NGO-IDEAs aims at:

Empowering community based organisations (CBOs) and the poor among the rural communities to use impact monitoring for project management; and thus contributing to the sustainability of their project activities
Empowering NGOs to further improve the effectiveness, impact and sustainability of their efforts by identifying best tools for impact Monitoring & Evaluation and best practices in the area of Savings & Credit
Making social changes more visible in implementing and funding NGOs thus improving the development policy work
Improving public recognition of NGOs and CBOs and their contribution to development.

Results of NGO-IDEAs:

Impacts of the NGOs’ activities, especially of the Savings & Credit programmes, are culled out and recognised.
Tools and methods for impact Monitoring & Evaluation that are particularly suitable for NGOs and CBOs are identified, refined and applied

Several articles on NGO-IDEAs project and its results from 2005 till 2007 have been published. Log on to "Publications and articles" for more information.