PPME Training in IAC, Netherlands

• Organisation: Sida-Amhara Rural Development Program (SARDP)

• Experience with (P)PME: » Involving in the consolidation of planning

documents of projects and programs.

» Prepare and Consolidate periodic progress reports of projects /programs.

» Collect base line data and impact monitoring using PRA tools and methods.

Key Objectives of SARDP:

• To strengthen decentralised development planning, implementation, management & use of the required services.

• To bring about sustainable increase in agricultural productivity & production, conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

• To diversify the economy and increase income of the households through off-farm income generating activities with credit access.

• To improve rural roads which enhance input supply, marketing of products and social services.

• To improve good governance.

Strategies of SARDP:

• Through the involvement of concerned stakeholders at each stage of the project cycle.

• Creating the required linkage among stakeholders.

• Provision of training for program beneficiaries at each level.

Beneficiaries of SARDP:

• The grass root community who are mainly engaging in subsistence agriculture in the two districts of the Amhara regional state.

• Administration and sector offices at each level.

Other principal stakeholders:The donor( Sweden International Development Co-

operation Agency)

The private sector

The core (P) PME issue/problem to be addressed:

How to evaluate the impact of the program intervention separately (with and without the program).

Lack of proper data base system

How to formulate planning matrix (LFA) for a complex program like SARDP which has different components (Especially how to select appropriate indicators at each level of the intervention logic).

learning objectives for the PPME course:

• To learn on different PPME tools and practice in SARDP.

• To provide PPME training for the program beneficiaries at each level.