Inputs
- Participant stipends
- Mentor and reviewer time
- Equipment and workspace use
- Research and editorial support
Program impact foundation
UCALP: preparing to measure change responsibly.
The public record begins with a theory of change and evidence states—not a performance claim.
UCALP is Untold Coffee’s supervised, project-based applied-learning program. It is the first program being prepared for formal outcome measurement because its work can be followed from defined inputs and activities through reviewable outputs, participant outcomes, knowledge transfer, and later follow-up.
This file does not report participant performance. It defines the public foundation for a future cohort-level record.
Measurement model
From responsibility to reviewable change.
UCALP is a program model first. Its impact foundation follows supervised work without reducing the program to a course, internship counter, or publication pipeline.
Activities
- Applied assignments
- Research and field projects
- Article and Dictionary-entry preparation
- Supervised community teaching
Outputs
- Applied learning hours
- Reviewable project records
- Approved knowledge contributions
- Community sessions delivered
Outcomes to evaluate
- Demonstrated applied-skill improvement
- Stronger research and communication capability
- Usable portfolio evidence
- Knowledge transferred responsibly
Impact to test later
- Sustained use in work, study, or independent projects
- Longer-term community capability
- Change attributable to the program after adjustment
Definitions without results
Public indicator register
The registry defines what may be measured and how. It does not present blank rows as results. A public metric card will appear only when an approved value, period, evidence status, and update date exist.
Output definitions07
Participants supported
Participants supported through an approved UCALP cohort.
- Unit
- participants
- Evidence threshold
- recorded
Applied learning hours completed
Approved applied-learning hours completed under supervision.
- Unit
- hours
- Evidence threshold
- recorded
Applied projects completed
Projects reaching the program's documented completion and review gate.
- Unit
- projects
- Evidence threshold
- recorded
Articles produced
Article drafts reaching an approved editorial handoff; production does not mean publication.
- Unit
- articles
- Evidence threshold
- recorded
Dictionary entries produced
Terminology contributions reaching an approved Dictionary handoff; production does not mean canonical approval.
- Unit
- entries
- Evidence threshold
- recorded
Community teaching sessions delivered
Supervised knowledge-transfer sessions completed through an appropriate format.
- Unit
- sessions
- Evidence threshold
- recorded
Learners or community members reached
Aggregated reach recorded without publishing participant-level or small-cohort identifying data.
- Unit
- people
- Evidence threshold
- recorded
Outcome definitions07
Improved applied research capability
Demonstrated change between an approved baseline and completion assessment.
- Unit
- qualitative assessment
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Academic knowledge translated into practical work
Demonstrated ability to apply disciplinary knowledge within a defined project and its limits.
- Unit
- qualitative assessment
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Improved written communication capability
Change in the clarity, structure, and evidence discipline of written work.
- Unit
- qualitative assessment
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Improved public knowledge-transfer capability
Demonstrated ability to adapt knowledge responsibly for a defined audience and format.
- Unit
- qualitative assessment
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Usable portfolio evidence created
Approved work that a participant may use within agreed attribution and confidentiality boundaries.
- Unit
- participants
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Increased readiness for work, study, or independent projects
Change assessed against a defined baseline and followed up after program completion.
- Unit
- qualitative assessment
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Learned skills used after completion
Later use evidenced in work, study, community contribution, or an independent project.
- Unit
- participants
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Contextual and reciprocal learning
Context before curriculum. Reciprocity before extraction.
Untold Coffee begins in Syria, with its first physical base in Baniyas on the eastern Mediterranean coast. Syria is the first operating context, not the geographical limit of the ecosystem. In every new context, UCALP listens first and prepares what it produces to remain useful to the people who contributed to it.
Coffee-producing communities are not merely origins of coffee. They are origins of knowledge.
- 01Local knowledge
- 02Documentation and scientific dialogue
- 03Applied learning
- 04Shared knowledge production
- 05Return to the local community
- 06Wider public knowledge
Reciprocal output definitions07
Locally defined problems addressed
Approved projects responding to a problem defined with the relevant local context, rather than imposed without dialogue.
- Unit
- projects
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Local practitioners or knowledge holders participating
Contributors participating through an agreed role with consent and appropriate attribution; a count alone is not evidence of impact.
- Unit
- contributors
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Outputs produced in locally usable languages
Outputs available in a language and register agreed as usable by the intended local audience.
- Unit
- outputs
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Public artifacts created from reviewed local knowledge
Public knowledge artifacts approved for release after local review, consent, and attribution checks.
- Unit
- artifacts
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Knowledge-return materials delivered
Materials delivered to the intended local audience in the agreed language, format, and storage arrangement.
- Unit
- materials
- Evidence threshold
- recorded
Local teaching or knowledge-sharing sessions completed
Locally relevant sessions completed through an agreed and accessible format; attendance alone does not establish an outcome.
- Unit
- sessions
- Evidence threshold
- recorded
Tools, datasets, or guides available for continued local use
Approved resources returned with permissions and formats that support continued local use.
- Unit
- resources
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Local-capability outcome definitions08
Knowledge applied under actual local constraints
Participants demonstrate responsible application under documented local conditions rather than an abstract exercise.
- Unit
- qualitative assessment
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Improved local capacity to document and communicate knowledge
Demonstrated change in locally held capability to document and communicate knowledge in an appropriate form.
- Unit
- qualitative assessment
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Increased local participation in knowledge production
Change in substantive local roles across defining, producing, reviewing, teaching, or governing knowledge.
- Unit
- qualitative assessment
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Outputs continuing in use after the project
Documented continued local use after the supervised project period.
- Unit
- resources
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Participants teaching or supporting others
Participants later use the learned capability to teach, mentor, or support others in an appropriate context.
- Unit
- participants
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Reduced dependency on external expertise
A bounded, evidenced change in the ability to perform defined work locally; it does not imply complete independence.
- Unit
- qualitative assessment
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Local institutions or groups adopting project outputs
Documented adoption or adaptation by a local institution or group with its approval to report the relationship.
- Unit
- adoptions
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Related work continuing after supervision
Participants continue related inquiry, practice, teaching, or production after the supervised period.
- Unit
- participants
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Long-term impact definitions05
Sustained local knowledge infrastructure
Longer-term evidence that locally governed people, practices, and resources continue to support knowledge work.
- Unit
- qualitative assessment
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Stronger links between education and practical community needs
Longer-term evidence that learning pathways respond more effectively to locally defined practical needs.
- Unit
- qualitative assessment
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Independent local learning networks
Locally led learning relationships continue without requiring ongoing Untold Coffee direction.
- Unit
- qualitative assessment
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Continued locally led projects
Related projects remain active under local leadership beyond the original supervised period.
- Unit
- qualitative assessment
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Greater authorship for knowledge from coffee-producing communities
Longer-term evidence of substantive authorship, review, teaching, or governance—not visibility alone.
- Unit
- qualitative assessment
- Evidence threshold
- under-review
Access & participation
Support follows the barrier—not a diagnosis.
The UCALP registry prepares to measure clarity, communication options, preventable barriers, and appropriate knowledge-transfer formats. Individual support requests remain private and separate from research or publication consent.
Integrity controls
Measurement boundaries
- Outputs must not be presented as social impact.
- Participant records, consent, safeguarding, and individual evidence remain outside the public Hub.
- BRU may be a field site and Clario may provide technical knowledge; neither contribution is counted twice.
- A completed UCALP project is not automatically a published or validated Untold Coffee knowledge asset.
- No SROI ratio appears before baseline, follow-up, attribution analysis, and an approved assurance decision.
Next gate
What must happen before a report?
What must precede a report?
Approve the measurement period and stakeholders, establish a consent-aware baseline, collect work and outcome evidence, follow up after the program, review limitations, and publish only aggregated results.