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-** Outputs **
+====Results====
-Outputs are an immediate deliverable of a project. They should be finalised and publicly available by the time the project terminates. Outputs comprise tangible project results such as tools, databases, executive summaries, educational material etc.
+Results of a project can be differentiated in [[#outputs|outputs]], [[#outcomes and impacts|outcomes and impacts]] of an intervention.[[http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/40/7/43184177.pdf|OECD Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management]].
+Project outputs can generally be identified very easily. Yet, they represent only a first step towards the ultimate objective of project interventions: Initiating project-related outcomes and having true impacts on the ground.
+===Outputs===
+\\ Outputs are an immediate deliverable of a project. They should be finalised and publicly available by the time the project terminates. Outputs comprise tangible project results such as tools, databases, executive summaries, educational material etc.
-  * **[[Data]]**
-  * **[[Database]]**
+  * **[[Best practice]]**: Collection of best and good practices or even development of best practice (may be also a pilot activity)
-  * **[[Tool]]**
+  * **[[Conference report]]**: Documents with information and outcomes of conferences
-  * **[[Guidelines]]**
+  * **[[Data]]**: Data collected in the project, may be quantitative or qualitative
-  * **[[(Policy) Recommendations]]**
+  * **[[Database]]**: Data collected and organized in a database
-  * **[[Executive summary / policy oriented summary]]**
+  * **[[Executive summary / policy oriented summary]]**: Non-scientific summary which comprises the most relevant results for decision makers and the public
-  * **[[Report]]**
+  * **[[Guidelines]]**: Guideline as a support for implementation of the achieved results for civil servants, planner, NGO, etc.
-  * **[[Theory]]**
+  * **[[Indicator]]**: Suggestion or development of indicators to analyze status or changes of specific criteria
-  * **[[Literature review]]**
+  * **[[Institution]]**: Institution or organisational structure developed in the project
-  * **[[Methodology]]**
+  * **[[Intermediate]]**: Outputs on which the project builds up, background information on project
-  * **[[Indicator]]**
+  * **[[Label]]**: A label to characterize or certify a specific quality of a project, a process etc.
-  * **[[Map]]**
+  * **[[Literature review]]**: Collection of relevant literature for a certain topic
-  * **[[Network]]**
+  * **[[Map]]**: Map compiled in the project
-  * **[[Institution]]**
+  * **[[Methodology]]**: Development of a methodology which was new developed or new implemented
-  * **[[Best practice]]**
+  * **[[Network]]**: Network of stakeholder, experts, decision maker established in the project
-  * **[[Pilot activity]]**
+  * **[[Pilot activity]]**: Any pilot activity which has been carried out in the course of the project
-  * **[[Label]]**
+  * **[[Public relation]]**: Dissemination tools such as books, films, exhibitions (but not the usual newsletters, press information)
-  * **[[Public relation]]**
+  * **[[(Policy) Recommendations]]**: Recommendation dedicated to decision maker and policy maker to shape their fields of action
+  * **[[Report]]**: Public available report on work package, overall project report or on single activities
+  * **[[Strategy]]**: Strategy is a high level plan to achieve one or more goals
+  * **[[Study]]**: In-depth analysis and study of a particular issue, delivering qualitative and quantitative results
+  * **[[Theory]]**: Development of a new theory in the respective field of expertise
+  * **[[Tool]]**: Tools or measures which help to implement the project insights in the practice
+  * **[[Tool Framework]]**: Descriptions of technical and communication contents of tools
+  * **[[White paper]]**: A white paper is an authoritative document which helps stakeholders to understand an issue, solve a problem, or make a decision
   * **[[other]]**
+===Outcomes and Impacts===
+\\ Outcomes are the likely or achieved short-term and medium-term effects of an intervention's outputs, e.g. the outcome of improved, knowledged-based decision-making processes as an effect of a knowledge database (= output) established by a project. Outcomes will in in most cases not materialise before project closure.
+\\ Impacts are positive and negative, primary and secondary long-term effects produced by a development intervention, directly or indirectly, intended or unintended.[[http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/40/7/43184177.pdf|OECD Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management]]
+\\ As outcomes and impacts are difficult to differentiate, this section contains both of these types of project results.
+\\ The identification of outcomes and impacts requires a deeper insight into the respective project e.g. through project participants or direct interviews with project representatives. Outcomes and impacts are usually not solely influenced by projects, but are a complex combination of project results on the one hand and framework conditions on the other.