Monitoring and Evaluation for Development Results

Course title: Monitoring and Evaluation for Development Results

Dates and registration links:

13/02/2023 to24/02/2023: https://bit.ly/3W4g702     

05/06/2023 to 16/06/2023: https://bit.ly/3W9EARk  

14/08/2023 to 25/08/2023: https://bit.ly/3YbBtKJ    

13/11/2023 to 24/11/2023: https://bit.ly/3UFHgFq

INTRODUCTION

This course brings learning into practice and enables you to understand the importance of using information and knowledge for evidence-based strategic decision making. M&E for Results is for managers and monitoring and evaluation officers who need to supervise, manage, plan and implement M&E in their projects and programmers. No prior knowledge of M&E is necessary.

DURATION

10 Days

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Through a mix of practical activities, theory and examples of effective practice you will learn how to:

• Decide what and how to monitor with different stakeholders
• Clarify key results at the programmer-level using logic models
• Plan a project using the logical framework
• Develop indicators and targets
• Use participatory methods for data collection and analysis
• Combine qualitative and quantitative approaches to gather and interpret data
• Design and manage evaluation
• Use your M&E findings to stimulate learning, improvement and stakeholder buy-in
• Develop and work with a practical M&E system.

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1

Principles of M&E for Results: The changing role and practice of M&E

• M&E fundamentals
• Results approaches: outputs, outcomes and impact
• Relate M&E to your programmer and project cycle
• Identify stakeholders and their differing needs and roles.

Module 2

Results framework

• Develop logic models
• Work with and beyond log frames.

Module 3

Developing M&E frameworks

• Criteria for indicators
• Develop project indicators
• Identify means of verification.

Module 4

Gathering data/information

• Quantitative and qualitative approaches and instruments
• Data organization, quality assurance and analysis
• Design baseline, evaluation and impact studies

Module 5

M&E system and plan

• Prepare M&E plan
• M&E system

Module 6

Embedding key M&E practices and applying these to a local organization

• Practice data gathering tools
• Use different tools to gather data in live context
• Field work reflection.

Module 7

Theory of Change

• Develop a theory of change from the live data gathered during fieldwork
• Relate theory of change thinking to M&E.

Module 8

Information for decision-making

• Review monitoring data
• Use M&E information and evidence for decision-making.

Module 9

Fostering a learning culture

• Identify ways to foster a learning culture
• Become m&e change agents and champions
• Coaching and preparation for participant presentations.

Module 10

Using what you have learnt

• Participant presentations
• Embedding learning for personal and organizational benefit
• Becoming change agents for M&E.