What you will learn

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 programme-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.

Daily Course Objectives

Day 1

Week 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 programme and project cycle
• identify stakeholders and their differing needs and roles.

Day 2

Results framework

• develop logic models
• work with and beyond logframes.

Day 3

Developing M&E frameworks

• criteria for indicators
• develop project indicators
• identify means of verification.

Day 4

Gathering data/information

• quantitative and qualitative approaches and instruments
• data organisation, quality assurance and analysis
• design baseline, evaluation and impact studies

Day 5

M&E system and plan

• prepare M&E plan
• M&E system
• week 1 learning synthesis.

Day 6

Week 2: Embedding key M&E practices and applying these to a local organisation

• practice data gathering tools
• use different tools to gather data in live context
• field work reflection.

Day 7

Theory of Change

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

Day 8

Information for decision-making

• review monitoring data
• use M&E information and evidence for decision-making.

Day 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.

Day 10

Using what you have learnt

• participant presentations
• embedding learning for personal and organisational benefit
• becoming change agents for M&E.

Venue:                                Date:

Bangkok                 24/02/20 - 06/03/20

Cape Town             20/04/20 - 01/05/20

Brighton                  21/09/20 - 01/10/20

Cape Town             21/09/20 - 02/10/20

Bangkok                  09/11/20 - 20/11/20

*5-day options available