Monitoring & Evaluation

Monitoring and evaluation is about collecting, storing, analyzing and finally transforming data into strategic information so it can be used to make informed decisions for program management and improvement, policy formulation, and advocacy. This course is designed for project implementers, M&E specialists, researchers.

Course Curriculum

Model 1: Introduction to Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)- I
• Fundamentals of M&E
• M&E Approaches: outputs, outcomes and impact

Model 1: Introduction to Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)- II
• Align M&E to project design
• Needs and roles of M&E stakeholder

Model 2: M&E Results Framework
• Develop clear models
• Work with and beyond log frames

Model 3: Designing M&E Frameworks
• Criteria for setting KPIs
• Design project indicators
• Identify means of verification

Model 4: Data Collection Techniques
• Qualitative and quantitative methods/instruments
• Data quality assurance, organization and analysis
• Create benchmark, evaluation and impact analysis

Model 5: M&E Structure and Plan
• Prepare M&E plan
• M&E structure
• Learning synthesis

Model 6: Incorporating and Applying Key M&E Practices
• Implementing data gathering apparatus
• Using appropriate tools to data collection

Model 7: Theory of Change
• Create a theory of change from the data collected
• Align theory of change with M&E

Day 8: Information for Decision-making
• Review monitoring data
• Use M&E information and evidence for decision-making.