Outputs:
What the organisation generates directly through its activities on the short-term – the processes, goods and services that it produces.
For example: Workshops, training manuals, research and assessment reports, guidelines and action plans, strategies, and technical assistance packages, amongst others.
The organisation controls activities and outputs.
Outcomes:
Observable changes in boundary partners – individuals, groups, organisations, institutions – that potentially contribute to the long-term, sustainable improvement in people’s lives or the state of the environment envisioned in the mission of the organisation.
The organisation influences outcomes.
Impact:
Long-term, sustainable changes in the conditions of people and the state of the environment that structurally reduce poverty, improve human well-being and protect and conserve natural resources.
The organisation contributes indirectly to impact.
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