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Reconstructing a programme’s TOC does involve a lot of work. The evaluator may start with programme documentation such as funding bids, project plans or steering group minutes. Often the evaluator needs to conduct a series of structured and semi-structured interviews with key informants and stakeholders to piece together reasoning that was never consciously or at least structurally articulated.

Other techniques like focus group discussions or stakeholder meetings can also be used. Ultimately however the evaluator will act as the TOC proponent based on what they piece together. The last step is to procure validation and finally generate agreement around what the TOC of the programme could have been, had it been conceptualised at the planning stage. At this point, and in many cases, agreement is not sought to allow the project to be implemented – it is sought to ensure that the evaluation findings will not be contested on the basis of its inexistence.