Staff Trained on Community Engagement and Participation

This indicator shows the proportion of project staff trained in the principles and practice of community engagement and participation. It should always be complemented by an indicator assessing their understanding of community engagement and participation measures.

Determine the indicator's value by using the following methodology:

1) Define who can be considered as ‘project staff’ for the purpose of this indicator. It is recommended that you involve everyone who is expected to follow the community engagement and participation measures that the project has in place, including the staff of partner organizations, relevant volunteers, consultants, and contractors.

2) To determine the indicator’s value:

   - count the total number of project staff, using the criteria defined in point 1

   - count the number of project staff trained on the principles and practice of community engagement and participation

   - divide the number of project staff trained by the total number of project staff

   - multiple the result by 100 to convert it to a percentage

Disaggregate the data by gender and position.

1) It is important to recognize the limitations of this indicator. While this shows the extent to which an organization ensures that relevant staff is trained, it does not show whether they understand what they should do to mainstream community engagement and participation, or how to do it. To gain such data, use the indicator Staff Understanding of Community Engagement and Participation.