Advanced Monitoring & Evaluation for Governance

Course Info

Length: 2 Weeks

Type: In Classroom

Available Dates

Venue

  • Nov-25-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Nov-25-2024

    London

  • Dec-02-2024

    Barcelona

  • Dec-02-2024

    Dubai

  • Dec-09-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Dec-09-2024

    Istanbul

  • Dec-16-2024

    Singapore

  • Dec-16-2024

    Paris

  • Dec-23-2024

    London

  • Dec-30-2024

    Amsterdam

Course Details

Course Outline

10 days course

Overview of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)

  • Defining monitoring and evaluation and its key related terms
  • Determining the purpose and importance of monitoring and evaluation
  • Discussing governance, leadership and public value
  • Understanding the meaning of development interventions
  • Exploring the key principles of monitoring and evaluation
  • Discussing the role of monitoring and evaluation in project lifecycle
  • Discovering the complementary roles of monitoring and evaluation 

M&E for Governance

  • Understanding the role of monitoring and evaluation in governance
  • Discussing the relationship between monitoring, evaluation, governance, and development
  • outcomes
  • Exploring challenges and opportunities of conducting monitoring and evaluation for governance
  • Monitoring and evaluation tactics and applications for governance programs
  • Overview of governance monitoring and evolution framework

Governance M&E Framework

  • Exploring monitoring and evaluation frameworks:

  •        Conceptual frameworks
  •        Results frameworks
  •        Logical model
  •        Logical framework

  • Steps for developing a results-based monitoring and evaluation systems
  • Understanding problem tree analysis and its application
  • Techniques for setting program objectives
  • Discovering casual pathway within governance programs 

Theory of Change & Governance Indicators

  • Understanding the meaning of theory of change
  • Discussing how to develop theory of change for governance programs
  • Differentiating between theory of change and log frame
  • Exploring types of governance indicators
  • Strategies to develop indicators for measuring progress and impact of governance programs
  • Discussing how to establish baseline data and performance targets 

Data Collection & Analysis

  • Exploring tools and methods for collecting governance data
  • Data collection techniques:

  •        Qualitative data
  •        Quantitative data

  • Discussing ethical consideration in governance data collection
  • Discovering statistical software/ tools to analyze governance data
  •  Discussing how to interpret findings and identify patterns

Developing & Implementing M&E System

  • Discussing how to determine the scope of monitoring and evaluation system
  • Discovering the elements of monitoring and evaluation system
  • Discussing how to transform monitoring and evaluation plan into monitoring and evaluation
  • system
  • Techniques for implementing monitoring and evaluation system
  • Case study on successful monitoring and evaluation systems 

Evaluating Governance Programs

  • Understanding what is project evaluation
  • Exploring the evaluation process of governance programs
  • Discussing the criteria of evaluation
  • Techniques for formalizing evolution questions
  • Discussion on best practices for evaluating governance programs

Impact Evaluation of Governance Programs

  • Understanding the meaning of impact evaluation
  • Exploring the designs of impact evaluation
  • Utilizing impact evaluation to assess the governance impact on society and citizens
  • Utilizing impact evaluation to assess the effectiveness of governance policies and programs
  • Understanding how to evaluate transparency and accountability in governance programs
  • Techniques for evaluating anti-corruption in governance programs

Reporting and Utilizing of M&E findings & Participatory M&E

  • Exploring tools and techniques for reporting monitoring and evaluation findings • The importance of communicating and publishing evaluation results
  • Disusing how to use monitoring and evaluation finding for policy adjustment and improvement
  • Understanding the meaning of participatory and its significance in monitoring and evaluation
  • Tools and techniques for participatory monitoring and evaluation
  • Utilizing participatory monitoring and evaluation to build ownership and accountability

Best Practices & Future Trends

  • Discussing best practices on monitoring and evaluation for governance
  • Exploring recent trends and interesting practices
  • The significance of strategic alliances and harmonized approaches for governance monitoring and
  • evaluation
  • Discussing data demand and use in governance programs
  • Project: develop monitoring and evaluation plan for governance programs
  • Lesson learned and course evaluation