There’s been steady progress on the draft ISEAL Impacts Code in the last month. Amazingly, the Impacts Code committees do not seem to tire of this work, and have been both critical and encouraging. Here is a copy of short note from Francisco Bustamante of UTZ Certified, which is typical of the committee support I receive:
It is very interesting to see the evolution in the Code. You will find my comments enclosed directly in the text. I think we need to pay more attention in the methodological issues in data analysis, because the statistical methods have their own procedures; so I suggest not to be very descriptive and let the standards define the quantitative and qualitative data handling according with the selected indicators and all the other considerations in the Evaluation design (with a good advisory sources). Congratulations for your hard work.
In this newsletter, you’ll find more good suggestions for the ISEAL Impacts Code, a theory of change for standards systems and – of course – an overview of the steps ahead.
Enjoy reading!
Paddy Doherty
Credibility Tools Manager, ISEAL Alliance
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