CYP RCA/M and E Framework

Work in progress, expect frequent changes. Help and feedback is welcome. See discussion page.

Monitoring & Evaluation Framework

Process Steps	What's Really Happening

Getting the discussion group started	Publicising, populating the group
Introductions & getting to know each other	Relationship-building
Engaging in meaningful &value-added dialogue	Information-sharing, networking
Project focus, achieving initial outputs	Participation, learning, achievement, ownership

(: There are two websites: (1) Youth4Peace (Y4P) on Taking IT Global for discussions; and (2) Y4P on Ning (for audio and video files))

Output	Metrics and data sources

Youth Participation / Community grows	Number of user accounts registered on Y4P-TakingIT Global- 28 (May 23, 2009) Number, breadth and depth of discussions (i.e., postings) Geographic or demographic distribution of members (i.e., individuals, organizations) Growth in visitors to the Y4P discussion group Number of countries visiting Y4P group Number of projects, clusters and nodes arising out of Y4P discussions Number of recorded presentations dedicated to Y4P around the world Media reports published and number of citations in the blogoshpere Number of news articles, and location
Free content is developed (on WikiEducator)	Number of content development projects (i.e., learning materials, workshop materials) initiated on WikiEducator Number of "legitimate" content pages Average edits per page Number of page views per edit

Trust, rapport (i.e., typically not measured in a logical framework / results-based management system, but there nonetheless)
Mechanisms for collaboration, learning and social networking
- Youth4Peace Website on Ning
Movement towards identifying HOW they can learn skills to help achieve their objectives (i.e., the learning activities during a workshop)