post-graduate diploma in monitoring and evaluation

An effective state is essential to achieving sustainable socioeconomic development. With the advent of globalization, there are growing pressures on governments and organizations around the world to be more responsive to the demands of internal and external stakeholders for good governance, accountability and transparency, greater development effectiveness, and delivery of tangible results. Governments, parliaments, citizens, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations (NGO�s), civil society, international organizations, and donors are among the stakeholders interested in better performance. As demands for greater accountability and real results have increased, there is an attendant need for enhanced result-based monitoring and evaluation of policies, programs, and projects.

Monitoring and Evaluation is increasingly recognized as the cornerstone for effective program management and is critical for organizational sustainability. A continuously increasing need for suitably skilled monitoring and evaluation project managers has been identified as a priority area by various stakeholders active in different sectors and industries; e. g globally- funded sponsorships often require evidence of effective monitoring and evaluation systems prior to awarding funds.

Course Objectives

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

1. Apply concepts, principles, processes and framework for monitoring and evaluation systems in development programmes;
2. Use result-based tools for programme planning;
3. Design and develop M & E systems;
4. Design and conduct an evaluation
5. Formulate result- and change-oriented indicators for monitoring and evaluation
6. Use M&E tools for qualitative and quantitative data analysis