Guidance

Guiding programmes to assess system change - donor brief

A checklist for donor programme managers to guide implementing partners to assess system change

Published by
DCED

This guide is intended for donor programme managers overseeing private sector development programmes. It provides a checklist and guidance on how to help implementing partners effectively assess system changes.

The guide builds on the framework A pragmatic approach to assessing system change and covers three main phases:

  • programme design
  • implementation
  • end-of-programme evaluation

It offers specific questions and recommendations for each phase to ensure that the programme is adequately equipped, both in terms of human and financial resources, to measure and report system changes.

It aims to enhance the ability of donors and implementing partners to understand, monitor and document systemic changes resulting from their interventions, ultimately leading to more sustainable and inclusive market systems.