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Bin Qutab Foundation

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

Measuring Progress. Strengthening Accountability. Improving Our Work.

BQF is committed to understanding not only what it delivers, but whether its work is accessible, responsible, effective and capable of creating lasting value.

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Our Approach

From Resources to Long-Term Contribution

Outputs must not automatically be described as outcomes, and outcomes must not be presented as long-term impact without appropriate evidence.

Inputs

What a Programme Requires

People, facilities, finances, equipment, partnerships and systems.

Activities

What Is Delivered

Services and actions carried out through the programme.

Outputs

Immediate Products

Countable results produced directly by activities.

Outcomes

Documented Change

Changes in access, knowledge, behaviour, capability or health.

Impact

Long-Term Contribution

Broader value for individuals, institutions and communities.

What We Monitor

Programme-Specific Evidence

Healthcare

Care, Safety and Follow-Up

Patients, consultations, admissions, procedures, dialysis, maternal care, welfare, referrals, safety and satisfaction.

Education

Learning and Progression

Enrolment, attendance, completion, assessment, training, assistance, progression and feedback.

Preventive Health

Pathways Beyond Screening

Awareness, unique people, encounters, risks, referrals, diagnoses, treatment pathways and follow-up.

Livelihoods

Only After Operations Begin

Applications, approved financing, enterprise, income, repayment, protection and satisfaction—once verified records exist.

Livelihood reporting: No livelihood results should be published before the microfinance programme becomes operational and verifiable records exist.
Unique People

Different Individuals Served

Each person is counted once during a defined period, subject to the indicator definition and de-duplication method.

Service Encounters

Total Interactions

Visits, consultations, sessions, procedures or other interactions are counted individually.

One dialysis patient may receive several sessions. The patient counts once as a unique person, while each verified session may count as a service encounter.
Data Quality

Information People Can Trust

Complete

Required Records

Necessary fields and activities are captured.

Accurate

Correct Information

Figures reflect source records.

Consistent

Stable Definitions

Indicators are measured comparably.

Timely

Current Reporting

Information is available when required.

Traceable

Source Evidence

Claims can be linked to records.

Protected

Controlled Access

Information is safeguarded and reviewed.

Reporting and Review

A Regular Cycle of Oversight

Routine and Monthly

Departmental monitoring and operational review.

Quarterly

Performance, resource and risk review.

Annual

Institutional assessment and public reporting.

Governance

Management and Board oversight.

Independent Review

External evaluation or assurance where appropriate.

Privacy and Confidentiality

Aggregated and De-Identified by Default

Identifiable personal, medical or educational information, photographs and stories must not be published without lawful authority, appropriate consent and institutional approval.

Accountability for Claims

Withhold What Cannot Be Verified

Before release, BQF should confirm what and who was counted, the period, source record, de-duplication, internal review and any material limitations.