I want to measure societal impacts of my initiative…
...by assessing capacity building and education

Capacity building 

Changes in individual and organizational capacity for participation 

Society

Quantitative & qualitative

Primary and Secondary data

Primary: Project partners, participants

Secondary: Project documentation; social media

Yes, ex ante and ex post

Absolute values & nominal

Project

Context, process, output

Interviews with partners/facilitators; participant surveys/questionnaires; participant observations, Review of project documentations such as events diary (journals) filled in by organizers of events; Participant satisfaction questionnaires filled in by participants attending the event; social media analytics

Fields for information in events diaries for each event: Partner name; Name of event; Brief description (in particular for non-DoA described events);

Status (planned / completed / cancelled); Start day, month, year; Event type; Audience number; Percentage female; Work package; Name of partner organization and facilitator person; Participant age bracket; URL 1, 2 and 3; Total amount funding used; Event postcode, town; Duration of the event; Event ID; Reporting period; and Phase (for which the event was planned)

Primary data collection items not specified

Process indicators:

• # of facilitators / science communicators
• Current experience & training opportunities for facilitators

Outcome indicators:

• # of collaborations & types
• # & type of participant-initiated/led activities
• # & types of skills developed by participants & facilitators
• Costs of (increased) organizational capacity

Perception indicators:

• Understanding of science & technology
• Attitude towards science & technology
• Attitude towards their own abilities

Low

Moderately resource demanding

The suggested perception indictors should be considered as process indicators. The suggested outcomes indicators should be considered as outputs.

DITOs Consortium (2016)