1. Dynamics of Monitoring and
Evaluating Community Projects
21 – 23 May, 2014 | The Resource Space, Lagos, Nigeria
This course is available for IN-HOUSE; For Further information, please contact: Tel: +234 8037202432, Email: petronomics@yahoo.com. Web: www.thepetronomics.com

2. OVERVIEW
Operations and Processes are best defined by their outputs,
and to arrive at those outputs, one must define each step;
systematic reviews that focus on approaches that will best
guide in arriving at the desired destination. Monitoring and
Evaluation is important in guiding and safeguarding planned
activities in the process of achieving desired results. In contrast
to conventional approaches, monitoring and evaluation
designed in a participatory way, promotes and sustain
relationships between different stakeholders, within and
outside the funding organisation. Involving the community from
the beginning ensures that the project evolves around people’s
felt needs, and is therefore moreresponsive to local
conditions. The participatory process also builds and promotes
the community’s ownership of the project. It is key that
community development and relations professionals gain basic
understanding of the underlying principles of monitoring and
evaluating community projects as these are important factors
that contribute to the success and sustainability of any
community activity.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course participants;
 Understand the concept and framework for
monitoring and evaluation
 Develop and learn how to use SMART Indicators
 Learn participatory approaches to designing and
implementing Monitoring and Evaluation(M&E)
 How to guide external evaluators
 Using Information from Monitoring and Evaluation
 Compliance and Evaluation Planning
PERFORMANCE FOCUS
Our programmes are significant investment for your
workforce. They are designed to fill identified industry
knowledge gap and provide hands-on applicable know-how
that give participants a deeper insights on their deliverables.
The various modules are cultured to encourage stakeholders
to aspire the attainment of operational efficiency along the
business chain.
COURSE CONTENT
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
 Operational definitions of monitoring, evaluation,
review and assessment
 Difference between monitoring, evaluation, review
and assessment
 Importance of monitoring and evaluation in
project/programme development
 Types of monitoring and evaluation
 Planning and implementing participatory monitoring
 Performance indicators.
DESIGNING AN EVALUATION
 Developing terms of reference for an evaluation
 Tools and methods relevant for data collection
 Sampling methods
 Importance of triangulation in evaluations
 Quality control
 Formulation of questionnaires
 General guidelines to asking questions
CONDUCTING AN EVALUATION
 Steps in organising and conducting a preparatory
training for evaluation teams
 Testing tools for data collection
 Data collection
FIELD VISIT
 Data collection
 Experiential learning
 Field reporting
QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
 Data reduction, organisation and interpretation.
 Methods of qualitative analysis:
•Successive approximation
•Analytic comparison: Method of
agreement, method of difference
•Cultural analysis
•Contact summary sheet
•Codes and coding
•Site analysis meeting
 How to interpret qualitative data.
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS METHODS
 Tools and methods for analysing and interpreting
quantitative data
 Assessing and judging results
 Computer applications using SPSS Package:
o Introduction to data analysis
o Introduction to SPSS
o Structure of data bases
o Getting from completed questionnaires to a
database-coding keys, closed and open
ended questions, data entry
o Data cleaning- ensuring data is entered
correctly
o Types of variables; uni- and bi- variate
analysis; planning your analysis.
o Univariate analysis-frequency distributions,
measures of central tendency and dispersion
o Bivariate analysis: cross-tabulations,
measures of significance and correlation
o Data interpretation and Printing data

3. REPORT WRITING AND PRESENTATION
 Contents and format of an evaluation report
 Report writing skills
 Report presentation skills
 Organising and conducting user workshops
DESIGNING M&E SYSTEM AND CHANGE
MONITORING
 Designing a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) System:
definition, aims and objectives of the system;
selection of relevant information and indicators; tools
and methods relevant for data collection and analysis
in a M&E system; organisation for M&E; presentation
and use of results derived from a M&E system.
 Performance indicators: What are they? Criteria for
selecting performance indicators.
 Impact Monitoring: Why impact monitoring; impact
monitoring framework.
DELIVERABLES
Our training programmes are exciting learning events. All
participants during the programme entitled to all course
materials and a certificate of participation. On a written
request, we shall furnish you with a detailed report
summarising our perception of participants’ strengths, areas
for improvement and proposed action plans within four weeks
of concluding the course. Our feedback process ensures your
objectives are achieved by the conclusion of our training
process.
PROGRAMME FEE
The programme fee covers tuition, course materials. Payment
is due upon receipt of the invoice. Our cancellation policy
applies.
Developing and Deploying Critical Leadership Skills -
N126,000.00 per participant
IN-HOUSE TRAINING
Petronomics Training can work with your organization to
provide the course to meet your budget at your convenience
(time and location) in the comfort of your working
environment. This collaborative effort, emphasize actionable
learning, the application of theory in practice and combine
core business skills/technical knowledge with dynamic
leadership training.
If you would like to discuss possible collaboration in
developing in-house training, please contact on the details
below.
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ABOUT US
At Petronomics, energy expertise is our resource and inspiring
competence is what we enjoy. The application of knowledge in
driving innovation and ultimately possibilities is the catalyst
that steer a distinctive value proposition. Braced with
visionary advisory board, inspired/cultured workforce and
experience faculty, we provide superior intellectual resource
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THE LEARNING APPROACH
In resourcing industry workforce competency, we develop
skills and experience that employer’s value by offering a
comprehensive range of flexible learning options to meet their
learning and development needs through a broad range of
learning approach that offers intensive and enjoyable
experience to participants. Participants benefit from lectures,
case study analysis, group discussion, workshop, and are also
encouraged to learn from other managers and professionals on
their programme by sharing ideas and experiences. We place
a particular emphasis on group work where participants’ real
life situations are used as vehicles for learning.
FACULTY
Key to our approach is the quality to the faculty members. Every
faculty member on our 20 member team is rigorously assessed
and contracted in line with our Standard Operating Procedure.
Each of them understands that they have to deliver training and
supporting documentation to the highest standard. They
comprise of professionals with outstanding track records in their
area of specialty. Whilst they bring to bear several years of
hands-on experience in the industry, they are committed to
knowledge growth and have an understanding of the link between
strategy and knowledge capital.
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Our programmes are conducted in a decent and cozy
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to refresh in an ambience well conducive for inspiring and creative
brainstorming that accelerate the learning curve of individual
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banquet facilities, accessibility and customer services. Our
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and warm welcome to participants.