Video highlights from the Measuring What Matters convening in Bali

What will it take to build new systems that measure what matters? In July 2024, the GFCF convened 22 participants from 17 countries in Bali, Indonesia to discuss this question. Co-hosted by Indonesia for Humanity  – who has been developing its own unique approach to learning and evaluation, Pemakna – the convening offered space for participants from around the world to share pioneering measurement methods that address the critical need for metrics that reflect community-defined success. The following videos offer some highlights!

Filmed by Michael Vincent Mercado of the Center for Disaster Preparedness in the Philippines, this video features perspectives from practitioners in Indonesia, Kenya and the Asia and Pacific region more broadly. They discuss subjectivity vs. objectivity in monitoring and evaluation, why it’s time to shift power in measuring to communities themselves, and how meeting differently can build new forms of support and trust amongst practitioners.

Also from Michael Vincent Mercado, in this video Daniela Cevallos of Ecuador’s Fondo Ñeque addresses why it’s time to join forces, rather than compete with each other. And why “Useful to whom?” should be the central question when approaching monitoring and evaluation.

How we meet and engage with each other matters. On one evening during the convening, participants rolled up their sleeves and prepared a meal together.