Welcome to Theory of Change (TOC) Development

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Is this course for me?
This course is designed to support implementers working on resilience and food security projects who want to develop robust theories of change (TOCs) for effective adaptive management. While the course follows latest guidance from the United States Agency for International Development's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA), it has broad applications for implementers working on other donor-funded projects. 

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How will I benefit from this course?

After completing this course, learners can expect to understand how to build a concrete evidence-base, use the problem analysis to develop logical TOC pathways of change and intervention outputs, prioritize what the project will address and how, as well as review and refine the TOC. 
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How long will it take?
 This course should take you around 6–8 hours to complete.

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How much does it cost?
 This course is free!

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Will I get a certificate at the end?
 Yes - you will be able to download a certificate once you have have completed all of the modules within the course.

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 Scroll to the top of the page and click on the     I agree -  Join course       button. This will take you through to the course content. You don't need to complete the course in one go - you can always continue later from where you left off.

Disclaimer

This e-course was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of the Implementer-Led Design, Evidence, Analysis, and Learning (IDEAL) activity and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the U.S. Government.

IDEAL is funded by USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), which contributes to the U.S. Government's goal of improving food and nutrition security among the world's most vulnerable households and communities. IDEAL strengthens the capacity of the food security community to deliver emergency and non-emergency food security activities that achieve results.


Data Protection and Consent


This course was created and is administered by the IDEAL activity. By joining this course, you are consenting to Save the Children International, USAID and IDEAL activity partners being given access to your Kaya profile information, including your name and email address, so that they can provide the course. This may require them to contact you. Your data will be anonymized before it is used for any analysis or reporting purposes. If you have any questions about this, please email info@fsnnetwork.org.