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Introduction to the LFAachievement of an objective. At times it might be difficult to identify goodindicators and it might require very specific professional know-how andexperience. 38 Developing meaningful indicators therefore sometimes is betterdone in a smaller working group of professionals. The final decision on whatkind of indicators to use generally evolves around the three factorspreciseness of an indicator and costs and time connected to its retrieval. 39ReaderIndicators: An ExampleDSE• Objective: Pollution load of wastewater discharged into theBlue river is reduced• Select the indicator: Concentration of heavy metalcompounds (Pb, Cd, Hg)• Define the targets:• Define the quantity: Concentration of heay metal compounds (Pb,Cd, Hg) is reduced by 75% compared to year x levels …(particularattention should be paid to the availability of baseline information)• Define the quality: ... to meet the limits for irrigation water ...• Define the target group: ... , used by the farmers of Blue village, ...• Define the place : ... in the Blue river section of the District ...• Determine the time: ... 2 years after the project has started2.3.5. Sources of VerificationSources of verification (SOVs) describe where and in what form to find thenecessary information on the achievement of objectives (indicators).Questions to be clarified when looking for sources of verification for theindicators are:• Do appropriate external sources already exist (e.g. reports,statistics)?SOVs describewhere and inwhat form to findindicators38 An indicator though does not always have to be a “five-dimensional” one, indicatingquantity, quality, timeframe, target group and place as in the example. Sometimes the targetgroup or one or more of the possible dimensions is/ are absolutely clear and obvious and donot have to be stated explicitly.39 For a short introduction to indicators used in the GEF context (two categories: indicators ofimplementation progress and of environmental impact) also see: UNDP, p.10; for a shortoverview of the various types of indicators - from input and output indicators to performanceand structural indicators also see: COMIT, p. 76 (types of indicators are stated and a shortdefinition is given, but no examples).29