Impact Builder
The Impact Builder is an online hub of outcomes, indicators and data collection tools designed to help organisations monitor and evaluate their projects and programmes.
It has been developed by more than 100 UK NGOs, brought together by Bond.
What is the Impact Builder?
Not knowing how to formulate outcomes or where to find appropriate measurement tools are significant barriers to measuring outcomes and impact. The Impact Builder overcomes this problem by suggesting “tried and tested” outcomes, indicators and data collection tools across a variety of “sectors” (thematic areas) and “strategies” (ways of working).
How does it work?
Download the offline version below to get an overview and links to the available tools. Detailed background papers for each completed sector and strategy provide a synthesis of how UK NGOs currently create and assess change, and explain the choice of domains and outcomes.
Why use the Impact Builder?
- Save time and money and increase efficiency: benefit from indicators and tools that have been developed by leading international development organisations and which are widely accepted by donors and NGOs, reducing the need for duplication in measurement and reporting.
- Use proven approaches: the indicators and tools in the Impact Builder have been shared and recommended by organisations who have found them to be effective.
- Improve learning across projects: choosing outcome indicators from a selected menu of options allows greater comparability of results across different projects intended to achieve the same results, aiding learning about “what works” and what doesn’t.
How was it developed?
More than 200 people from over 100 UK NGOs have contributed to the design and development of the Impact Builder. Organisations shared the practices and approaches that they have found to be effective, and these were selected for inclusion in the tool following an extensive consultation process. If you want to find out more about the Impact Builder or if you wish to suggest new indicators or tools, please contact [email protected] / 020 7837 8344.
