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Monitoring & Evaluation of Community and Development Projects

Program Date

18 Mar 22 Mar 2024

Program Location

Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Program Venue

Holiday Garden Hotel

Registration Closing Date

31 Jan 2024

Program Overview

Monitoring & Evaluation are essential tools for successful program implementation and management. Their importance elevates for contemporary projects as they are being enacted in an extremely complex and constantly evolving environments.  The uniqueness of each program’s context and strategy requires an ongoing learning effort. As community and development projects are being financed through public sources, the donors and other stakeholders demand demonstrated achievements in sustainable changes. Measuring the progress of community and development projects can be attained only through incorporating Monitoring & Evaluation tools into the project design. M&E is the only tangible way to ensure accountability and transparency of project performance.

Monitoring & Evaluation of Community and Development Projects in Kaohsiung, Taiwan has been specifically designed for professionals in the development sector. The program will equip its attendees with effective techniques and modern approaches to project M&E systems in the context of community and development projects.

Target Audience

Monitoring & Evaluation of Community and Development Projects in Taiwan is the best suit for:

  • Project Managers, Officers & Coordinators
  • Project & Program Heads
  • Monitoring & Evaluation Specialists
  • Donor Staff responsible for appraising the projects
  • Independent Evaluators
  • Development Project Officers in Government
  • NGO Staff involved in project M&E
  • Any professional interested in the M&E of Community & Development projects

Program Objectives

Upon the successful completion of this intensive training course, the participants will:

  • Acquire quality knowledge of theories and approaches to Development Project Monitoring & Evaluation
  • Use various soft and managerial skills to ensure stakeholder participation in M&E Processes
  • Design and apply various mechanisms for Participatory project M&E
  • Plan for an operational monitoring and evaluation system: identify purposes and intended users, define data management plan, and allocate resources
  • Activate and run the M&E system: collect, triangulate, process, and analyze program or project data and prepare progress reports
  • Improve professional capacity to formulate, monitor and evaluate projects.

Program Contents

First Day

  • The foundations of Project Management; Concepts and Principles
  • Issues in Development and Development Frameworks
  • Understanding the types of Communities
  • Empowerment and Community Development
  • Distribution of Development resources
  • What are the community and development Projects?
  • Essential concepts and theories of M&E
  • Technical competencies and soft skills for M&E related activities
  • Introduction to Results-Based Management (RBM)
  • Organizational Readiness for RBM

Second Day

  • Defining and linking Monitoring, reporting, control, audit, research, and evaluation
  • Designing the community Projects
  • Community Involvement in Initiating Development Projects
  • Incorporating M&E system while designing the community Projects
  • Project Cycle Management
  • Problem Diagnosis Techniques – Project Stakeholder Analysis
  • The LOGFRAME Approach
  • Community/Stakeholder Influence Mapping
  • Effective tools and techniques for project implementation and control
  • Managing Development Stakeholders

Third Day

  • Evaluating Project Management Systems and Practices
  • Designing Development Project M&E System
  • Setting and validating Monitoring Indicators and KPIs
  • Defining the Baseline
  • Data Collection Methods
  • Data Processing, Analysis, Use and Storage
  • Determining and Presenting Data Outputs
  • Monitoring & Evaluation Variables, Indicators and Measurements
  • Monitoring & Evaluation Data Analysis and Interpretation

Fourth Day

  • Conducting evaluations
  • Effective Monitoring Techniques; Appraisal and Rapid Appraisal Techniques
  • Community Involvement in Project Monitoring
  • Coordinating with national bodies, project steering committees, and project staff
  • Evaluation concepts, purposes, objectives and techniques
  • Utilization-focused approach to evaluation
  • Evaluating social and institutional change
  • Stakeholder Engagement in Evaluation
  • Measuring results and impacts
  • Assessing the economic, social and environmental impact
  • Post-project evaluation
  • Developing the Project Performance Audit Report

Fifth Day – Practical Session

The last day of the program will entirely be dedicated to hands-on practice and knowledge reinforcement. The delegates will have a chance to actively participate in simulated project evaluations, design M&E strategy and plans, select performance indicators, and work across the project/program results chain.

Program Methodology

An action-oriented, highly participatory approach will be employed throughout the course of this program. Particular attention shall be paid to sharing the international experience with a view to adaptation and practical application. The presenter will apply modern adult-learning techniques in order to augment the effectiveness of session delivery and achieve successful results. The methods deployed will include open presentations, group discussions, individual assignments, practical exercises, and case studies. At the end of each session, the trainer will request feedback and consider comments received for the coming days. This way program delegates will be able to demonstrate better results and maximize the understanding of the material covered.

Program Fee
GBP3200

Payment Options

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Fee Covers

  • Visa Assistance (Complimentary)

  • Participant Assessment

  • Airport Pickup

  • Accommodation

  • Wi-Fi

  • Welcome Dinner

  • Breakfast

  • Workshop Kit

  • Program Materials

  • Program Experts

  • Practical Activities

  • Lunch

  • Refreshments

  • Interactive workshop

  • City Map & Direction

  • Risalat T-shirt (Complimentary)

  • Field Visit

  • Program Certificate

  • Entertaining Tour

  • Program Report

Registration Information

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  • +995 555 11 66 22
  • +44 7700 31 37 37
  • +372 8160 7711
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