| About this course: |
The online, accredited course is designed for anyone who wishes to discover more about monitoring and evaluation or practitioners who wish to design and implement a monitoring and evaluation system. The course includes a series of activities and assignments as part of the learning.
Duration: Self - paced; 28 PDUs
| Course objectives: |
- Demonstrate the importance of results based management
- Equip participants to follow results based management principles
- Enable participants to build a monitoring and evaluation system to measure result
| Course outline: |
This practical course will enable participants to understand what is required to develop a monitoring and evaluation system that will really work. The course covers a range of topics including:
Introduction to results based management principles
Making strategies results focused
Selecting outcomes and indicators
Organisational structures
Human capacity for monitoring and evaluation
Monitoring and evaluation partnerships
Developing a costed M&E plan
Advocacy and communications
Surveys and surveillance
Routine programme monitoring
Data auditing and supervision
M&E infomation systems
Research and Evaluation
Using information to improve results
This course will provide 28 Professional Development Units (PDUs) to any participant who holds a relevant PMI credential.
| Course accreditation and prerequisites |
There are no prerequisites for this course however most participants are already working in a monitoring and evaluation capacity or expect to be in the near future.
As part of the course, participants are required to complete a project which is submitted as part of the online. The project makes use of the tools and techniques presented in the course and may be related to the current environment that the participant operates in if desired.
The course is accredited by the International Academy for Monitoring and Evaluation and you will receive certification on completion. This course also provides a progression route to the Monitoring and Evaluation Advanced Diploma Award.