Measuring Systems Change in WASH Programming

This report provides a guide to the practical application of two tools to effectively monitor systems change in WASH programming. The USAID-funded Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership built a complexity-aware monitoring approach to measure changes in local WASH systems as part of its performance management framework that includes outcome mapping and sustainability scorecards. Outcome mapping tracks progress in influencing the behaviors and actions of direct partners on the project; Sustainability scorecards measure the status of financial, institutional, environmental, technological, and social components of the system that are expected to influence sustainability.