One day: 22nd July (Perth) $500

Program logic is a simplified model of expected cause-and-effect relationships between activities, immediate changes, intermediate outcomes and final outcomes. Often represented as a diagram, a program logic model shows a series of expected consequences, not just a sequence of events. Articulating a program logic often requires ‘backward mapping’. That is, we start with the intended outcomes and map downwards to think through what would be the essential preconditions needed to achieve this outcome. Eventually we map down to consider specific activities. When models are developed in a participatory manner they often help groups to come to consensus about realistic way of achieving valued outcomes.

Program logic is best seen as a thinking tool that helps teams to consider how outcomes can best be achieved, articulate a clear narrative for the choice of interventions, and later to help monitor, evaluate and report on progress.
This workshop introduces the program logic concept and lays out a step by step process for creating a logic model. The workshop concludes with an overview of how this logic model can be used for program design and to be the spine of a monitoring, evaluation, reporting and improvement framework.