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Purpose:To start off the development of data collection tools
Participants:The participants should include the team working on the project for which the baseline study is planned. Other staff, such as finance officers and adminitstrative staff could be involved. The process should be as participatory as possible, therefore ideally include local partners and other stakeholders.
Time: about 2 hrs.

Materials:Flip charts
Marker pens
Post its
Pens
Process:1. Go back to the list of possible data collection tools. Select the tools that need to be developed (it might be all of the ones on your initial list). Keep in mind that you might need different tools for the different aspects and target groups of your baseline study (such as a survey for the community, focus group discussions for in-depth information about attitudes and feelings of a specific actor, capacity assessment questionnaires for your partners, a content analysis for media contents, etc.).

2. Pick the first data collection tool in the list and explore with the team:
  • Who is going to be the target group of this tool? What implications does that have for the design of the tool (oral or written, language, length, etc.)?
  • Identify the aspects of your project and the indicators for which the tool will be used. Note them on the flip chart.
3. Distribute post-its and ask the participants to write down ideas for questions that could be asked to learn about this or that indicator. Participants can then stick post-its to the indicator on the flip chart.

4. Steps 2 and 3 can then be repeated for other data collection tools (if necessary).

5. Two group members can be assigned to develop the data collection tools further, based on the ideas on post-its. It would be positive to select group members with some experience in collecting data. The draft data collection tools can then be discussed in a separate team session.

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