PGD In Monitoring and Evaluation

Introduction to the course In order to measure success and report on results, development workers and public sector managers create monitoring and evaluation systems. Systems that allow extracting lessons learned from the experience to support ultimately organizational learning. Learning to improve, but more importantly to improve program and project performance. In this context, monitoring and evaluation becomes an essential function to root in organizations, programs and projects. This is why international organizations, as well as those in the public sector, have been investing for several years in the creation of structures responsible for monitoring and evaluation. Who attends this course? Monitoring and evaluation specialists; project coordinators; program managers; independent evaluators; donor staff appraising and evaluating projects and programs; non-governmental organization officials involved in monitoring and evaluating. What topics does this course cover? Identify areas of improvement and brush up on your technical and managerial skills. • Results-based management • Monitoring, reporting and control • Risk management • Evaluation of development programs and projects • Monitoring and evaluation system, methodologies, tools and techniques What will the participants learn? • Theories of and approaches to monitoring and evaluation • The linkages between monitoring, reporting, control, audit, research, and evaluation • All about the components of a successful monitoring and evaluation system, and how to create one • Methodologies, tools and techniques to run a monitoring and evaluation system What will participants able to do? Work with your peers to hone your skills, and put them to use right away. • Engage stakeholders through managerial and soft skills • Build an M&E plan • Design empirical project evaluation • Evaluate impact using quantitative and qualitative approaches • Develop a communication plan to share results, recommendations, and emerging practices