“Monitorização e Avaliação de Atividades Culturais: o que há para além dos números” (Monitoring and Evaluation of Cultural Activities: what is there beyond numbers) is part of the Nexos program of the Odisseia Nacional, an initiative of the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, in partnership with the Direção-Geral das Artes, theFundação GDA, and the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de LisboA. This workshop opens doors to reflection, sharing, and the design of qualitative methodologies and instruments for monitoring and evaluating cultural actions. Moving away from more immediate, number-based indicators, the focus is on centering on people - voices and perspectives that should be listened to and involved in order to value processes, results, and effects, and to create a more multidimensional portrait of the path taken.