Individuals Trained: Advisory Services (PI5352)

This metric is intended to capture the number of individuals who received one-on-one advisory services or technical assistance provided by the organization. Advisory services may or may not be restricted to clients of the organization. This metric may apply to organizations operating in microfinance or agriculture, among other sectors, that provide advisory services to clients and other community members.

Examples of advisory services to footnote could include skills training, consulting services (such as process implementation), and staffing.

Advisory services may be fee-based or provided for free.

This metric may help describe the HOW MUCH Scale dimension, which helps estimate the number of the targeted stakeholders experiencing the outcome. For more on the alignment of IRIS metrics to the five dimensions of impact, see IRIS+ and the Five Dimensions of Impact (https://iris.thegiin.org/document/iris-and-the-five-dimensions/). No single metric is sufficient to understand an impact; rather, metrics are selected as a set across all dimensions of impact. When possible, the selection of metrics to measure and describe the five dimensions should be based on best practice and evidence.