Download or read book Measuring the performance and impact of community indicators systems written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hence, the purpose of this paper is twofold: (1) to disseminate our findings on the KPIs currently in use among a sample of CISs; and (2) to stimulate discussion and subsequent research on existing M&E systems in use by CISs and on the value of evaluation and KPIs for the growing number of CISs around the world. [...] IISD REPORT JUNE 2012© 2012 The International Institute for Sustainable Development Measuring the Performance and Impact of Community Indicators Systems: Insights on frameworks and examples of key performance indicators 2 Introduction The inadequacy of GDP per capita as the predominant measure of progress and well-being has become increasingly recognized over the last two decades among policy-make [...] The purpose of this paper is hence twofold: (1) to disseminate our findings on the KPIs currently in use among a sample of CISs; and (2) to stimulate discussion and subsequent research on existing M&E systems in use by CISs and on the value of evaluation and KPIs for the growing number of CISs around the world. [...] For the majority of CISs (including Peg), the intended impact is to build the knowledge and capacity of the community to work together to achieve and sustain the well-being of current and future generations by providing open access to accurate, un-biased, and comprehensive data and information on well-being in the community. [...] IISD REPORT JUNE 2012© 2012 The International Institute for Sustainable Development Measuring the Performance and Impact of Community Indicators Systems: Insights on frameworks and examples of key performance indicators 5 First, KPIs help to frame evaluation questions as specifically and objectively as possible and facilitate the identification of appropriate data collection methods.