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Summary:

This paper presents the methodology and results of action research by the Nepal Australia Community Resource Management Project to support user groups in acquiring skills to implement systematic,objective-driven self-monitoring, and subsequently to institute a self-monitoring system. Under the methodology, NGOs facilitate Forest User Groups and Community Development Groups to identify important areas to be monitored. These areas may be activity, effect and/or impact oriented. For each area a number of key indicators and a scoring mechanism are identified, and decisions are made about who monitors how and when.The methodology was introduced in 19 groups in the NACRMP test sites. Results show that in most groups self-monitoring was undertaken at 3 to 6 month intervals and most groups placed greatest emphasis on activity monitoring. NGOs phased out their work in December 2001 and future field verification is needed to determine whether self-monitoring is a sustainable activity. Further thought is needed to identify a mechanism to promote effect and impact monitoring by groups.