Activities
The Activity tools assist staff plan, implement, evaluate and complete New Zealand Aid Programme development Activities.
- Activity Appraisal: Guidelines and Templates
- Use these guidelines and templates when appraising an Activity concept or design. They include a templates for appraisal of an activity concept or design and an appraisal meeting minutes template.
- Activity Completion
- These tools are intended to help partners and MFAT staff to prepare reports at completion of an activity supported by the New Zealand Aid Programme.
- Activity Design
- This page provides links to policies, processes, guidelines and templates for developing, appraising and approving an Activity design. It provides details about completing an Activity Design Document (ADD) which includes a results framework made up of a results diagram, a results measurement table, and a monitoring and evaluation workplan. A list of IDG's standard output indicators is also provided. It also links to an Activity procurement plan and an Activity schedule template.
- Activity Identification
- The Activity identification process and Activity concept templates are used when a potential Activity has been identified. The concept is appraised and approval obtained before more detailed design can proceed.
- Activity Implementation, Monitoring and Reporting
- The activity implementation tools are designed to guide and assist with monitoring and reporting on the progress of an Activity during the implementation phase.
- Activity Monitoring Assessment (AMA)
- The AMA is intended to help MFAT staff prepare and complete an activity monitoring assessment of an activity supported by the New Zealand Aid Programme.
- Activity Quality Policy and Rating Scale
- The Activity Quality Policy and the accompanying Activity quality rating scale (which uses the DAC criteria) apply across all stages of the Activity cycle.
- Activity Quality Rating Scale
- The Activity quality rating scale is based on the five DAC criteria of relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability. It uses a 6-pont scale to rate each criterion and is used in Activity appraisals, assessments, reporting and evaluations.
- Activity Risk Assessment
- Templates and guidelines for assessing Activity risk.
- Aid Modalities Guideline
- The aid modality guideline defines and describes the range of aid modalities currently used by the New Zealand Aid Programme.
- Conflict Risk Assessment
- This guideline covers the fundamentals of conflict-risk assessment and provides guidance on different methodologies for undertaking conflict-risk assessment at the country, sector, and development activity levels.
- Diagram of Activity Management and Contracting Tools by Process Stage
- This diagram provides links to the documents and templates that support the Activity management and contracting processes.
- Evaluating an Activity
- These tools provide guidance on evaluating Activities. They include an Evaluation Decision Checklist, templates for Terms of Reference (TOR)for Evaluations and for Evaluation Steering Groups, templates for evaluation plans, evaluation reports, providing feedback and reporting on evaluations.
- Evaluation Series | DAC Evaluation Quality Standards
The DAC Quality Standards for Development Evaluation identify the key pillars needed for a quality development evaluation process and product. They are intended for use by evaluation managers and practitioners. The Standards are not mandatory, but provide a guide to good practice. They were developed primarily for use by DAC members, but broader use by all other development partners is welcome.
- Evaluation Series | Reviewing and Evaluating NZAID Country Programmes
- This guideline provides guidance on reviewing and evaluating NZAID country programmes (bilateral and constitutional relationships) and their strategies.
- Market Chain Approach
- This tool outlines the Market (or Value) Chain Approach (MCA) and its practical application to the identification and/or design of development Activities. It is intended for use by MFAT staff managing the New Zealand Aid Programme and partners involved in the identification, design and/or implementation of market-oriented development Activities.
- PAA | Programme Activity Authorities
- The Programme Activity Authority (PAA) guideline is available to MFAT staff only.
- Participatory Evaluation
- We encourages the use of participatory approaches for assessing performance.
- Responding to Natural Disasters in the Pacific
- A guideline and contact list for responding to natural disasters in the Pacific.
- Value for Money Guideline
- This guideline defines Value for Money and provides guidance on MFAT expectations, on how value for money is pursued by the New Zealand Aid Programme during the activity cycle, and on a number of possible approaches to assessment.