Some tips for building commitment and improving integration of monitoring across your organisation are:
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Capture the imagination of councillors, managers and colleagues - don't blind them with science but show them how monitoring can help them in practical ways.
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Start by focusing on some key priorities where the need for better information is recognised by the decision-makers, and build up from this as resources become available.
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Find partners within the organisation to work with you (for example field officers who can collect information, planners who will use it, information systems and communications staff).
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Make opportunities to get feedback on monitoring priorities and the monitoring process from staff who work with the issues.
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Provide early feedback on monitoring results and allow opportunity to discuss these.
