The intervention cycle at SMC
An intervention passes through a series of different phases. Different organisations use
different words for these phases, but most organisations follow the same broad phases.
Planning
Implementation
Monitoring
Evaluation
Reporting / Closure
It is a cycle because the phases lead into each other and often must be repeated during
the intervention. In development work, the people we seek to serve must be fully involved
and participate in all the different steps of the intervention cycle. Marginalized and vulnerable
groups are extra important to involve in the different steps.
