1. Monitoring & Evaluation
an introduction for the board of
Lwala Community Alliance
Jessica Lyon & Sydney Nehrig
Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
2. Why Monitoring & Evaluation?
When broad level objectives and outcomes
are set:
Engagement & investment for stakeholders
Clarity surrounding roles, responsibilities, and
the usage of resources Greater success
rate
Strategic data collection and monitoring
problems detected earlier
3. Why is M&E important NOW
Hiring of new DD
On boarding of future staff members
Going after targeted funds
Can set LCA up for a future impact evaluation
of programs
4. The M&E Cycle: Planning
OUTCOMES
Short to ACTIVITIES
medium term Tasks
change for the undertaken to
IMPACT/OBJEC development produce
TIVE situation OUTPUTS outputs
resulting from Products and
Ultimate, long
outputs services,
term benefit for
the target delivered or
population provided by your
activities
7. Setting Objectives and
Outcomes
Objectives vs. Outcomes
Who sets the objectives and outcomes?
Are your objectives and outcomes SMART?
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Time-Bound
8. Example: Girls’ Education
Program
Program Objective:
To empower the girls of North Kamagambo to achieve school
completion, career advancement, and the capacity to make
smart life decisions, and to educate the community as a
whole about the importance of girls’ and women’s education
and empowerment
Program Outcomes:
To increase the number of girls that completes primary
school with exam scores that will allow them to continue
to secondary school.
1.1: Increase in the number of girls who are passing the KCPE
1.2: Increase in the number or girls who are sitting for the KCPE
1.3: Increase in primary school attendance and retention rate of girl
students
1.4: Increase in the gender parity ratio of girls to boys in primary
school
9. Setting Outputs and Activities
Outputs vs. Activities
Outputs are goods & services produced in order
to reach specified outcomes
Sample Output: Uniforms and sanitary towels distributed to
girls in Classes 6-8
Activities are the tasks undertaken in order to
produce the above goods & services (outputs)
Sample Activity: New Visions women measure girls, sew and
distribute uniforms on an annual basis
* Why is setting Outputs and Activities
important?
10. Example: Girls’ Education
Tasks
Knowledge sets, undertaken to
attitudes, produce the
products, & goods &
services services
11. Indicators
What are indicators?
Quantitative & Qualitative indicators
Are your indicators SMART?
Specific
Measurable*
Attainable
Relevant
Time-bound
* Means of verification
Example: Girls’ Education logframe
12. Data Collection within LCA
Data Timeline example: Girls’ Education (Ed.
Dept. & New Visions)
S Specific: Impacts, outcomes, and outputs must use change language—they must describe a specific future condition M Measurable: Results, whether quantitative or qualitative, must have measurable indicators, making it possible to assess whether they were achieved or not A Achievable: Results must be within the capacity of the partners to achieve R Relevant: Results must make a contribution to selected priorities of the national development framework T Time-bound: Results are never open-ended—there is an expected date of accomplishment Adapted from the UNDP Handbook ________.
S- Is the indicator specific enough to measure progress towards the results? M-Is the indicator a reliable and clear measure of results A-Are the results in which the indicator seeks to chart progress realistic? R-Is the indicator relevant to the intended outcomes and outputs? T-Are data available at reasonable cost and effort? **means of verification– tells us where we will find the data for our indicators: Ministry of Health, Hospital records, School attendance records?
