M&E Frameworks, Plans, Capacities

Client/Collaborator: Pollinate Impact

Sector/Project Description: Pollinate Impact is a member-led network of impact incubators across the Global South. 

Deliverable and Process: A comprehensive M&E plan that included sections on the Theory of Change, evaluation questions, indicators and methods, developed through a literature review, remote workshops, an in-person consultation and an online survey.

Keywords: impact incubation, M&E for networks

Client/Collaborator: empowHER India

Sector/Project Description: empowHER India is an NGO that seeks to create an equitable society where women are empowered to realize their full potential and become agents of transformation for themselves and their communities. Its Setu program provides skills, knowledge and tools to rural adolescent girls, through its modules on life skills, health, gender and financial literacy.

Deliverable and Process: A comprehensive M&E plan that included sections on the Theory of Change, evaluation questions, indicators and methods that was developed through in-person workshops, as well as 5 tools for data collection.

Keywords: adolescent girls, life skills 

Client/Collaborator: Last Wilderness Foundation

Sector/Project Description: LWF is an NGO focused on wildlife conservation in Central India. Its community conservation program in the Panna–Ranipur corridor works to strengthen forest protection through community involvement, reduce human–wildlife conflict, support forest department staff, and protect key habitats.

Deliverable and Process: A comprehensive M&E plan that included sections on the Theory of Change, evaluation questions, indicators and methods that was developed through in-person workshops, and as a survey tool for baseline data collection.

Keywords: wildlife conservation, community participation, environment

Client/Collaborator: Inqui-Lab Foundation

Sector/Project Description: Inqui-Lab seeks to bridge the gap between academic knowledge and practical application by providing hands-on learning experiences that inspire and empower students to think critically and act innovatively.

Deliverable and Process: A Theory of Change developed through a participatory process, that consisted of both in-person and remote workshops.

Keywords: K-12 education, critical thinking, innovation

Client/Collaborator: Key Education Foundation

Sector/Project Description: The CLAP (Children Learning, Assisted by Parents) project is a free, AI-enabled WhatsApp program for parents of children ages 3–8. It provides children from low-income communities with a supportive learning environment to build foundational skills.

Deliverable and Process: An evaluation plan that included sections on the Theory of Change, evaluation questions and methods, developed through in-person workshops.

Keywords: early childhood education, technology 

Client/Collaborator: Adiuvo Diagnostics 

Sector/Project Description: Adiuvo is a techno-social enterprise, aimed at developing technologies to effectively aid in early disease detection, enabling advanced healthcare diagnostics in low-resource settings.  Adiuvo's "Illuminate" is a hand-held imaging device for wound infection detection, monitoring and pathogen classification.

Deliverable and Process: A comprehensive M&E plan that included sections on the Theory of Change, evaluation questions, indicators and methods, as well as a monitoring dashboard and the provision of remote training on data collection.  The M&E plan was developed through a collaborative process involving both workshops with the Adiuvo team and interviews with doctors.

Keywords: social enterprise, technology device, healthcare 

Client/Collaborator:  Industree

Sector/Project Description: "Creative Dignity" is a network for the handmade sector in India, and its objective is to give Indian artisans the agency to thrive with dignity through environmentally sustainable means. 

Deliverable and Process: The Theory of Change was developed through a participatory process, that consisted of both in-person and remote workshops.

Keywords: artisan sector, sustainablility, environment, M&E for networks 

Client/Collaborator: Upaya Social Ventures

Sector/Project Description: Upaya’s Dignified Jobs Accelerator seeks out a select groups of early-stage social entrepreneurs, and provides them with the resources to create dignified jobs for people living in extreme poverty. 

Deliverable and Process: The design and delivery of training on social impact measurement, and the provision of follow-up support, to successive cohorts of Upaya's accelerator program, through both in-person and remote sessions.

Keywords: accelerator, social enterprise, jobs, decent work 

Client/Collaborator: Industree

Sector/Project Description: Flourish is a global, maker-owned marketplace that connects conscious consumers with curated, climate-positive artisanal products, empowering producers committed to fair wages, sustainability, and positive social impact.

Deliverable and Process: An M&E framework that consisted of a Theory of Change, evaluation questions and indicators, developed through a participatory process facilitated through in-person workshops.

Keywords: marketplace, sustainability, artisanal products, environment

Client/Collaborator:  Waste Ventures India

Sector/Project Description: WVI's “Uber for trash” mobile app and website seeks to achieve the convenient collection of recyclables at the doorstep of Indian homes and businesses, by partnering with waste pickers and scrap dealers.

Deliverable and Process: M&E plan consisted of a logic model, evaluation questions, indicators, and a sampling strategy, developed through a participatory process facilitated through in-person workshops.

Keywords: technology, environment, waste management, social enterprise 

Client/Collaborator:  International Fund for Agricultural Development

Sector/project description: The Rural Finance Program is an IFAD operation designed to support development of long-term financial services for rural poor people.  

Deliverable and Process: The design and delivery of training on knowledge management and report writing, and the provision of follow-up support, to representatives of rural finance programs from 8 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa, who were attending a performance monitoring workshop in Kenya.  

Keywords: financial services, rural, knowledge management

Client/Collaborator:  International Fund for Agricultural Development

Sector/project description: The program aims to improve livelihoods in northern Afghanistan by providing smallholders and livestock owners with better access to rural finance, services, technological support and quality inputs. 

Deliverable and Process: A knowledge management plan to build staff capabilities, streamline information collection, influence national policy and improve knowledge sharing at Afghanistan's Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, developed through in-person consultations in Kabul.

Keywords: rural, financial services, livelihoods, knowledge management