Clearly define the ultimate beneficiaries in all project documents . A more specific definition of beneficiaries makes participants more tangible and increases the likelihood of successful project design and monitoring. An explicit description of beneficiaries highlights the relevant parties, helps in the design of an appropriate approach and facilitates monitoring. It becomes more obvious if important beneficiaries have been left out and need to be added. Link specific project activities to specific beneficiaries .
Reports often neglect completely the link between activities and recipients.
Project documents frequently define groups of beneficiaries vaguely and with little reference to the specific ways in which they will benefit. Indicating how different groups will benefit differently can highlight the ways in which the project works for specific groups. See beneficiaries as participants, not passive recipients . Projects should be viewed as collaborative activities that bring together the efforts of beneficiaries and outsiders to improve upon the status quo. The biggest obstacle to genuine participation is an approach in which development is seen as a process and the beneficiaries are thought of as objects and not actors.