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ECARMU Program Quality 17 March 2010

Telling the Story of our Impact

Global Processes forImpact Measurement

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Global IM Process

The Directory global activity and output data global outcome and impact data

CO impact measurement guidance Setting up systems in COs

Advance (75 % complete end FY 10) Intermediary (30 – 50 % complete) Challenging (Plan and what's needed)

Business plan for impact measurement capacity building

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The Directory – Whats new?

Information on Programs Project data associated with programs Clustered according to Impact Areas (MDGs) Partnerships Advocacy Accessibility

for all staff Online filterable

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Impact Measurement and Ubora

Directory and draft global impact indicators developed in collaboration

Key Directory information reported on through Ubora for the FY10 Year-End Report (and then ongoing)

Global impact indicators, measurement guidelines and collection tools to be incorporated into the existing Ubora guidance and collection cycles

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Global Impact IndicatorsMillennium Development

GoalCategory MDI Indicator

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

1. Income Poverty Reduction Proportion of population below $1 (PPP) per day

2. Food Security Prevalence of underweight children under 5 years of ageProportion of population below minimum level of dietary

energy consumption

Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education

3. Education Net enrolment ratio in primary educationProportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach last grade

of primary school Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds, women and men

Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women

4. Women’s Empowerment

Ratios of girls to boys in primary, secondary and tertiary education

Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector

Change in women’s self-efficacy

Goal 4: Reduce child mortality 

5. Child Health and Nutrition

Under-five mortality rateInfant mortality rate

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Associated Outcome Indicators

1. % men and women reporting meaningful participation of women in decision-making at the household level in a domain previously reserved for men (domain:_________)

2. % men and women reporting meaningful participation of women in the public sphere (domain: _________)

3. % men and women with changed attitudes toward gender-based violence

4. % couples making informed joint decisions regarding sexual and reproductive health

5. % men and women reporting ability of women to effectively control productive assets

6. % women reporting an improvement in their psychosocial wellbeing

7. Average number of hours per day spent on house work, and in relation to the duration of the working day, by sex

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Global Impact IndicatorsMillennium

Development GoalCategory MDI Indicator

Goal 5: Improve maternal health

6. Maternal Health Maternal mortality ratioProportion of births attended by skilled health

personnel either at home or at a health facilityANC and PNC (at least 1 visit and at least 4 visits)

  7. Sexual and Reproductive Health

Contraceptive prevalence rate Adolescent birth rateUnmet need for family planning

Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

8. HIV AIDS HIV prevalence among population aged 15-24 years Condom use at last high-risk sexProportion of population aged 15-24 years with

comprehensive correct knowledge of HIV/AIDS

Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability

9. Environmental Sustainability

Proportion of population using an improved drinking water source

Proportion of population using an improved sanitation facility

10. GovernanceSection under construction – Indicators to be

developed by CARE-UK and CARE-USA in FY10

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CO Impact Measurement System

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CO Impact Measurement System

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Domain 1 Domain 2 Domain 3Impact Vision

Assumption

Assumption

Assumption

Testing the ToC

Path

way

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Types of Assumptions:Type 1: Those that have a reliable body of evidence on the causal relationshipType 2: Those that do not have a reliable body of evidence, are key to our ToC and are worth being rigorously testedType 3: Those that do not have a reliable body of evidence, are important to our ToC and will be tested by appropriate, cost effective methods Type 3: Those that do not have a reliable body of evidence, but will only be monitored periodically through our contextual analysis rather then tested.

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Impact Measurement Levels

Where equitable and sustainable change has

occurred in the lives of the people we hope to impact

The effects of our work on creating the necessary

changes in behaviors and systems

The resources put into a set of activities (inputs), the actions we’re taking

(activities), and the direct results of our activities (outputs)

Level 1:Impact

Level 2: Outcomes

Level 1: Inputs, Activities and Outputs

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Domain 1 Domain 2 Domain 3Impact Vision

Measuring Change towards our Impact

VisionActivity and Outcome

Monitoring

Outcome Indicators

Outcome Indicators

Outcome Indicators

Impact Indicators

Outcome Indicators

Path

way

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Level 1

Level 2.1Level 2.1

Level 2.2

Level 3