Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning | A Guide for NHRIs in the Asia Pacific Module 1: Understanding MEAL Figure 4 shows the logical steps used to develop your MEAL Framework, which are discussed more in Module 2. Your MEAL will include the activity/output of your NHRI—the policies or guidelines you have developed, or the number of people you have engaged with—but this is only part of the picture. It is most important to focus on what has improved as a result of your work, the outcomes you have contributed to (or reached) and the impact you have had. Figure 4: The importance of focusing on outcomes over outputs Focusing on outputs Issue/ Problem Resources you use What you do Focusing on outcomes 18 What you produce What will improve