Monitoring and Evaluation
The capacity of an individual, an organization, or a society is not static. It changes over time and is subject to both internal and external influences. Many of these changes are unplanned.
Good Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) is dependent on good planning. If the M&E of capacity building is to be effective, it is important to know what the purpose of the capacity building is in the first place, who the target audiences and stakeholders are, what results are we after and how we aim to measure those, whose perspectives we are interested in, and the like.
Only then can the various M&E alternatives be considered:
Summarize M&E terminology and have a sound understanding of the differences between Monitoring and Evaluation;
Summarize how M&E data can be gathered and used for program planning, management, and improvement;
List program indicators and describe reporting requirements;
Generate program-specific M&E plans, including program planning, program goals and objectives, M&E results framework, program indicators, and data use.
Identify factors potentially undermining the data quality and methods to minimize and manage those;
Identify how M&E is used to manage and improve programs, beyond reporting and accountability;
List specific yet simple engagement strategies so that newfound M&E enthusiasm, new ways of understanding M&E can be shared and continue to grow in the organization; and
Generate a plan for sharing information from this workshop with your program or organization.
