JRC applied a mixed-methods approach guided by OECD-DAC criteria, examining the programme's relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and impact — with strong emphasis on qualitative methods to capture the nuances of peacebuilding outcomes. Data collection combined key informant interviews, focus group discussions, beneficiary surveys, and in-depth case studies, measuring changes in community cohesion, civil society capacity, conflict mediation, and empathy across groups. Field researchers were mobilised from within the target communities themselves, applying conflict-sensitive methods and a gender-relational lens to keep findings contextually grounded and ethically sound.