The field of monitoring and evaluation is at an inflection point. For decades, measurement frameworks have asked overstretched practitioners to extract data from complex human systems, often adding burden rather than building capacity, and centering the voices of those who already hold institutional power.
A growing global community has been building an alternative.
The Regenerative Evaluation Community of Practice began with a single question: what if evaluation gave more energy than it takes? Over three years of self-organized inquiry, without any formal funding, practitioners from 38 countries came together to explore how evaluation could become a genuine force for systemic healing rather than compliance.
That collective wisdom found its home in the Regenerative Evaluation Living Paper, launched in March 2026. The response made clear how ready the field is for this shift. Within weeks, 480 practitioners registered for the launch, 150 new members joined the community, and global evaluation societies, multilateral institutions, and cross-sector networks began pulling these frameworks directly into their programming.
What started as a niche conversation turned out to be a pressing global need.
Now we're ready to field-test and scale this work across the global impact sector and we're looking for visionary funders to step into the story with us. A phased 18-month investment would resource five interconnected areas:
Unity Effect stewards this community, but does not own it. Its resources are a commons, co-created and collectively held. Every practitioner empowered here returns to shift the evaluation culture of their organization, network, and region.
This is a rare opportunity: a proven community, a field-defining framework, and a clear theory of change, waiting only for the resources to go to scale.
We'd love to show you the full picture. If you'd like to read our complete funding proposal, or simply explore where your portfolio's learning goals overlap with this work, reach out to jannik@unityeffect.net for a 30-minute discovery conversation.
The shift toward relational accountability starts with a simple conversation. We'd be glad to have it with you.
