AIM: Transparent, rigorous, and regenerative evaluation standards to guide funding decisions and ecosystem growth.
1. Introduction
Regen Coordination believes that funding decisions should be based on clear, evidence-driven evaluations that reward real impact, not just good intentions. Our evaluation rubrics are designed to uphold transparency, rigor, and fairness, ensuring that regenerative projects are assessed consistently and meaningfully across the global ecosystem.
Through structured evaluation, we aim to:
- Support projects that demonstrate tangible contributions to regenerative finance (ReFi) and Web3 ecosystems.
- Strengthen trust among funders, communities, and participants.
- Align blockchain ecosystem growth with measurable ecological, social, and economic impact.
These rubrics will be updated periodically to reflect evolving best practices, ecosystem needs, and feedback from practitioners and evaluators.
2. Our Evaluation Principles
Our approach to evaluation is guided by five core principles:
- Evidence Over Intention - We reward projects that show documented action and impact, not just alignment with regenerative values.
- Transparency and Traceability - Evaluations are based on verifiable data and public documentation, making it easier for all stakeholders to understand why a project scored the way it did.
- Mission Alignment - Projects must demonstrate how their work contributes to the broader goals of regenerative finance, decentralized technology adoption, and local impact.
- Equity and Inclusivity - We recognize and uplift a diversity of regenerative efforts, valuing projects that empower local communities and strengthen resilience across diverse contexts.
- Adaptability and Learning - Our rubrics and methodologies are living documents, evolving based on learning from each funding round, ecosystem feedback, and the growth of regenerative practices worldwide.
3. Evaluation Areas
We assess each project across five key criteria that reflect our mission and north star outcomes:
- Increase Awareness, Engagement, Adoption, and Development of ReFi Web3
- Increase Awareness, Adoption, Development, and Financial Activity on Celo, Ethereum, and the Ethereum-Aligned Ecosystem
- Directly Create or Catalyse Local Ecological, Social, and Economic Impact