Aller.Land
Partial evaluation and impact modeling
Aller.Land is a six-year funding programme for culture, participation, and democracy in rural, particularly structurally disadvantaged regions of Germany. The programme strengthens participation-oriented cultural development by systematically linking culture, democracy work, civic education, and regional development. In the first phase, the programme supported 96 regions with development budgets of €40,000 each. In a subsequent five-year implementation phase, 30 selected regions will receive funding of up to €1.5 million.
Together with the programme office and the responsible federal ministries, we are developing an overarching impact model for Aller.Land that systematises the intended outcomes of the programme as a whole. In addition, we support the 30 regions in developing their own impact models through participatory workshops. These illustrate the 30 projects and capture regional objectives. The result is 30 impact models that support the regions in implementing their work over the coming years and feed into the overarching Aller.Land model.
To enable both the regions and the programme as a whole to effectively capture the impact of their work, we also support the programme office and regions in developing indicators and data collection tools. These make the achievement of objectives measurable and present their outcomes in a way that is clear, contextualised, and easy to communicate. Ongoing data collection is carried out by the programme office and the regions themselves; we support this through workshop and reflection formats. Finally, we assist the programme in consolidating, analysing, and interpreting the collected data.
The impact modelling makes visible how Aller.Land strengthens rural regions through participation-oriented cultural initiatives. Key outputs include an overarching impact model for Aller.Land, complete with indicators and data collection instruments, as well as 30 regional impact models. The process evaluation will ultimately show what concrete contributions the federal programme has made. In doing so, we support Aller.Land in contributing to its four programme goals: greater cultural participation, collaboration within diverse networks, a vibrant democratic community life, and sustainable structures for participation.
