Think about a project you've worked on or are currently involved in. Was it more focused on completing activities or on achieving results? What was the difference in how success was measured?
Consider the stakeholders in your current work — donors, communities, local authorities. Where do their expectations align, and where do they clash? How are those tensions currently managed?
How does your organisation currently use monitoring data? Is it mainly for reporting upward, or does it actively inform decisions and adaptations during implementation?
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Choose a current or recent project and map out its results chain: inputs → activities → outputs → outcomes → impact. Where are the strongest links? Where are the gaps?
Identify one result in your current work that could be made more specific or measurable. What would need to change in how you define or track it?
Think about a time when a project needed to adapt midstream. What triggered the change — was it monitoring data, stakeholder feedback, or something else? How would a stronger MEAL system have helped?