Final Narrative Progress Reporting Template

Name of IP

PROJECT NAME

NARRATIVE REPORT

Reporting period:
DATE OF PROJECT START DATE OF PROJECT END

DATE SUBMITTED:
DATE

PROJECT INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

Project title:

PLEASE WRITE HERE THE TITLE OF YOUR PROJECT

Implementing
Partner(s) and local
Partner(s)

PLEASE STATE THE NAME OF YOUR ORGANIZATION

AND ALL YOUR IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS

Responsible Person:

PLEASE NAME ONE (!) PERSON ONLY

Contact email:

EMAIL OF THE RESPONSIBLE PERSON

Project Starting date

Project completion date

Originally planned

Actual

Originally planned

Current estimate

AS IN PROPOSAL

AS IN MOA

AS IN PROPOSAL

AS IN MOA

Approved Total Budget

Latest Signed Revision (US$)

YOUR TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET

ONLY IF THERE WAS AN APPROVED

REVISION OF THE BUDGET AS ATTACHED
TO THE MOA

PROJECT PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS

1. BACKGROUND
PLEASE DISCUSS THE RELEVANCE OF THE PROJECT DESIGN

2. PROJECT PURPOSE
PURPOSE:
Progress & comments
PLEASE DISCUSS ANY LESSONS LEARNED FROM OVERALL PROJECT
IMPLEMENTATION.
DISCUSS ACHIEVEMENTS TOWARDS TARGETS AND EVALUATE THAT PROGRESS IN
TERMS OF OVERALL CHALLENGES AND ISSUES.
PLEASE INCLUDE GENDER AND OTHER CROSS-CUTTING THEMES.
DISCUSS ANY ISSUES WHICH HAVE PROGRAM OR POLICY LEVEL IMPLICATIONS
ARE THERE TECHNICAL ISSUES WHICH OTHERS MAY BE INTERESTED IN/ABLE TO
USE
ARE THERE RESULTS WHICH CAN BE REPLICATED or SCALED UP?
Processes
a) PLEASE DISCUSS HOW YOU COORDINATE WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES
AND RELEVANT LINE DEPARTMENT STAFF AND WHAT RESULTS YOU HAVE
ACHIEVED.
b) PLEASE INCLUDE ANY DIFFICULTIES OR RESTRCITIONS YOU EXPERIENCED.
c) DISCUSS YOUR EXPERIENCE OF COORDINATION WITH PRIVATE SECTOR
ACTORS.
d) PLEASE COMMENT ON THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN YOUR ACTIVITIES.
What strategies do you use to mainstream gender ?

3. Outputs and Achievements

OUTPUT 1: COPY THE OUTPUT TEXT FROM YOUR LOGFRAME HERE AND COPY
THE INDICATORS AND THE MILESTONEs SET FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD IN THE
TABLE BELOW

INDICATOR 1:

Current milestone

Cumulative
results since
beginning of

project

INDICATOR 2:

Current milestone

Cumulative
results since
beginning of
project

more indicators and targets (IF ANY)

Progress & comments

PLEASE DISCUSS ANY LESSONS LEARNED FROM SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES.
DISCUSS ACHIEVEMENTS TOWARDS TARGETS AND EVALUATE PROGRESS

OUTPUT 2: COPY THE OUTPUT TEXT FROM YOUR LOGFRAME HERE AND COPY
THE INDICATORS AND THE MILESTONE/TARGET SET FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD
IN THE TABLE BELOW
INDICATOR 1:

Current
milestones

Cumulative
results since
beginning of
project

INDICATOR 2:

current
milestones

Cumulative
results since
beginning of
project

more indicators and targets (IF ANY)

Progress & comments

PLEASE DISCUSS ANY LESSONS LEARNED FROM SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES.
DISCUSS ACHIEVEMENTS TOWARDS TARGETS AND EVALUATE PROGRESS

Please comment on your achievements in capacity building of local

NGOs, CSOs and/or beneficiaries?
DESCRIBE YOUR SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES, IN ADDITION TO TRAINING, RELATED TO
IMPROVING THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL PARTNERS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
AS WELL AS BENEFICIARIES.
DISCUSS HOW CAPACITIES HAVE CHANGED WHAT EVIDENCE HAVE YOU
OBSERVED AND DOCUMENTED?
Please provide information on how effective your risk management
was, and what kind of foreseen risks actually occurred?
DO YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR RISK MATRIX? WAS IT AS PREDICTIVE AS
EXPECTED AND HOW WELL DID YOUR RISK MANAGEMENT PLANNING DEAL WITH
RISKS THAT OCCURED.
Assess your efforts and results in view of the sustainability of your
outputs and outcomes
HOW WILL THE BENEFITS OF YOUR PROJECT BE SUSTAINED BEYOND THE LIFE OF
THE PROJECT?
Cost- Benefit ratio discussion
PLEASE DISCUSS THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF YOUR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION,
AND PROVIDE SOME ASSESSMENT OF BREAKDOWN OF COSTS PER VILLAGE, OR
HOUSEHOLD, IF POSSIBLE.

4. HIGHLIGHTS AND QUERIES?

a)PLEASE RAISE ANY POINTS HERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, OR YOU THINK
WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR LIFT OR OTHER PARTNERS TO KNOW ABOUT. THIS
COULD INCLUDE THE BIGGER CHANGES HAPPENING NOW WHICH AFFECT THE
CONDUCT OF YOUR PROJECT, OR ANY TRENDS YOU HAVE OBSERVED OVER THE
COURSE OF YOUR PROJECT.

b)THIS TEMPLATE HAS BEEN REFORMATTED IN ORDER TO ENHANCE REPORTING

OF QUALITATIVE DATA AND DISCUSSION OF YOUR LESSONS-LEARNED AND
IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES.
Please rate this format on a scale of 1 to 5 for the following: (5 is the best)
1
Report effectiveness criteria
User-friendly style ease of working

Usefulness to your own analysis

Relevant questions
Space for discussions of qualitative data

PREPARED BY

Name
Title
Organization

Signature

ANNEXES
Audit Management Plan
Success Stories
Case Studies
Photos/maps/graphics
Please also include any publications, evaluations, documents (if not
done already in annual report). Include any leaflets, brochures and
booklets distributed to beneficiaries. Please list these here and we may
ask you to send hard or soft copes later.