The decisions discussed in this tab—about the population to be covered, the mix of strategies and models to use, the administering institution, and the activities to carry out—will allow project developers to define the outputs that are expected to result from the project and that the executor is expected to deliver. These outputs should enable the project to meet its broader purposes and goal.

Assume that the goal of a project is to improve the physical, social, psychological, and intellectual development of children in the period before they enter primary school. And assume that two main strategies are chosen to achieve that goal: providing parental education in a home visiting program with the purpose of changing parents' child rearing practices, and establishing centers with the purpose of providing quality care and education for young children. Examples of possible activities and outputs for each of these strategies follow.

Example 1. Parental education through home visiting

Outputs Indicators 1. Enrollment of participants. 1. X number of low-income participants enrolled over x period. 2. Trained home visitors and supervisors. 2. X number of visitors and supervisors certain knowledge, skills, and attitudes. 3. Materials developed and distributed. 3. X number of home visits a month over x period. Supervision of x sessions. 4. Home visits during which parental training is carried out. 4. Parental guides developed and distributed to x families. Visitor manuals developed and distributed to x home visitors. 5. System of monitoring and evaluation. 5. Information collected and analyzed.

Activities Promote program and select participants. Choose and train home visitors. Make home visits. Supervise home visits. Develop and distribute materials. Establish system of monitoring and evaluation.

Example 2. Child care in integrated child care centers

Outputs	Indicators
1. Targeted participants enrolled.	1. X number of children enrolled over x period.
2. Trained caregivers and supervisors.	2. X number of caregivers and supervisors with desired knowledge, skills, and attitudes trained over x period.
3. Centers in place.	3. X number of centers constructed and equipped during x period.
4. Materials developed.	4. Caregiver guides developed and distributed to x families.
5. System of administration, monitoring, and evaluation.	5. Information collected and analyzed.

Activities Promote program and select participants. Choose and train caregivers and supervisors. Construct and equip centers. Develop and distribute materials. Establish system of monitoring and evaluation.

These examples could be elaborated further. For example, the center-based child care project might need an activity for training the project administrators and strengthening their institution. A parental education component could also be added to the project, or an activity to foster community participation, such as forming a children's committee in each community. Decisions about which activities and components to include will depend on the context (external conditions), the definition of the problem, and the available resources (funds, people, locally validated technologies, institutional experience). The decisions will also be affected by a set of cross-cutting issues, discussed in tab 4.