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38 indicators using simple visioning tools, to see how the project is meeting the aspirations of the women (see Figure 3 below). Procedure for Developing Project Visions Step 1: Start by asking people how they want things to be in the future individually or in groups. The future time for which dreams are to be discussed will need to clarified beforehand, but a period of two to five years is good enough for dreams to be realised but also to be more than simply dealing with immediacy survival (IFAD, 2002). There are two ways of asking people to describe their ideal future: (i) Personal reflection of about 15 minutes, (ii) Sharing in subgroups or directly in plenary sessions until a single common future is created from the individual reflection (90 minutes). There is often one guiding question in either personal or group reflection of a shared vision of the future: “What are the characteristics of the ideal situation we wish to achieve in here in 7 years?” Or ask stakeholders to complete the following sentence; “I know that my vision for this situation has been achieved when I see…” Step 2: Dreams can be written down or presented with symbols. Make your dreams specific with clear but realistic time frame for achievement. Step 3: Once articulated, the dreams can become indicators that will be monitored as they are being realised, are changing or becoming more elusive. Step 4: Conduct a strength, weakness, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis in order to determine the likelihood of the dreams being realised given the identified weakness and threats. After the SWOT has been exhaustively identified, action points must be listed and turned into sub-activities that can propel attainment of project outcomes e.g. link with NGOs for possible assistance in women empowerment programmes. Figure 3: Project visioning Sketch - Source Noponen, (1997)