Measuring Impact: Introduction to the SROI framework
Course description
Many organisations - including charities and social enterpises - have a purpose beyond making a profit. For these organisations, there is an increasing demand to apply the same principles and rigour to the reporting of their social and environmental impact as they apply to financial measures.
This is where the Social Return On Investment framework can support and enable stakeholders to better understand and maximise their impact on child labour in agriculture.
This introductory module discusses why we measure our impact, the developments that have underpinned progress on impact reporting and the importance of measuring impact in the context of child labour in agriculture supply chains.
Learning objectives
After completing this course, participants should be able to:
- Understand the importance of measuring impact in the context of child labour in agricultural supply chains as well as key concepts in the practice of impact measurement.
- Outline the Social Return On Investment framework, including the principles that underpin it, and the steps required in an SROI analysis.
- Understand how the results of an SROI analysis can be interpreted, and the resources available to support your SROI journey.
Certification
Participants will receive a certificate of completion upon passing a final assessment after completing the course. To pass the course assessment, a grade of at least 70% is required. Please click on the "Get your certificate" button to access the test.
Audience
The course will contribute to the capacity development of actors who work to eliminate child labour in supply chains and need to know more about measuring their impact. These include:
- Privates companies
- Governments representatives
- People with monitoring and evaluation remits
- Smallholder farmers, unions and farmers' associations
- Child protection committes and other community-based organisations that work towards child protection and welfare
- International and non-governmental organisations, civil society organisation and advocacy groups that work towards child protection, social justice and labour rights,
- Researchers and academics who are interested in child labour and child protection issues in smallholder agriculture.
Course structure
30
30 Minutes
Instructions
Welcome
Objectives
Objectives
Challenges with Traditional Measurement
Outputs & Outcomes
Subjective Measurement
Monetary Values
About the SROI Framework
Check Your Understanding
Objectives
About the SROI Framework
Principles of SROI
The SROI Process
Placing a Monetary Value on Outcomes
Using QALYs & DALYs
SROI Calcutations
SROI Example (1)
SROI Example (2)
The Result
Check Your Understanding
Objectives
Interpreting the Result
Managing Impact
ECLT Case Study
Resources
Check Your Understanding
Summary
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Our workbooks serve as practical, visual companions to our course
content, transforming passive learning into active engagement.
They provide structured activities and reflection opportunities that help learners apply theoretical knowledge to real-world situations, reinforcing key concepts through hands-on practice.
Acting as lasting reference materials and documentation of the learning journey, our workbooks enable stakeholders to translate their understanding of child labour issues into concrete, actionable steps that can be implemented in their specific contexts.
