Livestock Emergency Guidelines Standards

13 THE LEGS PROJECT GOAL AND STRATEGY The ultimate aim of LEGS is to ‘improve the quality and livelihoods impact of livestock-related projects in humanitarian crises’, while the goal is that ‘LEGS guidelines and suppor t services are used globally to ensure high standards of livestock-based emergency response, with benefits to both people and animals’. As its strategy to work towards this goal, the LEGS Project has identified two impact areas, based on the results and indicators shown in Table 1. Results Indicators Result 1, Organizational impact: Key global organizations normalize the use of LEGS as the reference point for the design, implementation and evaluation of livestock projects in humanitarian crises 1.1 LEGS is incorporated/used as a reference point in the policies and procedures of key organizations 1.2 Key organizations suppor t awareness raising and training of their staff 1.3 Key organizations evaluate their livestock projects using LEGS as a reference point 1.4 Key organizations provide feedback to and engage with LEGS Result 2, Livelihoods impact: Livestock emergency interventions have a positive impact on the livelihoods of livestock keepers 2.1 Livestock assets are protected during and following humanitarian crises 2.2 Food and income are derived from livestock during and following humanitarian crises Table 1: Impacts of LEGS Project work