Document provides nonprofit CBO board and staff members with specific tools and resources for building an effective board. Specifically, the document will explore the roles and responsibilities of board members, focus on the difference between governance and management, examine the importance of board selection and composition and provide models for orientation and training of board members.

Manual on participatory evaluation intended as a tool for PVO staff, their NGO and government.; Dr. Judy Aubel

Paper covers an overview of literature on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E).

Document, based on a scan of literature available in mid-1999, includes an overview of the literature, discussion and reflection on the wider issues relating to participatory M&E in Latin America and an annotated bibliography.

A guide to manuals for qualitative and participatory research on child health, nutrition and reproductive health. Describes some of the existing manuals for conducting qualitative research and provides information to help program managers, researchers, funders of health programs, and others select the manuals that are most appropriate to their needs.

USAID document offers an overview of ways to assess institutional capacity, including tools to measure the capacity of a whole organization as well as tools to measure individual parts or functions of an organization.

The Most Significant Change (MSC) technique is a participatory M&E approach that allows communities to share their learning in a way that is comfortable to them and allows project participants and implementers to learn together through project implementation.

Strategic Planning Workbook; American Red Cross

Civicus Toolkit on Strategic Planning; Janet Shapiro; Toolkit

Document assists frontline health workers in using the data collected at health facilities to solve common problems in service delivery and improve their response to community needs.