Monitoring and Evaluation

Tools: Tiny Tools to measure change

Currently, change is mostly assessed by NGO staff or external experts. The vision of Tiny Tools is that communities assess and reflect change themselves and make use of that reflection with appropriate tools. All the tools presented here are relatively quick and easy to learn (therefore “tiny”). With Tiny Tools we can assess change in one session.
They can therefore be used where there are not baselines. They are structured and systematic, and they are all widely tested: experience shows that these tools lead to new insights, mobilise enthusiasm and increase the capacity of communities to bring about further change.

Tiny tools to measure projects

This paper written by the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) provides short practical steps to enable CSOs to set up own their M&E system, and propel them on a path to achieving and measuring change. It shows that in the end, with determination, CSOs can adopt and adapt an M&E system that is relevant to its context.

How CSOs Can Set Up and Sustain an M&E System: An Introduction for Development Practitioners