RAPID Outcome Mapping Approach (ROMA)

To handle complex projects in which the environment within policies are made, are also tangled, project managers cannot just roll out a plan and measure predefined indicators. ROMA, born from these situations, is an approach to develop policy engagement processes to influence change.

It comprises a suite of tools that can be used to improve how organizations and companies diagnose the problem, understand the types of impact their work could have on policy-making, set realistic objectives for policy influence, develop a plan to achieve those objectives, monitor and learn from the progress they are making and reflect this learning back into their work. In other words, it will help to unpack complex problems, analyze stakeholder influence and understand pathways of impact in conditions of uncertainty.

(by policy we understand: a set of decisions that give rise to specific proposals for action. These decisions can vary from legislation to setting standards, allocating resources between organizations, changing the levels of subsidies or taxes)

Concepts

Outcome Mapping

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RAPID

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Method

is also scalable: it can be applied to a small intervention, such as the promotion of research findings during an international event, or to a large multi-year programme or campaign to bring about changes in a particular sector. major factors influencing (CEL, explain)

ROMA consists of three main activities, each of which is broken down into a series of steps.