Effective development utilizes a plethora of tools throughout multiple stages to ensure sustainability.
From the identification of project area and target groups to context assessment and stakeholders; from the planning stages to budgeting, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, reporting and re-assessement – there exists different tools that make the gathering, analysis/ interpretation of data and utilization of the same for programming efficient and effective.
Key Development Work’s Resources and Tools
Below are only a few resources that every development worker should arm him/ herself with; I will keep updating this list with time
- Conflict Tree
- Stakeholder Mapping
- Actors Mapping
- Do No Harm
- Conflict- Sensitivity
- Participatory Community Processes (PCPs)
- Community-Driven Initiatives (CDIs)
- Systemic Analysis/ Charting Conflict Systems/ Reinforcing Loop
- Collaborative, Learning and Adaptation (CLA)
- The Hand
- Onion
- Timeline
- Inverted Triangle
- Violence Triangle
- Positions, Interests, Needs and Fears (PINF)
- LOG Frame (Logical Framework)
- Mental Health and Development worker’s wellbeing
- Civil Society Organizations
- Capacity Development / Capacity-building / Tooling and re-tooling
- Story-telling as a tool
- Gender
- Diversity / Inclusivity
What other resources are you aware of? Share in the comments.
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