Purpose
This program provides participants with project management, monitoring, and evaluation skills while introducing fundamental concepts and procedures in the management, monitoring, and assessment of international development projects. The training combines the development of data gathering and analytical skills with planning and management principles.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course participants will be able to:
- Recognize the ideas behind monitoring and evaluation
- Designing M&E frameworks and systems
- Monitoring and evaluation planning and execution
- Identify pertinent metrics and information required for evaluation.
- Establishing reasonable expectations for results based on suitable analysis
- Utilizing the right indicators to track progress toward results and the usage of resources
DURATION: 10 Days.
Target Audience
Project management professionals, government employees, department heads, and program managers, as well as decision-makers and program implementers, development practitioners and activists, NGO and CSO members, university researchers, and others, are among the target audiences for this course.
Course Content
TOPIC 1: Monitoring and Evaluation Basic Concepts
A description of M&E
M&E and the cycle of a project or program
The value of M&E
Uses and objectives of M&E
Identifying M&E gaps
Obstacles to efficient M&E
Overview of problem analysis
TOPIC 2:Results-based M&E
What is Result Based M&E?
Why is management reliant on results?
Outline and cycle for results-based M&E
How to apply management by evaluation and results
Tools for Result-Based M&E
The framework for performance indicators and performance measurement
How to finish a performance measurement framework in steps
TOPIC 3: Readiness Assessment and M&E Outcomes Determination
Readiness Evaluation
Assessment of M&E readiness and its importance
M&E preparedness assessment factors
Implementing Readiness Assessment
Evaluation of Results
The Relevance of Results
Issues to Take into Account When Selecting Results for Monitoring and Evaluation Key Performance Indicators for Tracking Results
Choosing Effective Performance Indicators
Utilizing Proxy Indicators
The Benefits and Drawbacks of Predesigned Indicators
Building Indicators
Configuring indicators
TOPIC 4: Baseline Assessment
What is baseline evaluation?
The significance of baseline analysis
establishing baselines and metrics
the gathering of baseline indicator data
Using baseline information for indicators
Typical baseline studies
TOPIC 5: M&E Frameworks and Systems
Guidelines for M&E systems
Defining the M&E system’s objectives and reach
Configuration of the M&E system
Designing the M&E system practically
M&E frameworks explained
Constructing and putting into use M&E frameworks
Relating indicators to M&E frameworks
TOPIC 6: Performance M&E for Results
Needs of Every Results-Based Monitoring System Types and Levels of Monitoring Links between Implementation Monitoring and Results Monitoring
Evaluation procedures
Disintegration of gender in M&E planning
Distributing M&E results
Utilizing Monitoring and Evaluation Results
Evaluation of program impact
TOPIC 7:Statistics Concepts, Research Methodology, Data Collection and Management
Data with both qualitative and quantitative meaning
Various types of variables (numerical, discrete, dummy,
Choosing research strategies
Sample size and sampling methods
Creating research instruments and data collection methods
Entering both continuous and categorical data
Specifying and identifying variables
Variables for verification and sorting
Variable transformation, recording, and computation
TOPIC 8: Data tabulation and graphical display
Statistics, Descriptive
Periodic tables
Categorical data tables
Charts and graphs
TOPIC 9: Data interpretation and analysis for M&E
Testing hypotheses
Contrasting Means
Analysis of Regression and Correlation
Analyzing the data
Introduction to qualitative data analysis and software for qualitative data analysis (NVIvo)
TOPIC 10: Mapping and Mobile-Based Data Collection
Introduction to collecting data from mobile phones
Benefits and Issues with Mobile Applications
Open Data Kit’s component parts (ODK)
Platforms and formats for ODK
Installing and downloading ODK Collect utilizing APK files or mobile devices
Creating and designing forms
Data is transformed using the ODK Aggregate Server and GPS coordinates are used to map and visualize graphs.