OVERVIEW
The desire to ensure that maximum value is derived from investments in projects has necessitated the conduct of monitoring and evaluation of projects and the attendant need to manage the function well. This course has been designed to arm participants with the techniques and tools for designing and carrying out result-oriented monitoring and evaluation in the course of managing projects.
WHO TO ATTEND
Senior and middle level officers, Heads of Monitoring and Evaluation Units of Projects in Organisations.
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, participants should be able to:
- Enumerate the processes and procedures of developing monitoring and evaluation systems.
- Describe and use the techniques and tools for monitoring and evaluation.
- Apply the knowledge gained in managing their projects and organisations well.
OUTLINE
- An Overview of Result-Oriented Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Critical Success Factors for the Monitoring and Evaluation of Projects.
- The Application of Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Selecting Key Performance Indicators.
- Gathering Data on Indicators
- Key Evaluation Questions.
- Methodology of Collecting Information and Data.
- Reporting Findings.
- Making Results-Oriented Monitoring and Evaluation Work for an Organisation.
- Integrating Monitoring and Evaluation in Project Inception, Planning, and Implementation.
- Purpose and Objectives of Project Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Key Features of Result-Oriented Monitoring and Evaluation Systems.
- 10-Step Model for Building a Result-Oriented Monitoring and Evaluation System.
- Setting Baselines.
- Planning Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Qualitative and Quantitative Data.
- Documenting the Results of Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Using the Findings.
- Responding to Unexpected Results of Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Political and Technical Challenges in Results-Oriented Project Monitoring and Evaluation Systems.