Impact Assessment refers both to the longer term, post-intervention, direct effects on the children and their families as a result of direct action. It also refers to the longer, indirect effect resulting from institutional capacity building, policy development and awareness raising.
IPEC is working on and Impact Assessment Framework that will identify and outline the different approaches to impact assessment of child labour interventions. It will provide the basis for deciding on a suitable approach within a given context.
Detailed guidelines on individual methodologies and approaches will be developed for use by IPEC and its partners.
Part of the impact assessment methodology will include tracking systems for measuring current and future effects and tracer studies for measuring past interventions (retrospective look)