Can INFFER assess projects that are not focused on specific assets (e.g. capacity building, information collection, monitoring)?
The current INFFER process is strongly asset-based. It can readily assess projects in which capacity building is used as a strategy to protect or enhance specific assets, but it is not suitable for projects that focus on untargeted capacity building. INFFER helps to highlight which information is needed to make good decisions about an asset and it helps to identify key information gaps. It is quite possible to include information collection as an element with a project that is focused on a particular asset. However, INFFER is not suitable for assessing an information or research project that is not focused on a particular asset. INFFER helps to define projects in a way that greatly facilitates monitoring and evaluation focused on those projects. As with information, monitoring and evaluation activities can be included within a project that is focused on a particular asset. However, INFFER would not be suitable to evaluate a project that consists solely of monitoring and evaluation acti
