Relational trust built through prior rigorous evaluation was a precondition for introducing participatory approaches¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
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q2 i? Researchers reported that credibility and trusting relationships, sometimes built over years of conventional evaluation, had to precede proposals for participatory work. → White 2026

Evidence¶

White 2026¶

White, L. P., Gaviria, G. A., & Frausto, A. (2026). Participatory evaluation: The capacities that shape engagement. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/314

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Researcher reflection quoted in the Conditions Shaping Engagement section. The report states that in two projects funders were open to and enthusiastic about adding participatory elements, citing trust built through prior work as the foundation for their support.

"The trust we built over 2.5 years of rigorous, conventional evaluation before we floated a more experimental idea of adding participatory elements. That trust earned us this chance."

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