Framework for EfSD - issues to consider & notes on the run

Here I'll collect all the random thoughts and issues to consider in compiling my framework for designing and evaluating EfSD programs - hopefully I can pull it altogether into something coherant later on!
General principles for engagement design
Engagement process should take into account:

• Project context (i.e. project goals, objectives and anticipated outcomes)
• Community context within which your project sits (i.e. your community profile and the social and political context)
• Project parameters (including the project size, budget, timeline and resources allocated)
• Project teams (i.e. skills of team and availability of the members).

In any project necessitating stakeholder engagement, it will probably be necessary to employ a range of types of engagement tools for the same stakeholders.




Engagement project

• Make sure content level and design matches audience
• Engage participants through appropriate tools:
• envisioning, values clarification, critical and systemic thinking, partnerships, participation
• Use activities that promote reflective skills
• Create a non-threatening climate - reflect on obstacles to free participation and discussion, and see if I can design in break-downs for these.
• Shouldn't impose a specific behaviour change - this can be paternalistic and get people offside.
• should focus on lifestyle choices and equipping people/communities with the critical reflection skills to evaluate their choices and see how to marry those with their visions for how they want their world to develop
• Focus on system changes and how people can affect them
• Does it build capacity?
• Should seek to create a positive future, and to encourage ownership of both problems AND their solutions
• Should impart critical thinking and evaluation skills, rather than just knowledge

Evaluation and meaurement

• Build in evaluation from the start - when designing program, make sure have a) measurable KPIs or indicators and b) that they help address or reach your overall purpose.
• This'll help with measurement at end, and means that you can collect data as you go - good if you have to justify your program halfway through.