ESSENTIALS OF THE LOGICAL FRAMEWORK APPROACH
A KEY TOOL FOR PLANNING, MONITORING AND EVALUATING HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS
Description
The Logical Framework Approach is a foundation of Results-Based Management. It’s also a cornerstone of an effective Monitoring & Evaluation / reporting system, and the basis of any successful project proposal. LFA has been a key tool for relief, humanitarian and development professionals for decades, but is a source of confusion for many. More than just a box-filling exercise, it's an approach designed to create projects that get the best outcomes possible for target groups and project beneficiaries. Donors like them, too.
In this short course we look at the difference between the Logical Framework Approach (the methodology for project identification, design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation) and the Logical Framework itself (the matrix).
The Log Frame also makes the project results explicit and demonstrates how we will measure them at each level. It also looks at external factors - our Assumptions - to give us a 'logic' that demonstrates how the project connects with the wider society. We will then examine and deconstruct the Logical Framework, before looking at how it fits together, connecting the internal logic of the project (its results chain) with the external environment (assumptions).
We wrap up by looking at the main steps of the LFA.
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What You Will Learn!
- UNDERSTAND THE LOGICAL FRAMEWORK APPROACH
- UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF A LOG FRAME
- UNDERSTAND THE 'LOGIC' OF THE LOG FRAME
- THE STEPS TO CREATING A LOG FRAME
Who Should Attend!
- HUMANITARIAN, RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT STAFF, PROJECT MANAGERS, MONITORING AND EVALUATION EXPERTS