Short-term project cycles demand quick results, but real change takes years. The pressure to “show impact” within 12 months often leads to shallow reporting. Here’s how M&E professionals can demonstrate meaningful progress, even when the funding clock is ticking.

Writing outcome statments like 'increased awareness' works for a logframe. It does not for Outcome Harvesting (OH). Learn why OH demands a different approach and how to write clear, verifiable outcome statements that hold up under scrutiny.

Outcome Harvesting (OH) is a powerful approach for monitoring and evaluation, especially in complex, dynamic environments where change isn’t always linear. This article offers practical lessons learned from real organisations that have used OH to track advocacy, capacity-building, and social change efforts. Whether you’re new to OH or trying to refine your practice, this guide helps you avoid common mistakes like treating OH as a reporting checkbox or skipping substantiation.

What is Outcome Harvesting? Picture this, instead of predicting the outcomes of a project or program from the start, you collect them as...

Outcome Harvesting determines whether and how an intervention has contributed to change by collecting ('harvesting') evidence.