ARE YOU ON THE RIGHT TRACK? - Rutgers WPF

HOW TO USETHIS WORKBOOKDo you work for an organisation in a developing countrywhich focuses on young people’s sexual behaviour? Do youwant to go beyond counting numbers and actually measurechange in life’s of young people? If so, this Workbook mightbe of great use to you.This Workbook is a hands-on instruction manual fordeveloping an outcome monitoring and evaluating plan(outcome M&E Plan) that fits your organisation’s specificsituation. The Workbook demonstrates the six steps you needto take to create your own tailor-made plan. Your outcomeM&E Plan enables you to measure the achievements of yourorganisation’s activities related to Sexual and ReproductiveHealth and Rights and HIV prevention (SRHR/HIV prevention).The results will give you insight in the effects of your work andpossible programme changes.The hub of the Workbook is the Worksheet (page 18),which is the actual framework of your outcome M&E plan.Also a number of practical tools, such as questionnaires andinterview guides, are provided. However, we strongly adviseyou to first familiarise yourself with the contents of thetheoretical sections: ‘Basic Information and Definitions’ and‘How to Complete the Worksheet’. These sections are shortand to the point, and will not take too much of your time.Who can use this Workbook?The Workbook is developed for staff of organisations thatimplement SRHR/HIV prevention interventions for youngpeople, including project directors, M&E officers, projectofficers, and project managers. If you do not have anyexperience at all with M&E, do not worry. The Workbookprovides various options, from minimal to optimal ways ofdoing monitoring and evaluation, and is of great value toinexperienced organisation staff as well.Why use this Workbook?- The Workbook assists in the development of your own tailormade monitoring and evaluation plan.- The Workbook supports organisations to measure onoutcome level instead of output level. (Outcome and areexplained in the ‘Basic Information and Definitions’ section)- The Workbook combines existing evidence with practicalexperiences.- The Workbook can be used by any person interested indoing M&E, regardless of experience.‘Working with this Workbook reallyopened our eyes. So far we were onlymeasuring the effect of our activitieson one level, being knowledge. Wesaw knowledge increasing, but thepregnancies among young girls kepton rising as well. We didn’t understandwhere we were going wrong. Now weknow that behaviour is not onlyinfluenced by knowledge but also byskills and socials influences. Since westarted measuring the other twodeterminants as well, we see wheregaps are. This makes it much easier todetermine our focus and improve ouractivities!’Enet Mukurazita, Young AfricaMonitoring & Evaluation ToolHow to use this workbook 7