Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Methodology in Development Programmes

INTRODUCTION

‘Participation’ has become a critical concept in development. Donors, governments and iNGOs are insisting upon participatory approaches in assessing needs and in implementing programmes. With increased emphasis on the importance of participation in development, there is a growing recognition that monitoring and evaluation of development and other community-based initiatives should be participatory. This course will broaden participants’ understanding of PM&E as a support to program/project management at different levels and as a tool for strengthening participation, enhancing local capacity, and increasing local people’s confidence and control over development decisions and processes.

DURATION

5 Days
COURE OBJECTIVES

By the end of this course the participants will be able to:

• Understand PM&E Process
• Develop PM&E Results Levels
• Define Indicators for Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation
• Develop Logical Framework Approach in PM&E
• Carryout participatory M&E Planning
• Understand data collection for PM&E
• Develop Tools and Techniques for rural appraisal in PME
• Carryout data Analysis in PM&E
• Implement Participatory Impact Assessment

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1

Introduction to Participatory Monitoring & Evaluation (PME) 

• Definition of Participatory Monitoring & Evaluation
• Purpose and benefits of Participatory Monitoring & Evaluation
• Principles of Participatory Monitoring & Evaluation
• The relevance of Participatory Monitoring And Evaluation
• Challenges in using participatory approaches

PM&E Process

• Planning the PM&E Process and Determining Objectives and Indicators
• Data Collection methods and tools
• Data analyzing

Developing PM&E Results Levels

• M&E results chain
• Components of results chain
• Linking the result levels

Module 2

Indicators for Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation

•  What are indicators
• Types of indicators
• Characteristics of good indicators
•  Participatory process of indicator definition

Logical Framework Approach in PM&E

• LFA – Analysis and Planning phase
• Design of logframe
• Risk rating in logframe
• Horizontal and vertical logic in logframe
• Using logframe to create schedules: Activity and Budget schedules

Participatory M&E Planning

• Components of PM&E plan
• Developing PM&E plans
• Implementing PM&E plans

Participatory Project design

• Generating objectives for project planning
• Developing an action plan for implementation
• Group dynamics of participatory decision making