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Why Impact Evaluation?
Why Swissocial?

Our Mission

Optimizing social impact

Our Vision

Help institutions to measure social impact, for outstanding social project worldwide.

optimizing social impact

Swissocial

We help institutions to measure the changes experienced by the stakeholders that are directly or indirectly attributable to an activity or action (project).

Institutions

We know their needs and we know how to address them, regardless of the type of social projects.

Expertise

Since 2013 we have conducted impact evaluations for all kind of institutions in 15 countries on four continents.

Tradition

We apply all proven scientific and statistical methods in impact evaluations.

Security

We treat data and knowledge acquired from institutions with extreme confidentiality.

Discover our Methodologies

The primary purpose of impact evaluation is to determine whether a project has an impact (positive or negative) and to quantify the magnitude of the impact.

The SEW-Index

All resources possessed by a population at a given time, using nine indicators are analyzed.

The PED-Index

To measure impact where the beneficiaries are children and pre-adolescent (6 to 12) or adolescent and young people (13 – 18 years).

The ECD-Index

For measuring impact where the beneficiaries are between 2 and 5 years old.

The SEM-Index

To measure the impact of institutional support projects, where the beneficiaries are the institutions themselves.

Evaluation Models

Swissocial uses two models for implementing impact evaluations: certification and verification.

Cases

Check out a few examples from our social impact evaluations.

Worldwide presence

Discover the countries where we have already worked
HOW swissocial cycle works

Process Management

We work with innovative methodologies to ensure that the entire reformatting process is done from start to finish as planned.

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Project Study

Choice of applicable methodology.

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Preparation

Fine-tuning of indicator scales; training of the institution's team.

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Baseline

Sample selection; data collection and analysis; baseline report.

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Intervention

The institution carries out the project.

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Ex- Post Evaluation

Data collection and analysis for the ex-post evaluation.

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Findings

Final report and recommendations for new project phases.

a multisdiciplinary team

Team of Experts

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Juan J. Alarcon

CEO & FOUNDER

He is the CEO of Swissocial and is responsible for all operational.

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Dr. Juan Carlos Otero

SENIOR CONSULTANT

He has a longstanding record of medical scientific research.

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Gerardo Falcón

responsible in finland

He is a consultant and responsible for development in Finland.

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Joyce Muthoni Riungu

responsible in kenya

She manages Swissocial impact evaluation projects in Kenya.

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Santiago Mejía

responsible in Colombia

He is a consultant and responsible for development in Colombia.

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María Alarcón

responsible in Spain

She manages Swissocial impact evaluation projects in Spain.

Our mission

We make the world a better place

We worry about leaving a more welcoming place where we go
WHAT WE ARE DOING

Our work in numbers

Our numbers speak for themselves

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Methodologies

16

Countries Served

25

Customers

65

Projects

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    Our clients

    We have a wide portfolio of customers around the world
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    Activities

    Swissocial provides two kind of services:​

    One to one

    Training and consulting/coaching

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    SEMINARS

    for foundations, NGOs and other actors in the non-profit sector

    Our reviews

    What our clients say about us
    As an independent team, Swissocial did a great job in scientifically evaluating the program’s results in two schools in Switzerland, studying two cohorts (Test and Control) over their four years in the project.
    Hélène Vareille, Founder and President of the Vareille Foundation swissocial Zurich
    Hélène Vareille

    Founder and President of the Vareille Foundation, Zurich (Switzerland)
    The social impact assessment methodologies developed by Swissocial, besides keeping the statistical rigor as a scientific method, have been developed from the realities of local the social and economic environments.
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    Carlos A. Mejía

    Executive Director of Corporación Urrea Arbeláez, Medellín (Colombia)
    The evaluation helped us strengthen Fundación Carvajal’s capacity to manage philanthropy, as we now base our programs on evidence, which leads to continuous improvement.
    David Gironza swissocial
    David Gironza

    Director Education and Culture of the Fundación Carvajal, Cali (Colombia)

    FAQs

    Most frequent questions and answers

    Independently of external factors, such as the will of the donors, or the decision of the
    board, an impact evaluation should be carried out when:

    a) The organization intends to continue the project either with the same kind of
    beneficiaries or in different locations.

    b) When the investment in the project is big enough to justify an impact evaluation,
    although it is a one-time project.

    An impact evaluation is a great management tool, which give lots of information on the project, so that the board or the executive direction can use the results to introduce changes in the strategy or in the project itself, whenever necessary.

    The cost of an impact evaluation depends on various factors:

    a) Age group of the beneficiaries: early childhood, children, adolescents and young
    people, adults.

    b) The size of the population of the project, and therefore of the sample to be evaluated.

    c) The geographical dispersion of the population.

    d) The evaluation model chosen: certification or verification.

    The main characteristics of Swissocial methodology, which makes it different from many others, are the following:

    a) Integrality and Comprehensiveness: 360-degree approach.

    b) Participative: know how transfer to the institution for which the impact evaluation is
    conducted.

    c) Management tool.

    d) Harmonic structure:
    d.1) Weighted indicators.
    d.2) Index: a comprehensive value.

    e) Simplicity: easy to apply.

    f) Objectivity: verifiable data.

    g) Concrete: measures the specific reality of the beneficiaries.

    h) It is based on experience and has been proved in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe

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