TRAINING COURSE ON ADVANCED MONITORING AND EVALUATION FOR DEVELOPMENT RESULT

INTRODUCTION

This training course is designed to impact job-oriented skills for monitoring and evaluation that are highly demanded in the development industry. This course will provide the trainees with M&E tools, techniques and resources needed for planning, organizing, and/or managing programs and projects. 

Participants who successfully complete the course will receive a Certificate of Participation.

OBJECTIVES

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

•       Choose a data collection method and understand the basics of operations as well as reliability, reliability, accuracy and effectiveness
•       Work with groups and professionals from all backgrounds and cultures from around the world
•       Understand how multinational companies manage their operations
•       Find every essential tool to launch your own monitoring and training courses. 
•       Establish an assessment and monitoring system throughout the plan for actual work
•       Use data analysis software package (Stata).
•       Use Geographic Information System (GIS) and GPS to collect sharing, sharing and data information.
•       Discuss the results to promote stimulate learning and reflection.

DURATION

 This course will take approximately 10 days.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This course targets Project Management Officials from NGO’s, National Statistics Offices, Education Researchers, Government ministries, National Institutes and Planning Ministries, Central banks, and University Researchers among others.

COURSE OUTLINE

MODULE 1: Introduction to M&E

•       Overview of Project Management
•       Overview of Monitoring and evaluation (M & E)
•       The need and importance of M & E in development projects
•       M&E as a Component of the Project Planning & Implementation Process
•       Overview of Project Management
•       Overview of Monitoring and evaluation (M & E)
•       The need and importance of M & E in development projects

MODULE 2: Projects Stakeholders

•       Community involvement in Projects monitoring
•       Stakeholder Analysis
•       Coordinating with national bodies, project steering committees, and project staff

MODULE 3: Data collection, management and data quality

•       Deciding Data Collection Strategies
•       Developing Data Collection Instruments
•       Monitoring Tools, Methods and Procedures
•       Evaluation Types (process evaluation, impact evaluation)
•       Designing and Implementing Development Project Evaluation

MODULE 4: Projects Evaluation

•       Planning the Flow of Information
•       Dealing with multiple projects
•       Key Success Areas and Logic Models
•       Key Performance Indicators
•       Responding to Monitoring Results
•       Models of evaluation
•       Planning an evaluation
•       Tools for project control
•       Development Project Monitoring
•       Designing a Monitoring System
•       Techniques of project monitoring auditing
•       Evaluating project management systems and practices
•       Evaluating social and institutional change
•       Measuring results and impacts
•       Assessing economic, social and environmental impact
•       M&E Challenges

GENERAL NOTES

•       The instructor led trainings are delivered using a blended learning approach and comprises of presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web-based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professional and trainers in these fields.
•       The participants should be reasonably proficient in English as all facilitation and course materials will be offered in English.
•       Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with a certificate.
•       The training will be held at Kincaid Training Centre. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments and lunch.
•       All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.
•       Accommodation and airport pickup are arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training coordinator 
•       This training can also be customized to suit the needs of your institution upon request. You can have it delivered in our Kincaid Training Centre or at a convenient location.

Payments are due upon registration. Payment should be sent to our Bank account before commencement of training and proof of payment sent to Kincaid Development Center via the official email address.