Logical Framework

The Battered Women’s Centre Project Cycle Manual and Action Plan will be managed  using  the Logical  Framework  Approach  (LFA) throughout its completion.

The Logical Framework Approach is based on international standards, methods & terminology having a long established activity design methodology used by a range of major multilateral, bilateral and non-governmental organisations.

LFA is a systematic approach  applied  to  design, facilitate  and  manage   project planning, preparation, implementation and evaluation;. with three essential  features:  Stakeholder   Participation,  Analysis,  and  Logical  Formulation.

Application of the LFA as a logical framework helps to:

• Establish strategies and guidelines through all project-phases.
• Guide systematic and logical analysis of the inter-related key elements and external factors, highlighting logical links between intended inputs, planned activities and expected results. The approach integrates projects with program and strategy.
• Monitor and verify both project progress and impact.
• Enable   participation   of   key   stakeholder  groups  in  the  crucial  stages  of  project  identification,  design  and  management.
• Facilitate communication between all parties involved & identify information requirements.

The LFA approach  will  further clarify  the  political  and  socio­economic  environment  and   ideology  on  which  the BWC  project  is  based.  The Project Cycle Manual and Action Plan have also been developed using specific principles  including an Institutional Capacity Assessment, Economic and Financial Analysis, Gender Analysis, and Environmental Impact Assessment.

The BWC Project Development Process is divided into distinct levels: Inputs, Activities, Outputs, Purpose and Goal  all summarised in the Project Matrix (PM).

(Reference:  NORAD, 1999, The Logical Framework Approach (LFA): Handbook for objectivs-oriented planning, Fourth Edition)

To ensure consistency of the objectives, activities and achievements, the BWC Project Manual and Action Plan have been further developed in accordance to,  and in guidance of, the principles and strategical frameworks of following publications:

UN Division for the Advancement of Women: Legislation on Violence Against Women Handbook (2010)

UN Office for High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCRC) :Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme – A Handbook for Civil Society (2008)

UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women: 10 Years of Investment- A Life Free of Violence is our RIght! (2004)

UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM): Making a Difference – Strategic Communications to End Violence against Women (2003)

UNIFEM: Not a Minute More – Ending Violence Against Women (2003)

UNiTE to End Violence Against Women, UN Secretary-General’s Campaign: Framework for Action (2009)