Advanced Monitoring and Evaluation

Overview

This course builds on your understanding and skills of how to develop sustainable and cost effective monitoring and evaluation processes and practices within your own projects, programmes and organisations.

It is also relevant for those trying to improve and enhance current monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems, or supporting partners to develop and implement effective M&E. The course provides an overview of all aspects of M&E from planning to M&E and impact assessment, with a focus on ensuring that M&E contributes towards improving organisational learning and accountability.

What you will learn

By the end of the training, participants will:

• Have developed a deeper understanding of the characteristics of effective M&E and M&E systems
• Have reviewed approaches to planning for M&E, including Theory of Change, and explored some of the challenges with these
• Be able to select and use appropriate data collection methods and tools effectively and explored debates around newer qualitative and participatory approaches
• Have considered principles and steps in data analysis and the issue of quality of evidence
• Have explored ways to address issues around impact assessment and the M&E of outcomes and impact
• Have considered their own role in bringing about improved M&E within their projects, programmes and organisations.

What you require

Course fee:

GBP £1360 non-residential (includes training materials, lunch and refreshments)

GBP £1770 residential (covers  training materials, 4 nights' accommodation and all meals for the duration of the course)

Individual coaching is offered to course participants at the rate of £125 per 50-minute session.

Application deadline: 

Friday, 10 January 2020. Kindly note that applications are assessed on a rolling basis. We reserve the right to close the enrolment before the deadline in case the course is oversubscribed. Apply early to avoid disappointment!