Making the Case for Partnering with Small and Solo Proximate Evaluation Firms

Lessons from the Strengthening Evaluation Contracting Partnerships Initiative's
Third Webinar

In this article, we capture highlights from SECPI's third webinar in which our presenters and participants discussed why funders and other evaluation commissioners tend to work with familiar, larger evaluation firms; the conditions under which they may prioritize working with small and solo proximate or community-based evaluation firms; and what it will take to convince funders and other evaluation commissioners to try out new partnerships with small and solo community-based evaluation firms.