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    23/07/2023

    What is “Needs Assessment”?

    • A process of identifying &


    NEEDS ASSESSMENT – Measuring gaps between “what is” and “what
    should be”,
    – Prioritizing the gaps, and
    Anaclet Mutiba. N, PhD.
    – Determining ways of bridging them.
    Consultant, PPM (UMI)
    075 2 484 221

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    Importance of Needs Assessment


    Learning objectives:
    • Provides accurate, reliable, and usable
    • The Concepts of Needs & Needs information that reflect the needs of a
    specific community.
    Assessment
    • Is a key foundation for any project work.
    • The Importance of Needs Assessment • Strengthens community commitment and
    • Major Methods/Approaches to Needs enthusiasm for a project.
    Assessment • It generates data to develop indicators for
    evaluation.
    • Helps to create community ownership in a
    project.
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    Concept Of Needs
    (What are needs)
    Planning for Needs Identification
    “Needs” may be defined as: • This entails clarifying the question:
    • Requirements/Wants/Necessities/Essentials, – Who needs What
    – As defined by Whom
    • Requisites/Prerequisites/Basics
    • “WHO” refers to the needers.
    • Aspirations/wishes/Interests
    • “WHAT” refers to the needs of the target group.
     In Dev’t Context, needs are defined as: i.e. health needs, employment needs.
    discrepancies between “what is” (current set of • “Whom” refers to the definers or p’ple qualified
    circumstances) and “what should be” (desirable set to determine the needs of target groups.
    of circumstances)

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    Needs Assessment Process –Key Stages Prioritizing Needs:


    • This refers to deciding/ ranking/ classifying
    A systematic Needs Assessment Process
    identified needs basing on their importance
    consists of the following steps:
    • NB: It is only logical to prioritize needs and
    1. Identification of Needs determine the most pivotal needs of the
    2. Prioritization of Needs community
    3. Leveling of Needs • Different models can be used to priorities the
    needs; commonly, the Pairwise ranking, cost
    4. Choosing a need to be addressed/Action
    benefit analysis or any criterion can be
    Planning developed on a pass-fail basis
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    Key Needs Identification Techniques Leveling Of Needs:


    • Brainstorming sessions on problem situations
    • This is about reaching a consensus on the
    • Surveys
    • Observations – importance
    • Questionnaires – Criticality/
    • Listening to people: Participating in meetings of – Seriousness/
    community organizations and listening to the – Severity)
    discussions.
    • Community seminars with the participation of • of the needs assessed by all stakeholders.
    community members and formal and informal
    leaders. • Need that can generate the greatest number
    • Obtaining views from organizations of benefits for the greatest majority and for a
    common good= Rules as the guiding principle
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    Identification techniques cont’d Importance of leveling needs (why level)

    • Conducting inquiries from government officers. • Communities, Donor Agencies, & Government
    Organizations) perceive the needs of the target group
    • Interviews – structured and unstructured differently.
    • Requests from the community, petitions, & raised
    community concerns.
    • Donor or government agencies that provide funds for
    • Displaying of posters and initiating discussions on projects have agendas of their own that may differ from
    community needs. the needs of the community
    • Getting the community to listen to a talk by a
    development specialist and initiating a discussion
    on needs • NB: Leveling of needs is essential to promote legitimacy
    and ownership for the project in the community.

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    Choosing a need to be addressed


    • After leveling one pressing need agreeable to
    all stakeholders is selected
    • This then is analysed for project design. This
    analysis is done inform of a Problem Analysis
    and Objective Analysis.

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