Development of Practical Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Systems

Who is it for?

The course is suitable for participants with experience in M&E aspects of development projects. Participants without experience may attend this course provided they have attended the introductory M&E course.

Course Description:

International development practitioners are increasingly being asked to demonstrate the quality, results and impact of their work by donors, partner agencies and the general public. Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plays an essential role in answering these questions.

This course aims to explore the different types of monitoring and evaluation approaches currently being utilised by international development practitioners to guide their activities and to demonstrate the short and longer term effectiveness of their work. In addition to grappling with various M&E models this course also investigates the development of practical M&E systems and specific tools that can be utilised within this framework.

The objectives of this course are to:

• investigate the links between forms of aid and different M&E approaches;
• identify the processes, levels and key components of an M&E system; and
• explore a variety of key tools and techniques utilised in M&E

Learning Approach:

This course is practice based and each participant is asked to bring one or two written M&E frameworks/systems that they are familiar with to the course (documents will be provided for those that do not have access to their own material). Participants will continually apply the theoretical concepts and learning of the course to these practice documents. Over the two day course participants will critique and amend these M&E documents for further discussion and input back in their workplace and in the program.  

Learning Outcomes:

• An understanding of the M&E approaches used for different forms of aid delivery
• A knowledge of the processes, levels, key components and some common tools used in an M&E system/framework
• A revised and improved written M&E framework/system

Facilitator’s profile:

Bill Pennington is an experienced international development practitioner specialising in project design and monitoring & evaluation (M&E). He has field experience in more than 20 countries in the Asia-Pacific, South Asia and the Middle East, with long-term stints in Indonesia, Tonga and East Timor. Bill worked as a program manager in the policy development, evaluation and country program areas within AusAID. He also undertook monitoring and evaluation work as a consultant for different donor agencies and regional organisations including AusAID, the European Union, NZAID, the Asian Development Bank, the Pacific Islands Forum and a number of international NGOs.

Bill holds a Bachelor of Science from the Australian National University and a Masters in Asian and International Studies from Griffith University. He has previously delivered courses in project monitoring and evaluation to AusAID staff, public sector officials in Samoa, postgraduate students at the University of the South Pacific and staff of international NGOs.

Course Fees:

The following course fees are applicable for participants based within Australia only (please click here for additional information relevant to overseas participants ). All course fees are inclusive of GST. Course fees include course materials and meals during the course delivery.

To qualify for Early Bird registration fees, course fees must be paid to IDSS within the early bird registration deadline.

Venue:

Registration:

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For additional information please contact:

Atiq Rahman
Manager, Professional Development Program