Target(s)
How will you ensure that MEAL activities promote gender equality?
(Optional) Where
will the information
come from and how
will it be collected?
What questions
will we ask?
Where will the
information come
from and how will
it be collected?
Gender mainstreaming
(Optional) What value
(of your indicator)
do you expect to
be achieved by a
specific point in
time?
What value (of
your indicator)
do you expect to
be achieved by a
specific point in
time?
How will you ensure your MEAL activities do no harm, produce reliable information and ensure impartiality, integrity and
transparency? What will you do to ensure the MEAL activities are fair and inclusive?
Using your
indicator(s) as a
measure, what
is the current
situation?
Ethical considerations
(Optional) What
measure will you
use to gauge
progress towards,
or achievement of,
outputs?
What is the
measure you
will use to
gauge progress
towards, or
achievement of,
outcomes?
Data
Who will you involve in the different stages of the MEAL Framework, both internal and external to your NHRI? Who is the
MEAL process accountable to? Who are you undertaking the MEAL process for?
From the Strategic Plan: What are the resources
required to deliver your activity/ies?
From the Strategic Plan: What are the actions you
need to take to deliver your output(s)?*
From the Strategic Plan: What will your activities
produce?*
From the Strategic Plan: What is your NHRI trying
to achieve to reach the long-term outcomes?*
From the Strategic Plan: What is your NHRI trying
to achieve? What strategic priority/ies are you
contributing to?*
From the Strategic Plan: What is the problem(s)/issue(s) your NHRI is trying to address? Who is affected?
Baseline
Accountabilities
High-level
inputs
High-level
activities
High-level
outputs
Short and
mediumterm
outcomes
Long-term
outcomes
Problem/
issue
Indicator(s)
Meal Framework Template (with Guidelines)
*Note, there are four fields as a guide. You will likely use fewer,
but in some cases more.
ASSUMPTIONS How is change expected to happen? What are the connections between activities, outputs and outcomes?
DEPENDENCIES What external factors may impact on whether you are able to deliver your outcomes?
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