Tool
After analysing and prioritising your projects, it is now time to develop a set of adequate indicators for each project. This tool tool will support you in doing so in three steps. First, analyse the expected impact of each project. Then, draft the indicators. Thirdly, link the indicators with the goals of global agendas.
Nevertheless, when formulating indicators to monitor and review progress towards achieving global agendas, always keep in mind what the physicist Albert Einstein once said: “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.”
Step 1: Analysing the expected impact of your project
Step 2: Drafting indicators
Tip 1: Clarify the results statements, i.e. are objectives and goals realistic and measurable
Tip 2: Explore whether standard indicators already exist that can be used
Tip 3: Each indicator should measure only one thing or aspect
Tip 4: Mix indicators on the log-frame hierarchy for a particular project
Tip 5: Mix quantitative and qualitative indicators for a particular project
Tip 6: Limit the number of indicators used to track each objective or result to a few (two or three).
Tip 7: Remember your target audience (who do you want to address with the information?)
Tip 8: Use participatory processes to define indicators and enhance ownership among your target audience. For instance, different stakeholders can take responsibility for monitoring certain sets of indicators or contribute to collecting necessary data and information.
Step 3: Linking indicators to global agendas
This exercise is also feasible for workshop settings with 2 to 6 groups. If conducted during a workshop, make sure to provide sufficient visualisation material and handouts for the participants.