Geo-Enabling USAID FAF
Performance Indicators
Erin Goodnough
June 2012
Table of Contents
• Introduction and Background
• Research: The Challenge and Justification for
the Project
• Constraints to Geo-Enabling FAF Indicators
• Workplan
Background: Foreign Assistance
Framework and its Indicators
Strategy
Program
Area 1
Element 1.1
Sub Element
1.1.1
Sub Element
1.1.2
Element 1.2
Country Development
Goal
Program
Area 2
Program
Area 3
Element 2.1
Element 3.1
Sub Element
2.1.1
Sub Element
3.1.1
Development
Objective/ Assistance
Objective 1
Intermediate Results
1.1
Intermediate Result
1.2
Sub Intermediate
Results 1.1.1
Sub Intermediate
Results 2.1.1
Sub Intermediate
Results 1.1.2
Sub Intermediate
Results 2.1.1
Activities feed the SubIntermediate Results (with a few
exceptions)
Development
Objective 2
Intermediate Result
2.1
Development
Objective 3
Intermediate Result
3.1
Org chart courtesy usaid.gov/about_usaid/orgchart.html
Background: Anatomy of a USAID Project
USAID Mission
Implementing partner
1
Activities
Contract/Grant 1
Implementing partner
2
Contract 2
Activities
Subcontract/Subgrant
1.1
Subcontract/Subgrant
2.1
Activities
Subcontract/Subgrant
1.2
Subcontract/Subgrant
2.2
Implementing Partner
3
Justification for the Project
Vision
Early Forerunner
“The Afghan Info database, enabled to track
performance indicators in addition to activity
inputs and outputs, will be the basis for
contributing to other regular, on-going reporting
exercises and to the many ad-hoc requests for
performance analysis that are a constant element
of the environment of high profile programs. To
meet these needs, the addition of the PMP tracking
capability, user friendly input interfaces (so that
data is recent and accurate), and an agile reporting
and analytical module will be essential.”
Who interacts with FAF Indicators
USAID
Implementing Partner
External Audience
D.C. Office, Mission
Director , Bureau Chiefs,
Department
Administrators
Home Office
Taxpayers
Fine Detail (raw data or
finely detailed
information products)
CTO, Evaluation Teams,
Strategic Programmers
M&E Staff; Chiefs of
Party; Evaluation Teams;
Other Donors
Finest Detail (raw data)
(possible) System Admin,
Developers, GIS team
Subcontract managers;
System Administrators,
GIS officers
Grand Scheme
(Information products)
Infrastructure
Field Usefulness
Inability to Show
Progress through
FAF Indicators
Scalability
Scale
Accuracy
Cross-boundary
Data
Different
Thinking
Personalities
Temporal Nature
of Data
Constraints: Practical Complexities
Workplan for (596B)
Deliverable 1: A
functional requirements
document for
GeoEnabling FAF
indicators
Understand what end
users need
Identify FAF indicators
that have Geographic
components
Create a standard
space for collecting
and storing FAF
indicators
Help USAID and
implementing
partners think
geographically
Develop an
illustrative example
Deliverable 2: A data Deliverable
3:
An
schema
for
FAF illustrative example
indicators, geoenabled
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Conclusions