Transcript Assessing Outcomes Impacts of Project Activities

Assessing Outcomes &
Impacts of Project Activities
Peter D’Souza
Growth Team
Department for International Development
1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE
Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA
Session Objectives
By the end of the session you should
understand
• the difference between outputs,
outcomes and impacts
• the importance of demonstrating results
• how you can apply this agenda to your
work
• what the outcomes and impacts of
previous rounds of 7Up have been
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The Results Chain
Impact
Greater and fairer competition
Outcomes
Competition law revised
Outputs
Media campaign on benefits of competition
Process
Training provided to competition advocates
Inputs
Funding & staffing
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Why Measuring Outcomes &
Impacts are Important
• Outcomes and impacts are what matters
• Outputs are a means to this end
• Constitutes a target to focus and guide
work
• Demonstrates the project is working
• Powerful advocacy tool
• Funders need to see getting value for
money
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Quiz
Are these activities, outputs, outcomes or
impacts?
• 50 competition agency staff members
trained
• Public awareness of the value of fair market
competition raised
• Increased number of market studies
performed by competition agency
• 10 workshops organised
• Following a market study in the garment
sector, new manufacturer enters production
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The Logframe – a Management
Tool
How progress & success
will be measured
Objectives
What the
project seeks
to achieve
What the
project will do
& deliver
Impact
Goal(s)
Outcomes
Outputs
Activities/
Process
Indicators
Verification
What
How
will be
will it be
measured?
Assumptions
measure
d?
Preconditions
Factors that
may affect
progress &
success
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Activity
• Break into groups of 3
• Outline a chain activities, outputs,
outcomes and impacts relating to your
work
• Identify indicators you could use for each
level
• Time allowance – 10 minutes
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Logframe Example
Objectives
Indicators
Impact Goal(s)
Greater and fairer
competition
Outcomes
Competition agency
performance improved
Number of market
studies completed
Outputs
Capacity of competition
agency staff enhanced
Number of competition
agency staff trained
Market price of selected
products
Activities/ Process Training workshop held
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