This document provides a concise LMA (Labour Market Assessment) Scope and Methodology Template that guides teams to design a clear, well-structured assessment before fieldwork starts. It explains how to define the project scope by documenting program needs, the guiding principles of the assessment, intended objectives and expected outcomes, target geography and selection criteria, and likely constraints/limitations. It then outlines the methodology section by prompting users to specify the tools to be used (such as business surveys, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, value chain mapping, and private-sector mapping), describe the assessment team and stakeholders, summarize preparatory research, clarify data handling and analysis processes, and set a timeline, deliverables, and a dissemination plan so findings are used for actionable programming decisions. 

Table of Contents

Project Scope
1.1 Program Needs
1.2 Key Principles
1.3 Objectives
1.4 Geography and Other Key Selection Criteria
1.5 Constraints and Limitations

2. Methodology
   2.1 Tools

   • Business Surveys

   • Key Informant Interviews (KIIs)

   • Focus Group Discussions (FGDs)

   • Value Chain Mapping

   • Private Sector (PS) Mapping

   • Other Tools (as applicable)
     2.2 Team
     2.3 Stakeholders
     2.4 Research
     2.5 Data Handling and Analysis
     2.6 Timeline
     2.7 Deliverable
     2.8 Dissemination Plan