BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:859@x8ti.com DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260406T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260410T130000 DTSTAMP:20260301T083152Z URL:https://x8ti.com/event/monitoring-and-evaluation-me-2/ SUMMARY:Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) DESCRIPTION:Course Overview\n\nThe M&\;E Certification course covers the standards and procedures for results-based monitoring and evaluation for end-to-end PLC.\n\nThis course endows participants with competencies in se tting up and implementing results-based monitoring and evaluation systems involving data management\, analysis\, and reporting.\n\nThe participants will benefit from the latest M&\;E philosophies and practices including the results and participatory approaches.\n\nWhat is the key benefit of t his ‘Monitoring and Evaluation (M&\;E) Certification’ course? This program is designed to enable its participants to become experts in monito ring and evaluating their development projects.\n\nThe Monitoring and Eval uation (M&\;E) Certification Course covers all the key elements of robu st M&\;E systems along with hands-on practical projects to provide expe rience in the M&\;E concepts being taught.\n\nThis Xcelerate training c ourse will provide you with monitoring and evaluation (M&\;E) lessons a nd workshops on how to integrate data demand and use data analysis tools a nd techniques with M&\;E concepts.\n\nCourse Objectives\n\nUpon complet ing this Monitoring and Evaluation (M&\;E) Certification Course success fully\, participants will be able to:\n\n Develop a comprehensive monitor ing and evaluation plan\n Utilize data analysis software\n Build project results levels\n Construct a project using logical frameworks\n Use ind icators and targets to measure success\n Monitor and track performance in dicators over the life of the project\n Conduct impact evaluation\n Eval uate a project against key measures\n Collect data using mobile data coll ection tools\n\nTraining Methodology\n\nThe interactive Monitoring and Eva luation (M&\;E) training course will consist of the following approache s:\n\n Lectures\n Seminars &\; Presentations\n Group Discussions\n Assignments\n Case Studies &\; Functional Exercises\n\nOrganizational Benefits\n\nCompanies who send in their employees to participate in this M onitoring and Evaluation (M&\;E) Certification Course can benefit in th e following ways:\n\n Give your employees the ability to manage large dat a volumes using the latest tools\n Provide your workforce with flexible a nd cost-effective professional development opportunities\n Analyze case s tudies in this domain and be able to apply successful techniques in your o rganization\n Comprehend the principles and practice of data analysis for project M&\;E and the context in which this operates\n\nPersonal Benef its\n\nProfessionals who participate in this Monitoring and Evaluation (M& amp\;E) Certification Course can benefit in the following ways:\n\n Learn and work with data analysis and management tools that are used widely\n Study each of the major fields of data analytics in an organized and logic al manner\n Increase your demand as a professional with experience in dat a analytics because most organizations are now looking for ways to exploit the power of big data\n Recognize how to apply big data analytics acro ss various industries\n Obtain certification in emerging concepts like da ta analytics and management\, that will show potential employers and profe ssional peers that you are an individual who takes your career seriously\n Keep yourself updated with the latest industry trends in technology and use them to make better decisions at your workplace\, thereby increasing y our chance of success\, and improving your credibility subsequently\n\nTar get Audience\n\nThis Monitoring and Evaluation (M&\;E) Certification Co urse would be suitable for:\n\n Anyone involved in the processes of resea rching\, supervising\, managing\, planning\, implementing\, monitoring\, a nd evaluating a development project\n Researchers\, development staff\, p rocess practitioners\, project managers and decision-makers\n\nCourse Out line\n\nINTRODUCTION TO RESULTS-BASED PROJECT MANAGEMENT\n\n Fundamentals of Results-Based Management\n Why is RBM important?\n Results-based man agement vs traditional project management\n RBM Lifecycle (seven phases)\ n Areas of focus of RBM\n\nFUNDAMENTALS OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION\n\n Definition of Monitoring and Evaluation\n Why Monitoring and Evaluation is important\n Key principles and concepts in M&\;E\n M&\;E in pro ject lifecycle\n Participatory M&\;E\n\nPROJECT ANALYSIS\n\n Situatio n Analysis\n Needs Assessment\n Strategy Analysis\n\nDESIGN OF RESULTS I N MONITORING AND EVALUATION\n\n Impact\, outcomes\, outputs and activitie s\n Results Framework\n M&\;E causal pathway\n Standards in planning \, monitoring\, and evaluating results\n\nM&\;E INDICATORS\n\n Indicat ors’ definition\n Indicator metrics\n Linking indicators to results\n Indicator matrix\n Tracking of indicators\n\nLOGICAL FRAMEWORK APPROACH\ n\n LFA – Analysis and Planning phase\n Design of a log frame\n Risk rating in the log frame\n Horizontal and vertical logic in the log frame\ n Using log frames to create Activity and Budget schedules\n Using log f rame as a project management tool\n\nTHEORY OF CHANGE\n\n Overview of the theory of change\n Developing a theory of change\n Theory of Change vs Log Frame\n Case study: Theory of change\n\nM&\;E SYSTEMS\n\n What is an M&\;E System?\n Elements of M&\;E System\n Steps for developin g a Results-based M&\;E System\n\nM&\;E PLANNING\n\n Importance of an M&\;E Plan\n Documenting M&\;E System in the M&\;E Plan\n M& amp\;E Plan:\n\n Monitoring\n Evaluation\n Data management\n Reporting \n\n\n M&\;E plan vs Performance Management Plan (PMP)\n\nBASE SURVEY IN RESULTS-BASED M&\;E\n\n Importance of baseline studies\n Process o f conducting baseline studies\n Baseline study vs evaluation\n\nPROJECT P ERFORMANCE EVALUATION\n\n Process and progress evaluations\n Evaluation of research design\n Evaluation questions\n Evaluation report Disseminat ion\n\nM&\;E DATA MANAGEMENT\n\n Different sources of M&\;E data\n Qualitative data collection methods\n Quantitative data collection metho ds\n Participatory methods of data collection\n Data Quality Assessment\ n\nM&\;E RESULTS USE AND DISSEMINATION\n\n Stakeholder’s information needs\n Usage of M&\;E results to enhance and boost projects\n M& \;E lessons learned and best practices\n Organization knowledge champions \n M&\;E reporting format\n M&\;E results in communication strateg ies\n\nGENDER PERSPECTIVE IN M&\;E\n\n Importance of gender in M&\; E\n Integrating gender into program logic\n Setting gender-sensitive ind icators\n Collecting gender-disaggregated data\n Analyzing M&\;E data from a gender perspective\n Appraisal of projects from a gender perspect ive\n\nDATA COLLECTION TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES\n\n Sources of M&\;E data – primary and secondary\n Sampling during data collection\n Qualitativ e data collection methods\n Quantitative data collection methods\n Parti cipatory data collection methods\n Introduction to data triangulation\n\n DATA QUALITY\n\n What is data quality?\n Why data quality?\n Data quali ty standards\n Data flow and data quality\n Data Quality Assessments\n M&\;E system design for data quality\n\nICT IN MONITORING AND EVALUATIO N\n\n Mobile-based data collection using ODK\n Data visualization – in fographics and dashboards\n Using the latest tools and technologies for r eal-time monitoring and evaluation\n\nQUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS\n\n Princ iples of qualitative data analysis\n Data preparation for qualitative ana lysis\n Linking and integrating multiple data sets in different forms\n Thematic analysis for qualitative data\n Content analysis for qualitative data\n Manipulation and analysis of data using NVivo\n\nQUANTITATIVE DAT A ANALYSIS – (USING SPSS/STATA)\n\n Introduction to statistical concept s\n Creating variables and data entry\n Data reconstruction\n Variables manipulation\n Descriptive statistics\n Understanding data weighting\n Inferential statistics: hypothesis testing\, T-test\, ANOVA\, regression analysis\n\nIMPACT ASSESSMENT\n\n Introduction to impact evaluation\n At tribution in impact evaluation\n Estimation of counterfactual\n Impact e valuation methods: Double difference\, Propensity score matching\n\nGIS IN M&\;E\n\n Introduction to GIS in M&\;E\n GIS analysis and mapping techniques\n Data preparation for geospatial analysis\n Geospatial anal ysis using GIS software (QGIS)\n\n \; 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