Why study M&E? To keep track of what you are doing by measuring whether your objectives are being achieved or have been achieved. Donors, recipients, governments, and organisations must account to their funders, benefactors, taxpayers, directors and other stakeholders. All programs and projects need cost-effectiveness and measuring the impact of these undertakings in relation to set objectives. Our M&E program equips trainees with the skills to monitor and evaluate programs and projects in such a manner as to not to allow disconnects in the implementation of the program. We impart to our trainees exceptional skills, knowledge, and professional preparedness for efficient M&E.

PROGRAM CONTENT
• Theory of Change in M&E
• Logic and other Models in M&E
• Measuring effects, outcomes, and impacts in M&E
• M&E tools
• Setting Up an M&E System for the organisation
o Defining goals, indicators, and targets
o Selecting indicators
o Disaggregating indicators
o Setting targets
o Determining data requirements
o Determining the frequency of monitoring
• Critical Elements of M&E systems
o Designing Impact Evaluations
o Deciding when to conduct an impact evaluation
o Measuring the impacts of policies and programs
o Determining data requirements
o Obtaining data
• The Challenge of M&E in the practical world
o Assessing the process of project/program formulation and implementation
o Evaluating the overall impact of projects/programs
o Strengthening M&E Capacity and Feedback Mechanisms
o Promoting Participatory M&E
• M&E for capacity-building and human resources development programs and interventions
• Hypothetical and actual program/project examples
• Steps to Result-based M&E

Programs, projects, and important activities need to be continuously assessed for progress and evaluated against the targeted objectives. Government executives, legislatures, citizens, the private sector, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), civil society, international and regional organisations, and donors are all interested in better performance. Demands for greater accountability and real results have increased. The need for enhanced results-based monitoring and evaluation of government policies, governmental and non-governmental programs, and private-sector projects, is now dire.

A proper monitoring and evaluation system designed in a way that suits the nature and context of the program or project is key to effective M&E. Development practitioners need to be taken through the process of designing and building results-based monitoring and evaluation systems. Thus, different actors need this system: managers of grants who may have taken part in deciding the targeted outcomes of the project; beneficiaries whose input into which indicators to use and how to operationalise them was useful during project design; implementers who are key for making and implementing decisions, choosing M&E instruments and methods of data collection; and other stakeholders. All people these need skills in M&E.

Why study M&E? A straightforward answer: to keep track of whatever it is that you are doing and to measure whether your objectives are being achieved or have been achieved. Donors account to their home-country taxpayers and politicians. They must establish the cost-effectiveness and measure the impact of their interventions in relation to their set objectives. Donor recipients and account to their donors for the resources donated. They must show whether the purpose for which they got the resources has been achieved. Recipient governments and/or organisations must develop mechanisms for ensuring accountability to their citizens, clients, or members. In turn, the M&E of their performance requires serious attention. Individuals and groups need to understand the impact of their past decisions for their present conditions. Thus, almost everyone needs a monitoring and evaluation system.

We train M&E not only for organisations and governments but for businesses, groups and individuals who may need such skills for self-development. Our program is holistic. By the end of this program not only will participants have acquired vital skills for M&E but will have had hands-on experience with both hypothetical and practical projects being monitored and/or evaluated. They will be both skilled and experienced.