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The monitoring and evaluation system created excitement among civil society organizations about measuring progress. The monitoring and evaluation system that the project developed for tracking project outcomes was highly unusual in its scope and in the way it engaged civil society organizations to participate in data collection activities. This free, accessible monitoring system included specific Genially dashboards that allowed the civil society organizations to see the data and to measure the extent of strengthened capacities of their organizations. It took two years to co-create the civil society organizations’ monitoring and evaluation systems and train the civil society organizations and project staff on their use .Their commitment to project activities and outcomes grew, as did their desire to keep using independent systems based on the same Google platform. In the last phases of the project, project staff evolved into the role of coaches, providing follow-up as the solidarity networks developed their own monitoring and evaluation systems.