Logical Framework And Project Proposal

1. A Project Cycle Management and Logical Framework Toolkit –

Introduction

This guide is one of a series produced by the GB Equal Support Unit (ESU) to help Development Partnerships (DPs) and Transnational Partnerships to develop and mainstream best practice from innovative projects. This toolkit is based on the evaluation of the first round Equal Partnerships and the outcomes of the focus group exercises conducted with existing DPs conducted as part of the research to preparing this toolkit.

This toolkit is designed to help you to:

• overcome difficulties experienced by Round 1 DPs;
• get all partners on board from the start;
• produce a simple plan everyone understands and can use;
• reduce the stress of co-ordinating the partnership’s work programme testaetasetaehtraeta;
• improve DP activities and outcomes;
• meet the Commission’s updated requirements; and
• test and get adopted new ways of supporting disadvantaged groups.

The toolkit is based on extensive research into Equal Round 1 carried out with the Commission
and DPs, and international expertise in planning and evaluating multi-partner projects in over
40 countries.

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2. What Is Logical Framework Analysis?

Logical Framework Analysis or the Logical Framework Approach (LFA) is an analytical process for structuring and systematizing the analysis of a project or programme idea. It is useful to distinguish between LFA, which is a process involving stakeholder analysis, problem analysis, objective setting and strategy selection – and the logical framework matrix, often called the logframe, which documents the product of the LFA process. The process of logical framework analysis allows a project to:
• involve stakeholders in the problem analysis and design of the project
• systematically and logically set out the project or programme’s objectives and the means-end
relationships between them
• establish what assumptions outside the scope of the project may influence its success, and
• set indicators to check whether the objectives have been achieved.

The logframe matrix summarizes the results of this entire process, and presents the whole project in a nutshell. As shown in Figure 1, the logframe has four columns and four or more rows. Logframe terminology varies among donor agencies, so it is important not to get hung up on the terminology, but rather to understand the logic and the principles involved in building a logframe. Although the names may change, the hierarchy of different levels of the intervention logic remains the same.

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3. The EMPOWERS approach to water governance: guidelines , methods and tools
How to improve water governance and water management

Authors: P. Moriarty; C. Batchelor; F.T. Abd-Alhadi Publisher: EMPOWERS Partnership Programme, 2007
Full text of document

Water is an increasingly scarce and contested resource around the world, particularly in the Middle East. There is general agreement about the need to improve water governance - the process of making and implementing decisions about water. These guidelines describe a practical and logical framework of activities based on the involvement of those who use and manage water, which leads to improved local water governance, and to the development of integrated water development plans for towns, villages, districts and governorates.

The guidelines advocate a process of collaboration through dialogue, to bring about a change in the way water sector professionals and water users work with each other. They are intended for all those concerned with practical approaches for tackling the complex themes of water governance and Water Resource Management (IWRM). They are particularly relevant for those who want to initiate and facilitate change processes to improve local water governance.Background information is provided followed by numerous tools for the implementation of the EMPOWERS approach. Topics covered include:
· Looking at improved water governance
· Stakeholder dialogue and concerted action
· Facilitation and capacity development and the management cycle
· Methods and tools for the EMPOWERS approach: Tools for visioning; scenario building; strategy development and planning; Tools for participatory learning and action; Tools for assessing; Tools for working with stakeholders; Tools for monitoring
The focus of the guidelines is on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region however can be applied in other contexts. (adapted from author)

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