Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation

Program Overview

This ten-half-day program is designed for current and potential leaders working on development programs and projects and covers topics on M&E concepts and principles, current practices on M&E, program/project logframe, developing performance indicators, use of applicable tools and techniques, use of information systems, and using M&E results.

By joining the program, you will hone your RBM&E competencies, and you will learn how to prepare M&E plans and implement M&E systems using contemporary tools and techniques. It will sharpen your understanding of the results chain using logic models, as well as skills in developing indicators and targets and designing methods for data collection and analysis.

Details

Program Objectives:

At the end of the program, each participant would have acquired the skills and techniques required for:

• Monitoring programs/projects, with particular focus on setting up effective monitoring systems
• Conducting project completion activities, underscoring generation of substantive reports
• Designing program/project evaluations, applying proper evaluation criteria, and using appropriate methodologies
• Differentiating quantitative and qualitative methods for evaluation
• Formulating effective Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan

What You Will Learn:

1. Overview of RBME: 
   • RBME Overview & Trends
   • Theory of Change (Results Framework)
   • Case Analysis 
2. Program/Project Logframe:
   • RBME Overview & Trends
   • Theory of Change (Results Framework)
   • Case Analysis 
3. Monitoring:
   • Program/Project Monitoring
   • Data Collection and Analysis
   • Case Analysis 
4. Evaluation:
   • Designing Evaluations
   • Communicating M&E Results
   • M&E Plan 
5. Learning Demo:
   • Team Preparation & Presentation 

Key Benefits:

At the end of the program, each participant would have acquired knowledge, skills and techniques required for: 

• Analysis of issues challenging the monitoring evaluation of development programs and projects
• Planning for effective monitoring and evaluation system for results, in the context of the Project Cycle
• Conducting project monitoring activities, underscoring generation of substantive reports
• Designing program/project evaluations, applying prop evaluation criteria, and using appropriate methodologies
• Formulating results-oriented M&E Plans

Who Should Attend:

The course is intended for potential and current managers working on programs and projects implemented by public and private sector organizations.