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Standards, guidance, templates, training materials, evaluation reports and open data — searchable and free to members.
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The SOMES e-library holds evaluation standards, guidance notes, templates, tools and training materials — PDFs, slides, documents and spreadsheets. Search and filter the full, up-to-date collection, and download what you need.
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Some items are restricted to members. Join SOMES or sign in for full access. Resources are available offline once opened, and the library is cached for low-bandwidth use.
Evaluation data, openly available
Where consent and ethics permit, SOMES publishes anonymised datasets and the metadata behind published evaluations, so that findings can be checked, reused and built on.
Registry of evaluations in Somalia
Who commissioned what, when, in which sector and region, and whether the report is public.
CSV and API · Updated quarterly
Evaluator capacity survey
Anonymised responses on qualifications, methods, languages and regional access across the SOMES membership.
CSV · Updated annually
Recommendation utilisation tracker
Management responses and follow-up status for evaluations shared voluntarily by commissioners.
CSV · Updated quarterly
All open data is published under a permissive licence with attribution. Datasets containing personal data are never published; anonymisation is reviewed against the privacy policy before release.