Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are essential in order to ensure that organisations are able to:
Almost any participatory tool can be adapted for use in monitoring and evaluation, provided that the same tool is used systematically at regular times during the life of the project (beginning, middle and end at the least). If you are starting at the mid-term and don’t have all the relevant baseline information you can ask participants to create a map / calendar / tree, etc. to show what the situation looked like before the project started. This won’t be as accurate as one created at the time but will give you an idea of the changes that the participants feel have come about since the beginning of a programme or project.
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To deepen analysis about how power relationships work at 3 different levels related to how we interact with the world: :personal …
To analyse who has the power to access and control different resources and who is denied this.The Access and Control Matrix encou…
To explore issues around health and sexuality, women’s rights and violence against women.Steps in the processDraw the outline of …
To facilitate critical analysis about shifts in ‘power within and power to’ with a focus on sensitive subjects such as sexual aut…
To develop or evaluate an action plan.The image of a bridge over a river (or road) is used to show the steps taken from the past …
To explore relationships between things – particularly the relative importance, influence or power of people, organisations or gr…
To explore power relationships between organisations and people, focusing on spaces of power (closed, invited, created).The chapa…
To enable community members and other stakeholders to meet regularly to monitor progress towards agreed goals and are able to ide…
To map spaces of power in a clear, visual way and presenting local information, problems and opportunities. A community map can b…
To help groups assess services, facilities programmes or projects run by government, NGOs or other organisations, by grading them…
To help participants to analyse how their time is used each day.The processDraw a daily timetable from sunrise to sunset.Ask part…
To identify helpers and spoilers – people, organisations or events that might help or hinder your work. For a similar tool, adapt…
To discuss what the participants would like to see in their village in future and to prioritise amongst these.Steps in the proc…
To explore how governments lose revenue through tax avoidance and corruption. This image of a leaking pot is used to support part…
To present local information, problems and opportunities in a clear, visual way. A basic map of a local area can be overlaid with…
To uncover and facilitate a process of deeper analysis about different forms of power related to specific issue.Visible power: ob…
To look at shifts in different forms of power. The power flower tool provides a critical lens and a simple way to gather, consoli…
To explore cause and effect.A tree can be used to explore cause and effect or problem and solution. The various elements of a tre…
To assess the levels of change resulting from a programme or project. A stone dropped in water creates ripples outwards. This ima…
To explore the history of an individual, community or organisation. The characteristics of a river (its changing width, current a…
To help participants to analyse the distribution of agricultural work / crops / illnesses / etc. over the year.Cross referencing …
To review community or organisational costs related to a particular programme intervention or project and assess value for money.…