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Engagement Layer

A community of practice, not compliance

Standards gain authority through adoption. Adoption follows from understanding, trust, and demonstrated value. Join the ecosystem shaping how India measures impact.

Monthly Sessions

Office Hours

Live sessions with IAAF leadership and advisory body members. Pre-submit your questions, discuss emerging issues in impact assessment, and engage directly with the people shaping the standard.

  • Monthly sessions, 90 minutes each, with rotating expert panellists
  • Questions submitted in advance and addressed during the session
  • Sessions recorded and published as searchable Q&A content
  • Open to all practitioners, evaluators, and CSR professionals
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Live Session
Feb 2026 · Session #4
Practitioner · Healthcare Sector
"How should we handle attribution when our programme operates alongside a government scheme with similar objectives?"
IAAF Advisory Board
"This is precisely where contribution analysis becomes essential. Rather than claiming attribution, map your intervention's specific mechanisms and identify where they add value beyond what the government scheme alone achieves..."
CSR Manager · Manufacturing
"Is a full theory of change necessary for a small-scale, single-year intervention?"
Structured Feedback

Peer Review Circles

Submit draft reports for structured community feedback before formal accreditation. Circles are facilitated by domain experts and organised around the nine principles, ensuring constructive, standards-aligned feedback.

  • Small cohorts of 5–8 practitioners reviewing each other's work
  • Structured feedback templates aligned with the nine principles
  • Facilitated by experienced evaluators from the IAAF network
  • Confidential pre-accreditation environment for learning
Apply to join a circle
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Draft Submitted
Report uploaded for peer review
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Principle Mapping
Peers assess against all 9 principles
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Feedback Exchange
Facilitated discussion of strengths and gaps
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Revision Support
Guidance on strengthening weak areas
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Ready for Accreditation
Confident submission to IAAF
Radical Transparency

Public Comment Window

Every report submitted for accreditation undergoes a 30-day public comment period. Comments, responses, and deliberation are visible — genuine transparency, not procedural theatre.

  • Reports published in full on the IAAF platform during review
  • 30-day window for evidence-based public comment
  • All comments compiled and shared with the Accreditation Committee
  • Final decisions and reasoning permanently accessible
View open reports
Rural Water Purification Programme — Gujarat
Open for comment · 18 of 30 days remaining
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R. Kumar, Water Policy Research · "The baseline data in Section 3 relies on self-reported water quality, which may introduce systematic bias. Was any laboratory testing conducted to validate..."
AP
A. Patel, Evaluator · "Excellent treatment of stakeholder engagement (P2). However, the sampling frame excludes seasonal migrant households, which may be the most..."
Comment period
18 days left
Coming Q3 2026

Practitioner Forum

A moderated Q&A space organised around the nine principles. Expert facilitation ensures quality dialogue — not a repository of unanswered questions, but a curated exchange of practice knowledge.

  • Structured around the nine principles for easy navigation
  • Moderated by domain experts from the IAAF network
  • Seeded with content from Office Hours and Peer Review
  • Launching once community reaches sustainable engagement
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Forum launching Q3 2026
Building community through Office Hours and Peer Review first — the forum will launch when we have the engagement to sustain it well.

Submit a report for accreditation

The accreditation process is designed to be rigorous but supportive. We assess the credibility of your assessment process, not the success of your programme.

Begin submission Learn about the process
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    Prepare your report aligned with the nine principles. Use our sector briefs and walkthroughs for guidance.
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    Submit with declaration of authenticity and consent for public disclosure during the review period.
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    Public review period — your report is published for 30 days of evidence-based public comment.
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    Committee review by three independent experts against all nine principles.
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    Decision & feedback — documented reasoning to support learning regardless of outcome.
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