Result based M&E

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Result based M&E

MonitoMonitoring and Evaluation for learning and performance improvement

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is a continuous management function to assess if progress is made in achiev­ing expected results, to spot bottlenecks in implementation and to highlight whether there are any unintended effects (positive or negative) from an investment plan, programme or project (“project/plan”) and its activities.

The processes of planning, monitoring and evaluation make up the Result-Based Management (RBM) approach, which is intended to aid decision-making towards explicit goals (see RBM). Planning helps to focus on results that matter, while M&E facilitates learning from past successes and challenges and those encountered during implementation.

Elements of an M&E system – which if developed together with all key stakeholders will encourage participation and increased ownership of a project/plan - are: (a) Result Frameworks or logframes (“RF”), which are tools to organize intended results, i.e. measurable development changes. RFs inform the development of the M&E plan and both must be consistent with each other (see RBM); (b) the M&E plan, which contains a description of the functions required to gather the relevant data on the set indicators and the required methods and tools to do so. The M&E plan is used to systematically organize the collection of specific data to be assessed, indicating roles and responsibilities of project/plan stakeholders. It ensures that relevant progress and performance information is collected processed and analyzed on a regular basis to allow for real-time, evidence-based decision-making; (c) the various processes and methods for monitoring (such as regular input and output data gathering and review, participatory monitoring, process monitoring) and for evaluation (including impact evaluation and thematic, surveys, economic analysis of efficiency (see FEA); and (d) the Management Information System, which is an organized repository of data (often georeferenced) to assist managing key numeric information related to the project/plan and the analysis.ring and Evaluation for learning and performance improvement

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is a continuous management function to assess if progress is made in achiev­ing expected results, to spot bottlenecks in implementation and to highlight whether there are any unintended effects (positive or negative) from an investment plan, programme or project (“project/plan”) and its activities.

The processes of planning, monitoring and evaluation make up the Result-Based Management (RBM) approach, which is intended to aid decision-making towards explicit goals (see RBM). Planning helps to focus on results that matter, while M&E facilitates learning from past successes and challenges and those encountered during implementation.

Elements of an M&E system – which if developed together with all key stakeholders will encourage participation and increased ownership of a project/plan - are: (a) Result Frameworks or logframes (“RF”), which are tools to organize intended results, i.e. measurable development changes. RFs inform the development of the M&E plan and both must be consistent with each other (see RBM); (b) the M&E plan, which contains a description of the functions required to gather the relevant data on the set indicators and the required methods and tools to do so. The M&E plan is used to systematically organize the collection of specific data to be assessed, indicating roles and responsibilities of project/plan stakeholders. It ensures that relevant progress and performance information is collected processed and analyzed on a regular basis to allow for real-time, evidence-based decision-making; (c) the various processes and methods for monitoring (such as regular input and output data gathering and review, participatory monitoring, process monitoring) and for evaluation (including impact evaluation and thematic, surveys, economic analysis of efficiency (see FEA); and (d) the Management Information System, which is an organized repository of data (often georeferenced) to assist managing key numeric information related to the project/plan and the analysis.

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