Qualitative assessment:
1. Unsustainability: local stakeholders have no capacity and endogenous
resources. Zero (0) out of 3 sub-criteria are met then score is 0.
2. Low level of sustainability: local stakeholders have low capacity and
endogenous resources. One (1) out of three sub-criteria are met then the
score is 0,33.
3. Medium level of sustainability: local stakeholders have medium
capacity and endogenous resources. Two (2) out of three sub-criteria are
met then score is 0,66.
4. High level of sustainability: local stakeholders have high capacity
and endogenous resources. All three (3) sub-criteria are met then score
is 1.
For sustainability criterion outcome indicators are identified also as
part of the overall Logical Framework of indicators particularly related
the (adaptive) capacity of communities to sustain the project.
Multiple outcomes
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The second issue is related to the co-benefits (see section 3) or
multiple outcomes and their aggregation. Whenever a specific adaptation
project has multiple objectives and outcomes (and therefore potentially
multiple co-benefits), these should be prioritized already in the
objectives setting of the project and analyzed through the project
theory of change (Figure 3).
Furthermore in order to account for potential multiple outcomes and
aggregate them to one score or index, an aggregating system based on
different weighted scores could be introduced. This system of
aggregation applies only to criteria that may be related to multiple
outcomes such as effectiveness. This system accounts for the
differentiated importance of the expected outcomes. In case the multiple
outcomes have equal importance the weight of each outcome will be the
same which means they will have equal relative importance and
contribution to the final score. In case there is a
1st priority outcome and a 2nd
priority one, then their importance and contribution to the final score
can be differentiated based for example on the 2/1 ratio formula (66,6%
weight to the principle main outcome and 33,3% to the supplementary
one).