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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)
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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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