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Baseline studies are a very important step in the process of planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning. Carrying out a baseline study means that information is gathered about what the status is before project activities start. Thereby, a basis for measuring progress is laid, through comparing it to the situation prior to the intervention. This chapter explains what a baseline study is and what steps you have to take in order to conduct one.

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  • Church, Cheyanne/Rogers, Mark M., Designing for Results. Integrating Monitoring and Evaluation in Conflict Transformation Programs (Chapter 5), Search for Common Ground/United States Institute of Peace/Alliance for Peacebuilding, 2006. <http://www.sfcg.org/programmes/ilr/ilt_manualpage.html> (accessed 14 April 2009). This chapter provides a detailed and hands-on guide on why and how to conduct a baseline study.

Activities for digesting the content
  • "We don't need a baseline..." This activity puts participants into a scenario where their new colleagues do not understand the rationale for investing time and money for a baseline study. Can they convince them?
  • Developing a baseline plan. This activity works with one of the projects (results chain and indicators) that were worked with earlier and goes through the steps of planning a baseline study.
Activties for preparing a baseline study for a concrete peacebuilding project
The following activities can be used to work with teams in order for them to plan and conduct a baseline study. This happens on the basis of the previous steps, in particular theories of change, results chains and indicators.



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