Executive summary: The Mission Motor’s pilot intervention to train and support animal and vegan advocacy organizations in Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) has revealed key lessons about the state of MEL in the animal movement, operational insights, and opportunities to advance evidence-based work in the animal cause area.
Key points:
Interest in and perceived need for MEL exists in the animal cause area, but MEL is often seen as complex and specialized support is limited.
Most animal and vegan advocacy charities lack the capacity to fully engage with MEL. The Mission Motor no longer strives to implement complete MEL systems for all participants and instead focuses on incremental steps and gathering key data.
MEL tools from other cause areas are useful for the animal cause area, but there are cause-area-specific challenges such as small sample sizes and limited evidence base.
Funders can drive increased evidence-based work by funding MEL, requiring suitable MEL, and embracing a learning attitude.
The Mission Motor has deprioritized its cohort model and will focus on supporting “bandwagon interventions” to amplify impact. Using the right MEL tools at the right time is crucial for success.
To advance MEL in the animal cause area, individuals can explore MEL for their charity, join the MEL Slack channel, donate or volunteer with research organizations, or work/volunteer with The Mission Motor.
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Executive summary: The Mission Motor’s pilot intervention to train and support animal and vegan advocacy organizations in Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) has revealed key lessons about the state of MEL in the animal movement, operational insights, and opportunities to advance evidence-based work in the animal cause area.
Key points:
Interest in and perceived need for MEL exists in the animal cause area, but MEL is often seen as complex and specialized support is limited.
Most animal and vegan advocacy charities lack the capacity to fully engage with MEL. The Mission Motor no longer strives to implement complete MEL systems for all participants and instead focuses on incremental steps and gathering key data.
MEL tools from other cause areas are useful for the animal cause area, but there are cause-area-specific challenges such as small sample sizes and limited evidence base.
Funders can drive increased evidence-based work by funding MEL, requiring suitable MEL, and embracing a learning attitude.
The Mission Motor has deprioritized its cohort model and will focus on supporting “bandwagon interventions” to amplify impact. Using the right MEL tools at the right time is crucial for success.
To advance MEL in the animal cause area, individuals can explore MEL for their charity, join the MEL Slack channel, donate or volunteer with research organizations, or work/volunteer with The Mission Motor.
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