Mobile Survey Tool for USAID OTI

Country: Afghanistan
Location within country: Kabul
Name of Client: RSI Consulting

Contract Value: 50000 USD
Start date: March 2014
Completion date: December 2015

Narrative description of Project:

Project Summary:

Beyondsolutions developed a native Android mobile application for RSI Consulting to streamline the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) projects in Afghanistan.

Project Objectives:

  • Enhance data collection efficiency for OTI project evaluations
  • Improve data quality and accuracy

Key Functionalities:

  • Offline and Online Data Collection: The application facilitates data collection in remote locations with limited internet connectivity, ensuring data capture even without an online connection. Data synchronization occurs when internet access becomes available.
  • Multimedia M&E Tools: The app offers a comprehensive suite of M&E tools for data collection, including text fields, drop-down menus, and options for capturing photos, audio recordings, and videos, providing a richer evaluation experience.
  • Automatic Geo-tagging and Time-stamping: All collected data is automatically tagged with GPS coordinates and a date/time stamp, ensuring data accuracy and facilitating location-based analysis.

Project Impact:

The mobile app developed by Beyondsolutions empowered evaluators with a robust and versatile data collection tool. This led to improved data quality and efficiency in monitoring OTI projects throughout Afghanistan.