Value Chain Project Design Tool (ACDI/VOCA)
Description: Detailed step-by-step guide to
designing a value chain project. Includes guidelines and worksheets on analyzing opportunities and constraints, developing a strategy, prioritizing activities, and designing a project.
Source: ACDI/VOCA
Intervention Plan Template (Kenya Markets Trust)
Description: Detailed excel template which includes spreadsheets such as: Cover page, Background story, Results Chain, Measurement plan, etc.
How it was used: initial planning and writing up of project plans.
Source: Kenya Markets Trust Market Assistance Programme
Intervention Plan Report Template (Kenya Markets Trust)
Description: Template summarizing contents of intervention report which summarizes what happened in an intervention, estimates the impact at all levels from the
intervention and notes lessons learned.
How it was used: Used in conjunction with Intervention Plan Template excel document.
Source: Kenya Markets Trust Market Assistance Programme
Annual Workplan Template (Kenya Markets Trust)
Description: Template in excel that provides basic structure to annual workplan
Source: Kenya Markets Trust Market Assistance Programme
Sample Workplan Table (ACDI/VOCA)
Description: Sample workplan table showing an external workplan version for purpose of submission to a donor.
Source: ACDI/VOCA
A Manager's Guide to Work Planning a VCD Project
Description: Guide to help VCD program leaders
improve quality and technical consistency of annual work plans, use the process to build staff buy-in and capacity to use the value chain approach, and review general best practices in work
planning.
Source: ACDI/VOCA
Intervention Progress & Tactics Review Template (SAMARTH)
Description: Template to assess changes seen at firm level and in the market place
How it was used: Project staff use template at monthly project team meetings
Source: Adam Smith International’s SAMARTH Nepal Market Development Programme’s ‘Making Sense of ‘Messiness’: Monitoring and measuring
change in market systems: a practitioner's perspective’
Market Development Project Activity Tracker (EcoVentures International)
Description: Template to provide structure to regular project reporting and team updates. Includes update on technical activities, signals for market actor ownership,
and reflection on recent learning.
How it was used: Team members updated document collaboratively through Google docs and used content to guide meetings and report preparation. Used to support project
work in Kenya.
Source: EcoVentures International
After Action Review (TetraTech)
Description: Template to review
and learn from project activity.
How it was used: Used after every activity and circulated widely to improve knowledge flows and learning
Source: TetraTech's Feed the Future Agricultural Inputs Activity
Quarterly Progress & Tactics Review Template (SAMARTH)
Description: Template to provide update on key activities and results in quarter, and to assess if interventions are on track.
How it was used: Project staff use template to prepare quarterly reports.
Source: Adam Smith International’s SAMARTH Nepal Market Development Programme’s ‘Making Sense of ‘Messiness’: Monitoring and measuring
change in market systems: a practitioner's perspective’
Quarterly Progress Report & Action Plan Template (Kenya Markets Trust)
Description: Template for quarterly reporting on a particular sector or market system. Includes reporting on performance of sector along with project approach.
Source: Kenya Markets Trust Market Assistance Programme
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