Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Projects Course

Introduction

Many development and humanitarian organizations have made monitoring and evaluation (M&E) a top priority. In order to accurately and efficiently assess progress and program effects, advances in assessment methods, metrics, and goals, performance management, and managing for outcomes (impact) have been made in recent years. M&E is essential for designing relevant, efficient, and observable programs and initiatives, as well as monitoring and evaluating the impact of particular activities within target populations on a consistent and effective basis.

Monitoring and evaluation is a concept and practice through which organizations evaluate where they are, where they are going, how they will get there, and basically what needs to be done to achieve preset objectives. The practice enables organizations to understand what they need to do, ultimately understand if they achieved the same and if they didn’t, evaluate what could have been done to improve the results of rolled-out projects.

This five-day training serves as a guide and introduction to development practitioners primarily those involved continuously in project implementation on how to monitor and evaluate projects and programmes in an effort to achieve objectives and also help beneficiary communities in improving their livelihoods.

Who should attend

This is a cross-cutting programme designed for those who are involved or tasked with the design, implementation management and of monitoring, evaluation accountability and Learning of public and private programmes and other interventions. More specifically, the following people will find the course of value to: Researchers and consultants tasked with evaluation studies, M&E officers in government, industry and civil society organizations, Project managers in government research and planning units and directorates, NGO employees involved in social, health and educational research activities, Social policy analysts and advisers, Social science methodology lecturers, Other interested individuals from public and private sectors.

Requirements

Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. Applicants must live up to Livecode admission criteria

Duration

5 Days

Course objectives

The training will enable participants to;

• Monitor programme inputs, processes, and results required for management development programs performance
• Understand concepts, methods, and tools for development programs
• Identify ways to overcome barriers to conducting effective development programmes monitoring.
• Select appropriate indicators for measuring development program outputs and outcomes.
• Conduct development programmes monitoring using appropriate methods and tools.
• Get basic knowledge of analyzing qualitative data for development programmes
• Communicate findings to stimulate learning and reflection.

The participants will also get opportunity to interact with practical monitoring and evaluation cases from our consultants with over 10 years’ experience.

Course content

Module 1:

• Introductions and expectations
• Presentation of organizational background with a focus on types of projects implemented
• Introductions to Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning – principles and concepts:
  • What is M&E?
  • Why project M&E
  • Comparison of Monitoring & Evaluation
  • M&E Frameworks, plans, Systems
  • Participatory Planning Monitoring & Evaluation (PPM&E)
  • Project cycle management
  • RBM
• Project design steps
  • Problems, objectives & strategy
  • Hierarchy of objectives
  • Problem analysis
  • Intervention Strategy
  • Hypotheses
  • Goals

Module 2:

• Recap of day 1 activities/matters arising
  • Indicators:
    • Characteristics, expressing indicators, types of indicators, indicator selection, indicator reference sheets & matrices
    • Humanitarian assistance Indicators
  • Benchmarks/ Targets
  • Outputs- Activities- Inputs
• M&E plans
• Functions of an M&E plan
• Elements/components of an M&E plan
• Steps in developing an M&E Plan
• Performance management Plan (PMP)
• M&E Frameworks
• Types of M&E frameworks
• Why are frameworks useful?
• Developing M&E frameworks with a focus on LFA
• Logical Framework Analysis (LFA)
• Practical

Module 3:

• Recap of day 2 activities/matters arising
• Data collection, management, and quality
• Data collection tools and Methods (Qualitative versus quantitative)
• Practical – Reviewing/Developing humanitarian assistance data collection tools
• Obtaining data from Social media
• ICT tool for Data processing
• Using Mobile phones for data collection
• Data Quality Assessment (DQA)
• Introduction to data analysis and interpretation for humanitarian assistance programmes
• Introduction
• Data analysis key concepts
• Types of variables
• Basic analysis
• Qualitative versus Quantitative data analysis

Module 4:

• Recap of day 3 activities/matters arising
• Data use
• Introduction
• Data use frameworks and key concepts
• Data demand
• Information availability
• Information use
• Evaluations
• Types of evaluations
• The basis for the selection of an evaluation design
• Evaluation designs
• Knowledge Management & Learning

Module 5:

• Recap of day 4 activities/matters arising
• Reporting & Use of M&E findings
• Considerations for reporting evaluation findings
• Purpose of evaluation reports
• Primary evaluation findings reporting steps
• Contents of a dissemination plan
• Types of evaluation reporting products
• Elements of a narrative evaluation report
• Using evaluation results

Tailor-made courses 

This training course can also be tailored for your organization. This way, your organization will benefit by: 

• Using your own datasets and tools during the training.
• Being able to choose areas of interest you wish the trainer to put more emphasis on.
• Taking the course in-house or at a venue of choice.
• Cutting on the cost of transport and accommodation.

REQUIREMENTS

Participants should be reasonably proficient in English.

METHODOLOGY

The instructor led trainings are delivered using a blended learning approach and comprises of presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professional and trainers in these fields.

All facilitation and course materials will be offered in English. The participants should be reasonably proficient in English.

All facilitation and course materials will be offered in English. Participants should be reasonably proficient in English.

Accreditation

Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with a certificate of participation.

 Training venue

The training is residential and will be held at the Livecode Technologies Training Centre in Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.

 Accommodation

Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training Officer.

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Training fee

The course fee is KES 70,000.00 or USD 1,000.00 exclusive of VAT. The course fees covers the course tuition, training materials, two (2) break refreshments, lunch and study visits. Participants will cater for their travel and accommodation costs.

Payment

Payment should be transferred to Livecode Technologies account through Kenya Commercial bank on or before the course starting date.

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Tailor- Made

This scheduled course can also be tailored for your organization. To find out how our tailor-made training can help your organization, contact our team through This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Please Note: The program content shown here is for guidance purposes only. Our continuous course improvement process may lead to changes in topics and course structure.