The Arts Council has published its self-evaluation framework to provide arts organisations with a flexible, development tool to support them in evaluating their own performance and to help inform their future planning.

The framework has been published on the ACE website. It focuses on six key areas:

vision
external environment
artistic aspirations and programme
participation and engagement
organisational capacity and capability
business model

The web pages feature a series of questions and resources to help organisations to consider how effectively they are achieving their own mission and outcomes, and develop their plans for the future.

The framework can be used by any arts organisation and each organisation will use it differently – focusing on the areas that are most relevant to them. There is a comment functionality so that users can share their own experiences along with techniques and tools that they have found useful. You can find information on self-evaluation, and the framework, at www.artscouncil.org.uk/selfevaluation.