ESSENTIALS OF THE LOGICAL FRAMEWORK APPROACH

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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