Inclusive evaluation is a movement to change policy research for the better, making it more relevant to and reflective of the people most affected by community development.

The evaluation of policies and programme is too often done to people, about people and without fairly involving people.

Inclusive evaluation:
- Is co-designed with the people most affected, sharing power and decisions from the start.
- Uses participatory methods—co-created surveys, workshops, peer research and ethnographic insights.
- Captures real-life impact: how programmes relate to people’s lives, identities and contexts.
- Reveals what works, for whom, and why—and where things fall short.
- Builds learning loops during evaluation, through regular reflection, sense‑making and shared interpretation of findings.
- Ensures findings are accessible, so evidence is understood, used and acted on.

Research should bring benefits to those choosing to take part: a time to reflect, learn from others and directly contribute to the future of policies affecting your world.

Evaluation is an underutilised tool in transforming communities and creating a fairer world. We started the Centre for Inclusive Evaluation to change that, one research project at a time.

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