Strategic Healthcare Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Training

Programme Overview

Over the past few decades, the Healthcare sector has been progressing at exceptionally high rate. Thus, in order to meet the ever-changing demand and multifaceted challenges of the sector, healthcare professionals and practitioners are facing enhanced need for leadership and strategic thinking capabilities. By acute planning, hospitals, clinics and other related organizations can become better equipped and handle unknown circumstances in greatly efficient way. Sound foundation of the organization along with detailed strategic plan is crucial determinant for success in the long run, boosting performance levels and productivity. Strategic Healthcare Planning, M&E Training Course in Tbilisi, Georgia addresses the aforementioned need by amplifying the proficiency of health sector specialists in hospital programme management, centralized procurement and project performance monitoring and evaluation. Whether you are willing to redesign existing strategy of your healthcare organization, extend new services or gain competitive edge in contemporary congested healthcare market, this extensive programme shall make a great difference for you and your entity.

Delivered by Risalat Consultants International in Tbilisi, Georgia, it combines expert-led sessions, real cases and group work, so that participants can apply what they learn in their own institution.

The Programme Strengthens Institutional Capability

• Health systems, changing health care services environment
• The Governance of Healthcare System
• Functions of management in health services
• Characteristics of health services in the health care provision market
• Social Determinants of Health
• Human resource management in health services
• Health system performance evaluation techniques
• Leadership and Quality Assurance in Healthcare
• Theory of change and results chains
• Logical frameworks and results frameworks
• SMART indicators, baselines and targets
• Data collection methods and tools

It is designed for health professionals and administrators in health planning, monitoring and evaluation fields, professionals and Specialists involved Healthcare Strategic Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, senior public officials, managing directors of private organizations and others who want practical, current skills in monitoring and evaluation.

The Growing Importance of Strategic Healthcare Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

Governments and financiers want to know what changed, not only what was spent. Results frameworks, indicators and credible evidence now decide how programmes are judged and whether they receive further funding.

Many teams collect large amounts of data but struggle to turn it into decisions. Strong monitoring and evaluation links activities to results, shows progress early and supports learning across the institution.

Organisations increasingly require professionals capable of:

• Design results frameworks with measurable indicators
• Collect and check data that can be trusted
• Analyse progress and explain variances
• Plan and manage evaluations
• Use evidence to adjust plans and report results

Strong monitoring and evaluation systems help organisations:

• Show results clearly to financiers and citizens
• Detect delays and problems early
• Improve the quality of decisions
• Meet reporting and evaluation requirements

This Strategic Healthcare Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation programme brings these elements together in a practical format, so that participants understand not only what good practice looks like but also how to introduce it in their own setting, with the people and resources they have.

Who Should Attend This Strategic Healthcare Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Training?

This programme is designed for:

• Health professionals and administrators in health planning, monitoring and evaluation fields
• Professionals and Specialists involved Healthcare Strategic Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
• Senior public officials, managing directors of private organizations
• Project managers
• Senior project consultants
• Heads of departments, supervisors, personnel officers
• Senior government staff, and other personnel as deemed appropriate by management
• M&E officers and managers
• Project and programme managers
• PIU staff responsible for reporting
• Planning and policy officers
• Statisticians and data officers

The programme suits experienced professionals as well as those moving into new responsibilities. Groups that mix institutions and countries are encouraged, because participants learn a great deal from each other’s experience.

Strategic Healthcare Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Training Objectives

Upon successful completion of this Strategic Healthcare Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Training, participants will be able to:

• Identify and Contrast Integrated Healthcare Approaches and articulate the different ways of practical strategic health planning
• Construct, Improve, Redesign and Implement Strategic Plans in Healthcare Sector
• Conduct Comprehensive Policy Analysis at Local, National and International Levels
• Utilize effective Techniques of Healthcare Financing, Low-Cost Planning and PPPs
• Use the logical framework in planning, monitoring and evaluation of health projects
• Develop indicators for successful implementation of activities and achievement of outcomes
• Determine the appropriate indicators and assumptions for project proposal framework
• Determine appropriate evaluation models, methods, processes and tools to compare the actual value of health plans, services and policy with expected outcomes
• Build a theory of change and results chain for a programme
• Design a results framework with SMART indicators

Each objective is practised during the programme through exercises, cases or group work, so that participants leave able to do it, not only to describe it.

Programme Contents and Structure

Strategic Healthcare Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Training Methodology

Strategic Healthcare Planning, M&E Training Course in Tbilisi, Georgia is highly practical and deliverable-focused. Particular emphasis is made on sector-specific exposure visits and knowledge share between the professionals of the same field. Panel discussions, detailed case studies and group assignments will be essential determinants of programme success. Participants will have exceptional opportunities to work alongside leading experts of the host country, allowing them to analyze and debate the key topics such as health financing, social stimulus and the contribution of technology to improved healthcare system outcomes.

The programme combines:

• Expert-led sessions on current practice
• Regional and international case studies
• Group work and practical exercises
• Simulations and role plays where relevant
• Discussion of participants' own challenges
• Peer learning across institutions and countries
• Practical tools and templates to take back to work
• Daily reflection and action planning

Before the programme, a short pre-assessment helps the facilitators understand each participant’s role and priorities, so that examples and exercises can be adjusted to the group. Each day ends with a short reflection in which participants note what they will apply at work.

Expected Outcomes

Upon completion of this Strategic Healthcare Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Training, participants will be able to:

• Design results frameworks with measurable indicators
• Set baselines and targets that can be tracked
• Collect and check reliable data
• Plan and manage evaluations
• Report results clearly to decision makers
• Use evidence to adapt plans

Participants leave with a personal action plan and practical tools they can use in their institution from the first week back. Institutions that send several participants can use the programme to agree shared methods and templates across teams, which makes improvements easier to sustain.

Institutional Application of Strategic Healthcare Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Training

This programme supports organisations in strengthening:

• Results frameworks
• Indicator systems
• Data quality
• Evaluation planning
• Results reporting

Participants return with practical tools to improve:

• Indicator reference sheets
• Data collection tools
• Progress reports
• Evaluation terms of reference
• Learning reviews

The programme is built so that learning moves from the classroom into the institution. Participants work on their own processes and documents where possible, and leave with an action plan that their managers can review and support.

Regional Relevance & Application

Europe

European institutions apply monitoring and evaluation within detailed regulatory frameworks and reform agendas. Participants from Europe can compare their practice with colleagues from other regions and test how established methods work under different conditions.

Africa

Across Africa, ministries, agencies and project teams working in monitoring and evaluation increasingly operate alongside donor-financed programmes that expect clear systems and evidence. The programme helps participants adapt good practice to the institutions and resources they work with.

Middle East

In the Middle East, national development strategies and diversification plans place growing demands on monitoring and evaluation. Participants explore how to build the capability these plans need inside public bodies and companies.

Asia

Institutions across Asia combine rapid growth with ambitious modernisation programmes. Participants from Asia can share their experience of scaling systems quickly and learn from approaches used elsewhere.

Pacific

Small island and Pacific states face particular constraints of size, distance and capacity. The programme highlights practical, proportionate approaches to monitoring and evaluation that suit smaller institutions.

Holding the programme in Tbilisi, Georgia brings participants together away from their daily pressures, so they can compare how monitoring and evaluation is handled in different settings. The same programme can also be delivered in-house for one institution, in its own country or online, with cases taken from its current work.

Host Country Profile – Georgia

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Studying away from their own country gives participants time to focus, a fresh view of their own institution and the chance to build a network with colleagues from other countries.

The programme takes place at Regus Tbilisi – Vazha Pshavela.

Strategic Healthcare Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Training Deliverables

Participants receive support before, during and after the programme, so that preparation, learning and follow-up form one continuous experience.

Before the Programme

• Participant Pre-Assessment
• Strategic Healthcare Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Readiness Assessment
• Strategic Healthcare Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Resource Pack
• Preparatory Reading Materials
• Complimentary Visa Support & Advisory

During the Programme

• Airport Pickup & Welcome Assistance
• Accommodation with Breakfast
• Welcome Networking Dinner
• Risalat Training Kit (Bag, Bottle, Mug, T-Shirt, Cap, Passport Cover, Pens, Notebook, Magnet & Keychain)
• Comprehensive Strategic Healthcare Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Training Manual
• Theory of Change Template
• Indicator Reference Sheet Template
• Data Quality Checklist
• Evaluation Terms of Reference Template
• Practical Workshops & Simulations
• Group Discussions & Peer Learning
• Daily Lunch and Refreshments
• Full Access to Training Venue Facilities
• Mini Pad / Tablet with Digital Learning Materials
• Field Visit (where applicable)
• Entertaining City Tour

After the Programme

• Certificate of Completion
• Risalat Programme Participation Recognition Award
• Post-Training Reference Materials
• Results Framework Review Guide
• Progress Report Template
• Post-Training Support & Follow-Up Guidance
• Programme Report

Institutions can also request a tailored in-house version of this programme, delivered at their premises or online. Request a proposal.

Common Challenges in Strategic Healthcare Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, And How This Training Helps

How can institutions design results frameworks with measurable indicators?

The programme addresses this directly on the first day (Results thinking), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions collect and check data that can be trusted?

The programme addresses this directly on the second day (Indicators and results frameworks), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions analyse progress and explain variances?

The programme addresses this directly on the third day (Data collection and quality), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions plan and manage evaluations?

The programme addresses this directly on the fourth day (Evaluation), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions use evidence to adjust plans and report results?

The programme addresses this directly on the fifth day (Reporting, learning and action planning), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

When and where does the Strategic Healthcare Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation programme take place?

It runs from 15 Mar 2027 to 19 Mar 2027, in Tbilisi, Georgia (Regus Tbilisi – Vazha Pshavela). The registration deadline is shown at the top of this page.

Who should attend?

The programme is designed for health professionals and administrators in health planning, monitoring and evaluation fields, professionals and Specialists involved Healthcare Strategic Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, senior public officials, managing directors of private organizations, project managers, and others who want practical skills in monitoring and evaluation.

Will I receive a certificate?

Yes. Participants who complete the programme receive a Certificate of Completion from Risalat Consultants International.

Can this programme be delivered for our institution only?

Yes. We can deliver a tailored in-house version at your premises, in another city or online, built around your own cases. Use the proposal request on this page.

Do I need prior experience in monitoring and evaluation?

No specialist background is required beyond experience in a related role. A short pre-assessment helps the facilitators adapt the sessions to the group.

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