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Supporting methods
The research behind Agency: the questions it asks, the models and measurements it uses, how uncertainty is stated and how a result is reviewed and reproduced before it is published.
The workspace for supporting methods.
Evidence register
Agency · Supporting methods · Example interface, not a record
Indicators
unit · cadence · label
| Requests received | requests | monthly | Published statistics | SP-0323 |
| Teams formed | teams | monthly | Published statistics | SP-8214 |
| Experts on roster | experts | monthly | Published statistics | SP-0586 |
| Conflicts declared | declarations | per team | Published statistics | SP-5495 |
| Assignments closed with review | of closed | quarterly | DERIVED | SP-0186 |
Source passport
- Source
- Request register
- Licence
- open · attribution
- Steward
- Requesting institution
- Coverage
- 92 pct of places
- Known limits
- sparse in uplands
Coverage by place
Agency · Evidence register. Evidence register: example names and illustrative values, not a record.
What the research asks.
- 01
Technical assistance scope
What support can and cannot authorise.
- 02
Expert competence
Skills, evidence and relevant experience.
- 03
Team formation
Interdisciplinary assignments and accountability.
- 04
Institutional support
Scoped support to eligible organisations.
- 05
Research and field assignments
Technical work, safety and supervision.
- 06
Conflict and independence
Conflicts, procurement neutrality and sanctions.
What technical assistance research cannot yet answer well enough for decisions.
Technical assistance often fails for reasons that are institutional, not technical. The research questions concern how expert teams are scoped, formed and closed so that capacity stays with the institution served.
- How should the scope of an assignment be written so that success can be judged? See technical assistance scope.
- What evidence of expert competence should be required for which roles? See expert competence.
- How are conflicts of interest best identified in small expert pools? See conflict and independence.
- What closeout practice leaves models, data and skills with the institution? See project closeout.
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