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Enactus Project Needs Assessment

ENACTUS PROJECT NEEDS ASSESSMENT

One crucial aspect of the project planning process is a needs assessment. By meeting with the people you want to empower with

your Enactus project, your team will obtain a better understanding of the economic, social and environmental factors at play in

their livelihoods. This understanding leads to sustainable, successful projects that more effectively improve livelihoods.

Additionally, conducting the needs assessment in cooperation with the people you will be working with empowers those

individuals by giving them a voice and a stake in their own outcome. Your team develops their capacity to see opportunities to

transform their own lives and the lives of others.

The basic steps involved in conducting a needs assessment are as follows:

Determine the people you want to empower with your project

Develop a plan for assessing the needs and desired outcomes of those individuals

Conduct the assessment in conjunction with the people your project will empower

Analyze the results

It is important to include key individuals in the needs assessment project. These key individuals will vary from project to project

and from community to community, but some examples include: those experiencing the needs your project addresses,

community leaders and activists, people whose jobs or lives could be affected by the project, businesses involved in the project,

health and human service providers who may be knowledgeable about the community.

Project Title:

Start Date:

Projected End Date:

Person or people you are working with:

People involved in filling out the needs assessment:

Economic, Social and Environmental Factors

Consider the economic factors affecting the people you are working with:

What sort of economic trends are occurring? Consider seasonality of prices, production and employment opportunities.

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What are the industries or major sources of employment in the area?

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What is the average income of the people you are working with? How does this compare to others in the area?

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What is the unemployment rate of the target audience? What is the major cause of this unemployment?

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What other economic factors are applicable?

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! Unemployment

! Seasonal Employment

!Poverty

! Lack of job opportunities

! Poor business growth

! Other (Specify below)

Notes:

‹ ‹ Enactus Team Handbook

Academic Year Ending 2015

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Project Assessment