This webpage from Keystone Accountability outlines the six major reasons that social organizations monitor, assess and report their performance and results.
The reasons identified include:
- To improve projects
- To build capacity and promote civic engagement
- To demonstrate results and social return on investment
- To inform strategy
- To sustain legitimacy across stakeholders
- To inform society
Sources
Keystone Accountability (n.d.). Purposes of Assessment. KeystoneAccountability. Retrieved June 26, 2012, from https://web.archive.org/web/20120616015325/http://www.keystoneaccountability.org/analysis/purposes (archived link)
Related links
'Purposes of assessment - Keystone guide' is referenced in:
Framework/Guide
- Rainbow Framework :