Effectiveness
Accountability, transparency and quality are key to effective international development.
The central questions of effectiveness are simple:
- Do we achieve the changes we claim?
- Can we prove it?
These claims are not small: reduced poverty, protection of rights, saving lives and much more.
The Bond effectiveness programme aims to strengthen the management and reporting of Non-Government Organisations' performance. It’s based on the conviction that effective development work depends upon the ability to provide robust evidence of performance through rigorous measurement using appropriate techniques.
Why Bond?
As the UK network of 370 NGOs, Bond is uniquely placed to lead on setting an agenda to develop policies, tools and approaches.
As well as the development of an effectiveness framework, we are advocating for commitment among NGOs to becoming more effective and influencing policy makers working on effectiveness.
The central questions are simple: do we achieve the changes that we claim, and can we prove it?
Strands
Our effectiveness programme has three main strands:
- The Im-Prove it! Framework - developing a sector-wide framework of common indicators and agreed assessment methods to improve the rigor and consistency of how NGOs measure and demonstrate effectiveness.
- An effectiveness self-assessment tool and associated resources to support organisations in improving effectiveness
- Supporting innovative methods for assessing effectiveness
To make a significant and long-term impact, the programme is accessing cutting edge technical expertise while reflecting the needs, priorities and thinking of Bond members.
Coordination with other quality initiatives, national platforms and European and global Civil Society Organisations ensures that the programme complements and learns from other work in the international development sector.
Further reading
Read more about our key tools on our self-assessment and Im-Prove It! pages.
We've commissioned the best thinking around the issue on our research page.
Our news and events page will keep you up-to-date on our progress.
Our meetings page has links to presentations and documents from our quarterly meetings.
Get involved, stay in touch
Bond members' input is key to our effectiveness program. Stay in touch with the latest news on our work via our regular e-bulletin. You can also email us: ngoeffectiveness@bond.org.uk.
What members say
"The presented frameworks could be very relevant across the sector as a whole."
"Its exciting to see how far this has come and encouraging to know that as a sector we are responding to the demand to show our effectiveness."
"It really feels as if the process is moving forward in a really positive direction."
