Logframe details

Goal. Other names include: aim, wider objective, long-term objective and development objective. This box describes the wider goals that the project hopes to contribute to. It answers the question: 'why are we doing the project?'

Purpose. Other names include: project objective and immediate objective. This box describes the situation it is hoped to achieve at the end of the project. It answers the question: 'what do we want to achieve?'

Outputs. Other names include: results and specific objectives. This box describes changes the project will bring about in order to achieve its purpose. It answers the question: 'how will the project achieve its purpose?'

Activities. This box is sometimes called inputs. This box describes what the project intends to do to achieve the outputs.

Indicators of the goal. This box answers the question: 'how can we know and show that progress has been made towards the goal?'

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Indicators of the purpose. This box answers the question: 'how will we know and show that the project has achieved its purpose?'

Indicators of the outputs. This box answers the question: 'how will we know and show that the project outputs have been achieved?'

Indicators of the activities. This box is used to provide additional information about the activities.

Means of verification of the indicators of the goal. This box tells us where and how we intend to find out about the indicators of the goal.

Means of verification of the indicators of the purpose. This box tells us where and how we intend to find out about the indicators of the purpose.

Means of verification of the indicators of the outputs. This box tells us where and how we intend to find out about the indicators of the outputs.

Means of verification of the indicators of the activities. This box is used to provide additional information about the activities.

This box is normally left blank.

Assumptions at the purpose to goal level. This box describes conditions in the external environment, which are necessary in order for the project purpose to contribute towards the goal.

Assumptions at the outputs to purpose level. This box describes conditions in the external environment, which are necessary for the outputs to lead to the achievement of the purpose.

Assumptions at the activities to outputs level. This box describes conditions in the external environment, which are necessary for the project activities to lead to the achievement of the outputs.

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