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17.5 MonitoringwithOutcomeHarvesting:Key-Findings andOutcomes8 The findings are here presented around the twomainDrought NLTA component tracks.Most of the time, the outcomes are strongly influencing each other and are contributing to both of the higher level goals designed for each of the program’s tracks.Thewords in italic are themilestonesdesigned in theRF for eachgroupof partners. The numbers (1–11) at the end of each outcomedescription relate to the mappingof the outcomes (Fig. 17.4, item17.5.3., below). This approach does not pay particular attention to outputs and activities, con- sidered as means to achieve the sustainable changes, or outcomes. Rather, the outputs and activities arementioned as evidence that theWBor the partners have contributed to these outcomes. 17.5.1 NationalDroughtPolicyTrack:KeyFindings • Advances in the dialogue towards a drought policy at the national level hap- pened through thepromotion, by theMI, of a series of regional seminars in the Northeast between April andMay, 2014, to discuss policies for living/coping within the semi-arid region (1). These discussions included the endorsement of the DM and DPPs in the final recommendations of the discussion process, included inadocument released inSeptember, 1st, 2014, anddelivereddirectly toMI. (5) • A concretemeasure to supporting and leveraging regionally-led drought pre- paredness initiatives and a step towards the institutionalization of a paradigm shift was a Technical Cooperation Agreement (MoU) signed in Brası´lia in 8Throughout the design and implementation of the PM&E approach, more than 43 interviews (formal and informal) and questionnaires were applied with key-stakeholder representatives andDroughtNLTATeammembers between January2014and January2015. Other data collection methods used were review of documents and notes; observation of internal and external meetings and workshops; and on-line and press media information collected from March 2014 to January 2015, using Google Alert tool, and as sent to theConsultant by stakeholders and teammembers. The sampling criteria adopted on the three phases of theM&Ework developed so far were purposeful sampling that could cover a wide range of institutions in different states of the Northeast, at the same time that it considered stakeholders involved in the program indifferent levels and in bothNational (drought policy) andRegional tracks. While in theRFdesignandthemid-termmonitoringreport therewasnospecificconcernabout gender balance in the sampling, a more equal approach was adopted for the third cycle of interviews, when it was specifically requested that at least onewoman should be represented in thegroupsofstakeholders tobe interviewed(alongwith theothermentionedselectioncriteria). Data were organized and analyzed through content analysis, identifying emerging patterns and triangulating to probefindings. 17 Drought PreparednessPolicies andClimateChangeAdaptation andResilience. . . 317