plans and in their ongoing and upcoming evaluations, to progress through as many steps as applicable. A short guide on practical steps to advance locally led evaluations includes further details.
3. This framing is completed by linking the value of locally led evaluation to humanitarian action and its evaluation stakeholders. ALNAP's paper on locally led evaluation briefly touches on the typical level of involvement, power and influence of evaluation stakeholders. It also looks at evaluation trends and pressures, alongside operational challenges faced when conducting evaluations in humanitarian contexts.
