This document is intended to provide guidance for people applying to and receiving funding through the large grants funding facility of the HIF. The paper aims to: i. Outline what ‘performance’ means in the context of a HIF grant ii. Provide a set of suggested questions that will help grantees to develop their monitoring, evaluation and learning plans iii. Set out some general principles to consider while collecting and analysing information to assess the performance of an innovation This document is not a technical ‘how to’ guide for evaluating innovation: it does not specify tools or required processes for applicants. If guidelines for a step-by-step monitoring and evaluation process are needed, Action Against Hunger (ACF International) have written a guide (ACF 2011).
