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What results one expects to achieve with a peacebuilding initiative forms the back bone of the planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning process. The results chain connects different levels of results to one another and therefore can be seen as a "roadmap to change". The logic of results-based management suggest to start with expected results in the long-term: Where is it that you want to go? From their, steps to get there can be designed.

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  • Wilson-Grau, Ricardo, Outputs, Outcomes and Impact, Powerpoint presentation. <http://www.outcomemapping.ca/resource/resource.php?id=179> (accessed 30 June 2009). This 4-slides power paint presentation provides a real life example and explanations for what outputs, outcomes and impact are. The focus is not on peacebuilding.
  • What about the impact? There is a debate in the field of peacebuilding, whether impact should be a focus of peacebuilding initiatives. Below are two articles that summarise the debate and take different stances.

Activities to digest the content
  • Building a house. This activity should ideally be used after having introduced the concept of results chains. It asks groups of participants to use the results chain concept for a practical example: building a house!
  • Results chain exercises. In this activity, participants develop results chains for existing peacebuilding initiatives.
  • Outcome vs. impact. This activity is structured as a debate and aims to problematise the higher level of results chains. It goes together with the content "What about the impact?"
  • In addition, you can choose from a variety of content-processing activities here.
Activties/facilitation tips for developing results chains
  • What is our roadmap to change? This activity is meant to facilitate the process of developing results chains for a project or programme. It is best used as a continuation of the activities to explore theories of change.