Assessing the Quality of Humanitarian Evaluations, The ALNAP Quality Proforma 2005

ALNAP developed this quality proforma in 2001 as a way of assessing humanitarian evaluation reports, drawing on current thinking and good practice in the evaluation of humanitarian action, in order to improve the quality of humanitarian evaluation practice. It provides an assessment tool for ALNAP’s annual meta-evaluation of humanitarian evaluation reports as part of its Review of Humanitarian Action2 series. The meta-evaluation seeks to identify both positive and negative trends in the quality of humanitarian evaluations. It also provides a checklist for evaluation managers and evaluators. The quality proforma has undergone refinements during its application in four ALNAP reviews between 2001 and 2004, in order to strengthen consistency in interpretation and usage and reflect developments in current thinking. This version was simplified and reorganised in order to make it more accessible.