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Monitoring and Evaluationfor Growth

facilitators:Jordan Bajraktarov

Sara Bertocci

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MONITORING is...

systematic collection and analysis ofinformation

aimed at improving efficiency andeffectiveness

based on targets set and activitiesplanned during the planning phases ofwork

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Monitoring...

helps to keep the work on track

can let management know whenthings are going wrong

is an invaluable tool for goodmanagement

provides a useful base for evaluation

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EVALUATION is...

comparison of actual project

impacts

against the agreed strategic

plans

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Evaluation looks at...

what you set out to do

what you have accomplished

how you accomplished it

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Evaluation can be...

FORMATIVE : taking place during thelife of a project, with the intention ofimproving the strategy or way of

functioning of the project

SUMMATIVE : drawing learning from acompleted project that is no longerfunctioning

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M&E focus on

EfficiencyEffectiveness

Impact

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WHY SHOULD WE DOMONITORING

&EVALUATION

???

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What are the right questions?

In business

Are we making a profit?

Are we efficient?

In the not-for-profit sector

Are we making a difference?

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and if we are...

What changed?

Why did that happen?

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Problemidentification

Planning&

Decisionmaking

Implementation

M&E

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Problemidentification

Planning&

Decisionmaking

Implementation

M&E

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M&E can...

Help you identify problems and their causes;

Suggest possible solutions to problems;

Raise questions about assumptions and strategy;

Push you to reflect on where you are going andhow you are getting there;

Provide you with information and insight;

Encourage you to act on the information and

insight; Increase the likelihood that you will make a positive

development difference.

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Monitoring involves

Establishing indicators of efficiency, effectivenessand impact;

Setting up systems to collect information relating tothese indicators;

Collecting, recording and analyzing the

information;

Using the information to inform day-to-daymanagement

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Evaluation involves

Looking at what the project intended to

achieve

Assessing its progress towards what itwanted to achieve, its impact targets

Looking at the strategy of the project

Looking at how it worked

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Planning for M&E

When you do your planning

process, you will set indicators.

Indicators provide

the framework for your

M&E system.

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INDICATORS tell you

- what you want to know

- the kinds of information it

will be useful to collect

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Indicators are an essential of a M&E system

because they are what you measure and/or

monitor.

Through the indicators you can ask and

answer questions such as:

Who?

How many?How often?

How much?

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Developing Indicators

QUANTITATIVE DIRECT

QUALITATIVE INDIRECT

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About...

Impact

Effectiveness

Efficiency

Process

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QUANTITATIVE

QUANTITATIVE

DIRECT INDIRECT

IMPACT

EFFICIENCY

EFFICACY

PROCESS

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Together with indicators

there should be:

- verifiable sources of information

- frequency of measuring

- methodology vs method