Decision Mapping Tool - DMAT

The DMAT is a Decision Mapping Tool that can help practitioners to pursue the localisation agenda within international development cooperation. The DMAT enables practitioners to explore and reflect on who is making key decisions across the programme cycle of a given intervention, and how. 

The DMAT has been developed by a small team of researchers and practitioners at King's College London, and was piloted with partners in Kenya, India, Ethiopia and Uganda. These pilots enabled an iterative process of designing and improving the tool, informed by the valuable feedback of participating partners.

The DMAT has subsequently been used by practitioners in a variety of contexts, and has also been subject to peer review. More information on the background of the DMAT is available here. Funding from King's College London and ESRC IAA is gratefully acknowledged.