example, the goal of the programme may be to reduce infant mortality; or to improve emergency preparedness and response to natural disasters. In both types of project, the task is to measure the participatory activities that were undertaken and the extent to which they contributed towards the overall objective or goal. For example, the evaluation could consider whether a campaign run by children might have influenced a bill going through parliament, or research on the impact of early marriage and the numbers of girls involved might have been successful in bringing on board new supporters for a campaign, or a whether a growing number of schools have established a school council. The structural or external outcomes will vary widely across programmes, depending on their focus. Every organisation will need to use external outcomes and indicators that are most relevant to their programme/ project that they have included in their M&E plans. In measuring external or structural outcomes it will be crucial to identify relevant situation analysis and/or baseline data against which changes can be monitored or evaluated. Use of existing baseline data and/or other sources of secondary data concerning each particular programme and thematic area (e.g. existing baseline or secondary data on early marriage, school enrolment, disaster preparedness etc) will be needed to help compare outcomes to identify if there are any external outcomes associated with the programme. Further questioning and analysis will be required to explore if any such changes can be associated with children’s participation in the process or not? Or whether they are due to other factors or aspects of the process. Or both? Attribution can be very difficult. However, use of different methods and triangulated findings are encouraged. The following tools could be considered for measuring outcomes (Body Mapping, Children in Context Analysis of Change, Stories of Change, Decision-Making Pocket Chart): Body mapping can be used to explore changes in children before and after their involvement in the programme/ project. This tool is particularly useful for measuring process outcomes.
example, the goal of the programme may be to reduce infant mortality; or to improve emergency preparedness and response to natural disasters. In both types of project, the task is to measure the participatory activities that were undertaken and the extent to which they contributed towards the overall objective or goal. For example, the evaluation could consider whether a campaign run by children might have influenced a bill going through parliament, or research on the impact of early marriage and the numbers of girls involved might have been successful in bringing on board new supporters for a campaign, or a whether a growing number of schools have established a school council. The structural or external outcomes will vary widely across programmes, depending on their focus. Every organisation will need to use external outcomes and indicators that are most relevant to their programme/ project that they have included in their M&E plans. In measuring external or structural outcomes it will be crucial to identify relevant situation analysis and/or baseline data against which changes can be monitored or evaluated. Use of existing baseline data and/or other sources of secondary data concerning each particular programme and thematic area (e.g. existing baseline or secondary data on early marriage, school enrolment, disaster preparedness etc) will be needed to help compare outcomes to identify if there are any external outcomes associated with the programme. Further questioning and analysis will be required to explore if any such changes can be associated with children’s participation in the process or not? Or whether they are due to other factors or aspects of the process. Or both? Attribution can be very difficult. However, use of different methods and triangulated findings are encouraged. The following tools could be considered for measuring outcomes (Body Mapping, Children in Context Analysis of Change, Stories of Change, Decision-Making Pocket Chart): Body mapping can be used to explore changes in children before and after their involvement in the programme/ project. This tool is particularly useful for measuring process outcomes.
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