Project Sustainability, Monitoring and Evaluation

Course Description

This course focuses on monitoring and internal/external evaluations and shows how these processes are used to measure the results of a project. It provides a step-by-step guide on how to monitor and evaluate projects and adapt them if and when necessary. While the emphasis of the course is on monitoring and internal evaluation, it also provides guidance on field teams can contribute to external evaluations. The course contributes to the implementation and practical use of Results-Based Management (RBM) which is a management strategy that focuses on performance and on the achievement of results (outputs, outcomes and impacts). This course is intended for people managing projects/programmes in the NGO’s Government or private sector. However, it has been designed to be understood by multiple other users as well, including NGO’s staff and volunteers, donors and partners. Although it has been designed for use at the country level, the basic principles can be applied to projects/programmes at international levels.

Course Outcome

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Develop targets against which performance is measured
  
• Monitor their projects and the achievement of objectives
  
• Be identify and develop “SMART” objectives and indicators for project
  
• Do a stakeholder analysis, objectives analysis, alternatives analysis, problem analysis
  
• Select an appropriate framework for conducting an evaluation
  
• Identify appropriate qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques
  
• Construct a terms of reference and an evaluation report
  

 Course Content

• Project sustainability
  
• Reasons for measuring results & main concepts
  
• Designing measurable projects/programmes
  
• Introduction on Sampling
•  Monitoring : (Activity Monitoring , Situation Monitoring , Result Monitoring)
• Report writing
  
• Internal and External Projects Evaluation
  
• Project Risk Diagnostic procedures,
  
• Project scheduling
  

Required Reading Materials

Gudda (2011).A Guide to Project Monitoring & Evaluation. AuthorHouse 145678479X, 9781456784799

Other Useful Books

Albert Lester (2011): Project Management, Planning and Control, Elsevier Ltd.