ONLINE POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MONITORING AND EVALUATION

ONLINE POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MONITORING AND EVALUATION

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Overall Course Overview:
People in different areas and departments of work are held responsible of their actions through monitoring and evaluation. . Accountability is promoted through transparency and performance is promoted by responsive project management decision-making. The programme is intended to equip personnel in the field of monitoring and evaluation within the public sector, and the private sector on implementing programmes with a high level of accountability. At any time, organizations have projects under implementation and in therefore there is need for people with relevant training to oversee implementation of the programmes. This programme is relevant to any personnel who are mandated with the responsibility of overseeing any project that is under execution. The management or donor in the project would want to see how the implementer’s of the program put into use the funds at their discretion. Monitoring ensures that the management is constantly supplied with information on the progress of a project and take timely decisions to ensure that progress is maintained according to schedule. Evaluation aims to determine whether the project objectives set in terms of expected outputs, effects and impact are being or will be met. 

ONLINE POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Type of Resource

Format

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Overall Course Overview:
People in different areas and departments of work are held responsible of their actions through monitoring and evaluation. . Accountability is promoted through transparency and performance is promoted by responsive project management decision-making. The programme is intended to equip personnel in the field of monitoring and evaluation within the public sector, and the private sector on implementing programmes with a high level of accountability. At any time, organizations have projects under implementation and in therefore there is need for people with relevant training to oversee implementation of the programmes. This programme is relevant to any personnel who are mandated with the responsibility of overseeing any project that is under execution. The management or donor in the project would want to see how the implementer’s of the program put into use the funds at their discretion. Monitoring ensures that the management is constantly supplied with information on the progress of a project and take timely decisions to ensure that progress is maintained according to schedule. Evaluation aims to determine whether the project objectives set in terms of expected outputs, effects and impact are being or will be met. 

Course Objectives

• Explain the different Monitoring and Evaluation conceptual approaches and frameworks.
• Develop knowledge and critical thinking skills to be able to design and evaluate workplace programs.
• Build your expertise, confidence and credibility to positively impact your workplace program.
• Design country/site-specific monitoring flow process based on organizational structure (e.g., single country office, field office, or regional office).
• Design and implement a monitoring and evaluation work plan for a country/site program, taking into consideration donor requirements.
• Design systems to manage and use data and provide feedback to appropriate staff.
• Identify methods for overcoming barriers to effective monitoring and evaluation.

Course Modules

• Monitoring and Evaluation Concepts
• Leadership, Ethics and Governance
• Project Management
• ICT for Project Management
• Emerging issues in Monitoring and Evaluation
• Statistics and Computing
• M&E and Entrepreneurship
• Financial accounting in Monitoring and Evaluation
• Social Audits and Assurances
• Principles of Conflict Resolution
• Research Project (Practicum)

Course Assignments

Participants will be required to submit 10 assignments, research paper and one final examination for the period of 12 months to demonstrate their understanding of the course content.Assignments account for 60%, research paper accounts for 30% while Examination accounts for 10% of the marks.

Merits

 Upon successful completion of the course, the participant will receive a Post Graduate Certificate of Merit and a transcript.

Course Duration: 52 weeks (12 months)

Organizers: Action Africa Institute

Target Region: Global

Course Fee: USD 1000

Language: English

FORMAT: Web-based and Distance Learning facilitated

GENERAL COURSE CONTACT: 

Email:[email protected]

Website: www.actionafricainstitute.org

Tel no: +254 111 625 116