Certified Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (CMES)
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Certified Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (CMES) Course
Introduction:
Monitoring and evaluation systems are crucial for measuring success, reporting on results, and improving the performance of development programs and projects. These systems enable organizations to learn from experience and enhance their effectiveness.
Given the significance of monitoring and evaluation, international and public-sector organizations have been investing in the establishment of such structures for several years. To meet the demand for specialized expertise in this field, the Certified Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist course has been developed.
By participating in this course, you will acquire the skills needed to contribute to various industries, including non-profit organizations, healthcare, education, and international development.
Course Objectives:
After successful completion of this course you would be able to learn of:
- Theories of and approaches to monitoring and evaluation
- The linkages between monitoring, reporting, control, audit, research, and evaluation
- All about the components of a successful monitoring and evaluation system, and how to create one
- Methodologies, tools and techniques to run a monitoring and evaluation system
Who Should Attend?
The course on Certified monitoring and evaluation specialist is ideal for:
- Monitoring and evaluation specialists
- Project coordinators and program managers
- Independent evaluators
- Donor staff appraising and evaluating projects and program
- Non-governmental organization officials involved in monitoring and evaluating
Course Outlines:
Introduction to monitoring and Evaluation
- Meaning of Project and Project Management
- Key characteristics of a project
- Position of monitoring and evaluation in project management phases
- Types of monitoring
- Types of evaluation and evaluation criteria
- Objectives of monitoring and evaluation
- Difference between M&E | components of M&E system
- Who should be involved in M&E activities
Designing logical framework in M&E
- Introduction to results chain and results chain in details
- Background and description of logical framework
- SMART indicators
- Means of verification and risks and assumptions
- Designing logical framework with samples
Monitoring and Evaluation methods and tools
- Introduction to M&E methods
- Direct Observation | Survey or interviews | Focus Group discussion | Pile-ranking exercise | Data Triangulation
- M&E tools and what influences the tools choice?
- Data Types | Designing questionnaire | Tips on questionnaire designing | Practical focus group discussion guide designing
- Practical key informant interview guide formulation | Sample observation checklist | Sample sign in sheet
Sampling in Monitoring and Evaluation
- Introduction to sampling
- Representative random sampling
- Purposive sampling
- Research ethics and informed consent in M&E
- Research misconduct in M&E
- Causes of poor data quality | Monitoring data quality during collection process
Data Analysis and Presentation
- Introduction to data analysis
- Quantitative data analysis
- Using mean, Frequency, Percentage, Range and standard deviation
- Bar Charts | Stacked bar chart | Pie Chart | Line graph | Scatter Plo
- Qualitative data analysis