This website provides practical knowledge and tools focusing on social, environmental and economic development issues for companies, civil society, local and regional governments.
Monitoring and Evaluation
Effective M & E of community development programs can improve management, accountability, participation, trust, learning, efficiency and development impacts. Monitoring is as much about building relationships, trust and mutual learning as it is about collecting and reporting data. Participatory monitoring--engaging diverse local stakeholders throughout the community development program--is an effective way to institutionalize local participation and improve local impacts. This potentially benefits the company, through improved local relations and productivity, as much as the community. Ideally, participation will begin in the design and planning phases of a community development intervention and be sustained over time through monitoring.
FEATURED RESOURCES
February 2008
This study explores how communities and companies can engage in co-planning and monitoring to ensure sustainable local development benefits from the extraction of resources. Within the context of a spectrum of participation a variety of tools and mechanisms are presented in the paper. Some of these tools have been used primarily in the public sector, however companies stand to benefit from the tools in forms that are adapted to context, as they are potential vehicles to increase transparency, and thus accountability of companies, communities and governments.
June 2008
The purpose of this Handbook is to strengthen awareness about M&E, engage interest in M&E, and to clarify what it entails, specifically for BEE practitioners. To date, attention has been paid to measuring the delivery and performance of BEE programs, for example by monitoring program processes, activities and outputs. However, evaluating the benefits that have arisen as a result of development interventions has been much less robust and to a large extent has relied on assessments of outputs rather than focusing on outcomes and impacts.
September, 2010
This upcoming report has already generated a lot of interest among sustainability, ethical sourcing and community engagement managers. Find out how your company can benefit from measuring more than just performance and outputs. Understand and communicate the true impact of your business.
June 2008
The CAO has prepared this guide to be used as a design tool for communities, civil society organizations, corporations, and governments at both the subnational and national level that want to implement participatory water monitoring programs. The document provides a framework that can be used to develop a detailed implementation plan that meets the unique characteristics of each situation.
July 2008
Companies concerned about their social and environmental impacts have a new tool for measuring and monitoring their activities. the Measuring Impact Framework to help companies measure and assess the impact of their business activities on economic and broader development goals wherever they operate.
2008
Value-driven organisations are using new ways to understand, measure and foster awareness of their impacts. The benefits can then be seen in terms of the ‘return’ for individuals, communities, society or the environment. This is a powerful way of viewing impact. It enables those who invest in, and have a stake in, social change to thoughtfully weigh the resources they use. This guide sets the standard for a complete and rigorous SR OI process and report.
2007
This book -- How to Build M&E Systems to Support Better Government -- draws on IEG's program of research and technical assistance in this area, focusing on the experience of governments in a wide range of countries and public sector environments. The book is recommended for government officials, donor staff and others who are working to help countries build their capacities to systematically measure their performance, and to use this information to achieve results on the ground.
2007
The Mesa de Diálogo y Consenso CAO-Cajamarca was convened to address and resolve conflicts between Yanacocha, the largest gold mine in Peru, and the surrounding communities affected by its operations. The Mesa sought consensus based solutions under a framework of good faith, cooperation, and tolerance.
2006
The Global Reporting Initiative “G3” Guidelines for Sustainability Reporting were released in October 2006 following several year’s ofresearch, development, and consensus-seeking by multi-stakeholder technical working groups, each assigned to focus on different parts of the Guidelines ending with a periodof public participation and comment.
2004
This handbook is primarily targeted toward officials who are faced with the challenge of managing for results. Developing countries in particular have multiple obstacles to overcome in building M&E systems. However, results-based M&E systems are a continuous work in progress for both developed and developing countries. When implemented properly these systems provide a continuous flow of information feedback into the system, which can help guide policymakers toward achieving the desired results. Seasoned program managers in developed countries and international organizations—where results-based M&E systems are now in place—are using this approach to gain insight into the performance of their respective organizations.
1 April 2005
Globally, two standards have taken on particular importance in the area of sustainability assurance. The AA1000 Assurance Standard (AA1000AS), launched in March 2003 by AccountAbility; and the IAASB’s International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE) 3000 , which all professional accounting networks must comply with from January 1st 2005.