ABSTRACT
How do we know that a strategy for sustainable development has been successful, or is on the right path? Not only do strategies have multiple objectives, but also strategy activities will change over time and so will social, economic and environmental conditions. This presents a considerable challenge for monitoring and evaluation, but one that must be met, since the whole point of a strategic approach is to learn and adapt. The central monitoring and evaluation requirement is, therefore, to track systematically the key variables and processes over time and space and see how they change as a result of strategy activities (Spellerberg 1991). To do this requires:
Four monitoring tasks to keep an NSDS is on the right track
measuring and analysing sustainability;
monitoring implementation of the strategy;
evaluating the results of the strategy;
reporting and dissemination of the above findings.
