Team size and diversity: A team must have at least three and no more than five members. They may be from different disciplines, different universities, or different countries. (More detail)

Student status of team members: Each team member must have been registered as a student, in a university or college program, during the year that the competition takes place.

Team coach: The team must identify a local coach. A team's coach will be an experienced evaluation practitioner or teacher who will help the team prepare for the competition.

Selection of the team that will represent a country: If there is only one registered team from a given country, it will be entered in the competition.

If there are two or more registered teams from a country, WECC organizers will select the one to represent that country in the competition. Here is a link to the selection criteria. The other team or teams will be invited to participate informally. As an informal team, participants will have a complete case competition experience but their submission will not be assessed or rated.

Substitutions: After being accepted into the competition, a team may recruit substitute students to replace members who are unavailable on the day of the event. 

Language considerations: The case for the competition is produced in English. Teams may use English, French, or Spanish for their submission.

Time allowed for preparing submissions: Teams working in English will have seven (7) hours to prepare their submission. Teams preparing a submission in French or Spanish will have eight (8) hours. All other teams will have nine (9) hours.

Nature of the case: The evaluation case may be in any subject area and address any aspect of program evaluation.

Assessment criteria: The criteria used by the judging panel will be included in the case file that is provided to teams on the day of the event.

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