Wednesday May 23, 2012
This section brings together a range of selected materials on key issues facing Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. It includes basic definitions, bibliographical resources and a selection of Good Practice.
Monitoring and Evaluation Systems
Presentation
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation systems (PM&E) are data-collection and use processes providing evidence of change, with the aim to gear strategies toward expected impact. Generally, these systems are needed to develop and assess public policy, projects and programmes, promote accountability, help budgetary decision making and improve management of development interventions (PREVAL).
This section will provide information resources as well as useful links and notes on Good Practice in PM&E systems implemented in Latin America and the
Virtual Library
- This document incorporates IFAD’s new monitoring and evaluation guidelines and suggests a timely “road map” to guide professionals, technical staff and all those concerned with the development and implementation of baseline studies as part of r...Read more
- Summary of surveys of directors and officers of monitoring and evaluation units, 2004 and 2007...Read more
Good Practice
- In July 2007, the People with Value project, run by the Brazilian government, started developing their M&E system. However, several issues prevented the M&E system from working effectively as well as an evaluation culture from developing. Within th...Read more
- From 2001 to 2005, IFAD’s regional programme Rural Uruguay made the experience of implementing and managing a Monitoring, Evaluation and Systematisation Unit (M&E Unit). As part of this process a number of lessons learned were developed, and proje...Read more
Five months after start up of PRODAP II, and having recruited its full staff of professionals, as a coincidence implementation was also initiated of an Intensive...Read more
- This paper is centered in reflecting about the potential of applying the Theory of change as a useful tool in participatory monitoring and self-evaluation in the LLS context. It is not a comprehensive review of all elements of M&E in the initiative, ...Read more
Featured News
- Dear colleagues, We are very pleased to send you the second bulletin in our Policy Note series highlighting the results of impact evaluation studies and other cross-cutti...Read more
Featured Courses and Events
Dear all,
I wanted to let you know that FAO and UNITAR will be jointly delivering an online course entitled: “Innovative Collaboration for Development” which covers social media tools, social networking, collaboration and knowl...Read more
Featured Job Opportunities
- Dear colleagues, pls find attached an EOI for the Unicef global evaluation quality oversight system. Best regards (See attached file: EOI_QualityOversigh tSystem_2010_ Final_published. doc) Marco Segone Senior Evaluation Specialist S...Read more
- World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the global conservation organization, and its Latin American and Caribbean Region seeks a Program Representative to lead the Southern Amazon/Southern Cone sub-region that includes Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Argen...Read more
