Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation for Public and Donor-Funded Programmes

Course overview

Governments and development partners increasingly fund programmes on the basis of results, not activities. That puts pressure on programme teams to show what changed, for whom and why. Many still rely on activity reports and scattered spreadsheets. This results-based monitoring and evaluation course equips teams to build M&E systems that produce credible evidence and support better decisions.

The first week builds the system: results-based management, theories of change and logical frameworks, indicators and targets, baselines, M&E plans and budgets, data collection methods, and mobile data collection with tools such as ODK and KoboToolbox. The second week covers analysis and use: data quality assurance, quantitative and qualitative analysis, evaluation types and designs, managing evaluations, reporting results to governments and donors, learning and adaptive management, and the national M&E frameworks used in the region. Participants build an M&E plan for a real programme and practise collecting and analysing field data on their phones and laptops.

Participants leave able to design and run results-based M&E systems that satisfy funders and improve programmes.

What you will be able to do

• Apply results-based management principles
• Develop theories of change and logical frameworks
• Select indicators, set targets and establish baselines
• Prepare complete M&E plans and budgets
• Collect data using mobile tools
• Assure data quality and analyse results
• Design and manage evaluations
• Report results and use evidence for adaptive management

Who should attend

For M&E officers, programme managers and planning staff in government, NGOs and donor-funded projects. Participants should bring a laptop and smartphone.

• Monitoring and evaluation officers
• Programme and project managers
• Planning and economic officers
• Donor-funded project staff
• County M&E officers
• NGO programme staff
• Research officers

Course outline

Week 1

Week 2

Fees are per participant in US dollars and cover tuition, course materials and your certificate. Travel and accommodation are not included.