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the purpose of monitoring and evaluation is to track implementation and outputs systematically, and measure the effectiveness of programmes. It helps determine exactly when a programme is on track and when changes may be needed.

M&E is important in project designing as it informs owners, partners and donors how project activities are being used to realize project goals. In the case shocks negatively impacting

M and E are very important because this help us to succeed the progress of our project and make decision

The importance of monitoring and Evaluation at the programme level, is to track implementation and outputs systematically, and measure the effectiveness of programmes. It helps determine exactly when a programme is on track and when changes may be needed

M & E is important to track the progress of the project by identifying our project goals and linking the goals with project outcomes, outputs and activities. It helps us to develop a framework that assists the team to review the progress made and in case if anything goes wrong, identify the problem and solve it immediately. We can recognise what type of data is required to monitor progress and then evaluate whether or not we were able to achieve the set objective.

Apart from this we can also know who are our beneficiaries and are we bringing positive changes in their lives.

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M&E is important in a number of ways:

• Enables one or an organization set out with a clear set of objectives on what they need to achieve
• Armed with an objective, they can now establish their inputs and outputs
• Know what indicators they will be monitoring and ways to monitor
• Know what kind of information to collect for a particular indicator
• Establish who would be responsible for what and how often
• Know how to do analysis and what to expect without bias
• Know what kind of resources would be required
• Finally generate reports, do knowledge management and have a way forward

i agree that monitoring and evaluation are essentials for any project even for business. we need to make sure that we measure how far we run towards our goals rightly and exactly according our plans.

i agree that monitoring and evaluation are essentials for any project even for business. we need to make sure that we measure how far we run towards our goals rightly and exactly according our plans.

Module 1 shows the importance of proper M&E plan for an organization. as well as the future need and reference of M&E plan

M&E is important to projects and activities as it tracks performance of progress over time. this helps in making informed decisions on changes that need to be done in ensuring achievement of objectives in the end. As performance is being tracked constantly, the efficient and effective use of resources is achieved, maintained and/or improved as per need. Through M&E, the project can easily be matched against the changes made to beneficiaries and the extend to which such activities have achieved the project's objective(s). In the future, feedback from beneficiaries and facilitators will assist in progressive improvements to similar or related projects.

I think MEH will have to measure the increase financial prosperity of girls in the province, because their focus is to capacitate girls with microloans while expanding their microfinancing horizon

so there is a need or importance of having an M&E plan to help tracking activities that are designed intend to reach a certain goal

You need To créateurs a M&E plan because

Through this 2 kinds of development in different side, GOOD is a kind of educate the girls how to save their money, how to use their money be more effective and accountable through the savings account. And the other side MEH Project is about lending money, help girls to loan a money to start a new business maybe. The Important things here is how we can control all the data, we earn the money in GOOD Program and we cycle it to give loans in MEH Project, so this 2 project is about helping each others but in a good way and controllable.

M&E is important because data collected help measure progress of a project, survey opinion of beneficiaries and deem impact of project on beneficiaries.

Developing an M&E plan is fundamental in the project implementation stages. Including understanding the tools needed to collect data to monitor and evaluate the program

It's correct. I strongly agree with it.

All project need a M&E plan and designing one is a relatively long and collaborative work

One major importance of M & E is that, it helps to identify problems pertaining to the project implementation and presents the opportunity to address the problems.
It also helps in reprogramming taking into consideration findings from monitoring.

Great introduction. Looking forward to learning how to create an M&E plan.

TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR TO PROGRESS OF A PROGRAM
AND TO GIVE ACCURATE REPORT TO THE DONOR ON THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM AT THE END OF THE PROJECT

Improve project performance

Effective resource allocation

Promotes learning & data-driven decision making

systematic management of organization

Greater transparency and accountability

very brilliant, attractively and auspicious

Monitoring and Evaluation is indeed the bedrock of any successful project. It is clear that without M & E, project managers will not be able to a give a convincing report on how their project went.

The topic is quite well as we are using a virtual example to achieve something. The virtual example is really a good representation of the situation in most of our organizations.

The importance of M&E cannot be over emphasized, as long as you are dealing with a project with a time frame and resources that you have to account for. it is important that the utilization of resources is measured so as the time spent on the project. It is therefore important to establish how the performance of the project will be measured and how it will be evaluated in order to know if it achieving its objectives.

In my opinion, what you don´t measure you don´t manage, so having a robust M&E framework for your porject is crucial to its success.

fantastic, the project is a very good project which requires a monitoring and evaluation plan to help measure its progress.

very good input. I think a good Monitoring and evaluation plan will help them measure the success of the project against its targets and baselines.

The module clearly explained the importance of M&E and has made it easy for me to understand and be able to differentiate the two.

One of the main importance of monitoring and evaluation is, it help to make information more objective and specific.

Monitoring is an ongoing process mainly based on the targets that are set and all the activities planned during
the planning phases of work. It helps to keep the work on track and can enable the project team/ management detect where the project implementation may not be progressing as expected. If well carried out, monitoring can be an invaluable tool for good management. Since it provides a useful base for evaluation. Besides, project monitoring enables one to determine whether the resources availed for the project are sufficiently and effectively being utilized. It also enables the project team to ascertain whether the human capacity for the project is sufficient and appropriate, and whether one is doing what had been planned to be done.
Evaluation on the other hand is more about the results/outcomes and impact of the project. It is usually an episodic assessment of the change in targeted results that can be attributed to the program or project’s interventions (Goyder, 2009).
Monitoring and evaluation is greatly needed in that the generated information can be used by policy makers in improving the processes and procedures of countries to identify and select projects and programs aligned to the national development agenda (Saladores, 1998). Projects which are appropriately aligned to both the people’s needs and the national plans are also likely to be more cost-effective and stand a good chance of success. The results accruing from M&E processes reveal the level of efficiency in project implementation, and bring to the forefront the reality over whether the project is focused on the needs of the beneficiaries, able to identify potential problems in the processes and progress and allows for the prompt application of the desired corrective action as observed by Gilles (2006).

it's actually great that they already know their goals for the project of GOOD , therefore the progress for GOOD organization can slide smoothly

M&E is very important because it helps to know that:-

• If the program is on track

• If there are any changes or interventions required to keep the program running.

• Helps ensure the efficient use of resources available such as capital, human resources, and so forth.

Importance of M&E
1.) It enables one have a deep understanding of his/her project goals

2.) Decide what to measure

3.) It helps develop tools and methods for measurements

4.) It helps an M&E experts figure out which of his/her team members should collect, manage, analyze and use data

Importance of M&E
1.) It enables one have a deep understanding of his/her project goals

2.) Decide what to measure

3.) It helps develop tools and methods for measurements

4.) It helps an M&E experts figure out which of his/her team members should collect, manage, analyze and use data

M&E aids deep understanding of one's project goals
It figures which team members should collect, manage, analyze and use data
It decides what to measure

the importance of m and e will help have a focused start of the project plan, correct implementations and good results of the plan that will see the desired goals of the project

M&E help us to set the indicators, how to choose the best indicator, it help to collect data on implementation of the project which direct to know whether the implementation it goes in way it has planned. It also helps to know how the project has the achieved its objectives at what extent those achievements should attributed to that project

It helps in making key decisions for the project

M&E Plan is important because of the following,

1. It helps shows how the project will measure its achievements and provide a form of accountability to the funding organization.
2. The plan does serve as a guidance in the implementation of M&E activities in a coordinated and standardized way.
3. It is a document that helps the project keep track and assesses the results of the interventions throughout the life of a program.
4. The plan helps provide transparency throughout the project life.
5. The plan helps outlines very clearly the roles and responsibilities of members. For example who should collect, analyses and report on certain data

Good day all
My name is Gambo David, I am from Nigeria and Aid worker in the northern eastern Nigeria.
I just join this course to learn about M &E. Am so glad to meet and participate in same group work you
Wish we will learn together and from each other. Thank you

The importance of M&E is to know how the project is progressing and how to measure the success of the project

M&E also help to indicate if there is problem somewhere one the project implementation and where neccessary to fix the problem

Informative

For the MEH project, the M&E plan need to include developing indicators that measures how well the microloans are being disbursed to beneficiary and at the end clearly shows the impact of the intervention on the socioeconomic status of the beneficiaries.

Creating M&E plan on project gives clarity on project goals and helps to achieve a definite report on the project. This is necessary for any M&E specialist. It is then paramount for M&E to understand the project as it will help his/her work

measure employees achievement and motivate their work well done. The employees have the right to know the progress they are making whether they have attained the objectives of the target or not, thus results must be made known to them. It can also encourage personnel to put more effort.

it's very important to measure the achievement of workers and motivate motivate them of their work well done.

Importance of measurement and evaluation includes:

It enables one or an organization set out with a clear set of objectives on what they need to achieve
Armed with an objective, they can now establish their inputs and outputs
Know what indicators they will be monitoring and ways to monitor
Know what kind of information to collect for a particular indicator
Establish who would be responsible for what and how often
Know how to do analysis and what to expect without bias
Know what kind of resources would be required
Finally generate reports, do knowledge management and have a way forward

In the NGO´s and other development agencies M&E is vital for the accountability with donors and to measure progress, correct issues as they happen and above all to really create an impact in the communities where the project is working, taking into account the indigenous context and adapting to their needs creates successful interventions that are self sustainable in the long run, because the beneficiaries are empowered to change their own lives and communities.

I think one of the most important aspect of M&E is that it removes the possibility of us using assumptions when making decisions regarding projects. It allows us to make fact based decisions.

a)To measure progress of the project
b)Provides necessary data to guide in strategic planning
c)To identify efficient use of resources

the importance of monitoring and evaluation is to track implementation and outputs ,measure the effectiveness of programmes. It can help determine whether a programme is on track or not and when changes may be needed.

Monitoring and evaluation can help an organization plan and manage it's works.

Monitoring and evaluation can also help us know how well resources can be needed for a certain project.

M&E helps the team to deeply understand the project’s goals helping them on deciding what to measure. It also helps to develop tools and methods for measurement of parameters of great importance in any project being implemented. M&E helps in figuring out which of the team members should collect, manage, analyze, and use data.

True, this is so important in project progress tracking.

I look forward to learning more

This toolkit deals with the “nuts and bolts” (the basics) of setting up and using a monitoring and evaluation system for a project or an organisation. It clarifies what monitoring and evaluation are, how you plan to do them, how you design a system that helps you monitor and an evaluation process that brings it all together usefully. It looks at how you collect the information you need and then how you save yourself from drowning in data by analysing the information in a relatively straightforward way. Finally it raises, and attempts to address, some of the issues to do with taking action on the basis of what you have learned.

An organization cannot succeed without a specific M&E plan.

M&E is a tool that helps guide a project or a program's lifecycle. It is important in for a number of ways as described below:

1. Project goals are easily set and the progress of the activities measured as per the set objectives and goals.
   2.Resources and personnel are allocated according to the roles and responsibilities assigned for example in the
   GOOD project, the field offices are assigned a responsibility of recording every Savings account opened.
2. The impact attributed to the interventions of project on the beneficiaries can easily be measured and the
   feedback as well captured to inform further decisions.
3. Project team is guided on how and what information is to be collected and managed in order to track and
   measure the progress of the project
4. Data collected during the project lifecycle will assist in preparing reports to the funders and capture the success or
   failure of the project and be able to recommend on the way forward.
   In conclusion, M&E is a crucial tool in any project as it measures the success or failure of the project. Furthermore, it guides on the next cause of action to be taken after the completion of the project.

M&E will help MEH's team to capture the project's expected results, identify success indicators and plan for activities that will be done in order to achieve the expected results. They will also be able to track the progress of their performance to know how well they are meeting their targets, what challenges they are facing and what can be adjusted to improve performance.

Monitoring and Evaluation helps one measure the progress of a project. Monitoring and Evaluation helps us to collect information about a project and how the project can be improved upon. It also helps one to track problems and how to make necessary changes.

This is a great start to the M&E Planning course.

the importance of M&E is crucial in project success. it provide room to critically looked into the project to ensure the goals are accomplished which include satisfaction on the side of the sponsor and render service to the beneficiary.

1. M&E helps to identify the most valuable and efficient use of resources.
   2.It determines when the programme is going to plan and when changes may be needed.
2. M&E provides data needed for strategic planning, designing and implementation of programmes.
3. It also helps in checking whether the desired output of a project is achieved or not and the necessary action to be take.

M&E is important as long as it allows projects to be successful by establishing an adequate plan starting with the setting of objectives, the establishment of indicators to be monitored regularly before moving on to the evaluation where the level of achievement of the objectives set at the outset is measured.

I enjoyed this first module

i think it is best way of learning by," implementing the tools which you want to learned.

The M$E is important because it helps;

1. Clearly state and explain the goal of the project, so that it is known to the team members.
2. Know the progress of the project especially is there is a defined measure of progress.
3. Figure out how the project is affecting the beneficiaries.
4. The team know what the beneficiaries think of the project.
5. The team members know how the project can be improved
6. Measure the success of the project
7. To catch problems that may affect the project and make changes on time.

1.Decision making
2.Uphold the accountability

3. Re schedule the project
4. Measure the progress against expected result
5. Re-shifting the staffs
6. Re-budgeting

M&E is important to control the project which have to meet with progress regularly and keep on tracking whether the project are on right track or not, and measuring whether project meet according to the objectives or not.
So M&E take important role to over view the project time to time.

Monitoring and Evaluation is very important step and tools to measure the successful of the project. It should be included in master workplan since the project preparing phase and until completion.

Learning about the importance of M&E is great. I am seeing how I can integrate this theory into my everyday workplans.

obviously MEH project team are unable to measure the intended outputs and outcomes of the project, while GOOD project team is on a track to measure the progress of project activities and the can easily determine on what have already and done and what needed to do the next

Well when we see the given two case, first case has described how the M&E has been used to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of the project. On the other hand in the MEH case we can clearly distinguished that the stakeholders are in dilemma to check whether output or outcome of the project.
So some of the importance we can see from the given case are:

• M&E allows for understanding efficiency and effectiveness of the project

*M&E allows to identify the real gap of the project

• M&E promotes sustainability of the project

• M&E enables on understanding the ground realities

• M&E promotes the approach of Specific, Measureable, Attitude, Reliabilities and Time (SMART) ideology.

It helps in understanding the step by step processes that a business needs to go through, as well as point out the hiccups that are faced along the way.

Monitoring evaluation allows you to measure the progress of a project compared to the initial objectives. It allows, with regard to the objectives, to determine intermediate results, to define indicators for measuring performance and to set up a system of collection, processing and analysis of data to facilitate decision-making.

Hello fellow M & E'st. my names are Maurice Luchen from Zambia. I am excited about this platform and looking forward to learn and exchange ideas with everyone. Feel free to engage in discussions with me.

M&E is a critical component for any organization in keeping track how our project is doing. Any project reqires an M & E plan to determine if we are meeting set objectives.

The importance of M&E can not be ignored because, it is the back bone or foundation to a successful project, if an organization is to achieve accurate precision and an insight to a project, the a plan is very important.
As we see in the two project example stated above (the Good is more likely to succeed because the have an M&E plan, but the MEH is likely to fail since the have no idea on an insight on how to go about achieving their goal as the the team has no knowledge of an M&E plan.

Those are good example that will help me how to create a successful M&E Plan.

The topic is really very interesting

That is because it helps one to plan and evaluate the organisation`s activities and adjust where necessary

Helps projects to evaluate their performance
Helps projects monitor their activities.
Helps projects stick to their goals and objectives
It is a basis for funding projects

IMPORTANCE OF M&E

1. Greater transparency and accountability
   One of the greatest benefits of M&E is helping organisations to track, analyse and report on relevant information and data throughout the life cycle of a project. This allows the project team to provide robust evidence for all their actions and decisions to stakeholders, donors and community members from day one.
2. Improved project performance
   A well planned M&E helps the project team to get a better understanding of the target population’s needs. This helps to define the scope of the project and design objectives that are relevant, measurable and achievable. A well-defined M&E plan also clarifies the process and interventions that will lead to the project’s outputs and deliverable. Moreover, M&E helps the team to plan an end-to-end indicator management system, identify effective tools and methodologies
3. Effective resource allocation
   All project operations are interwoven around project budgets. The amount of available cash dictates the duration and magnitude of interventions, choices of resources, number of employees etc. M&E is an effective tool for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of finances in project implementation. M&E facilitates with the estimation of the value, worth and impact of project components
4. Promotes learning & data-driven decision making
   M&E data provides quantifiable results to help the involved parties to learn from project successes and challenges and be more adaptive. Involved parties are better prepared to respond to the ever-evolving project situations, determine what worked and what did not and why it did not work
5. Systematic management of organisation
   M&E also functions as a performance management tool as it facilitates organisations to gather, disseminate and utilise information and data to improve their internal operations and add value to their organisation. Organisations can thus focus on their objectives such as enhancing performance,

Her team knows precisely what its goals

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Monitoring and Evaluation has vital importance, specially in a live of a project it really help us to know how can we conduct our activities based on plan and how we collect data from the field and how we evaluate the progress of the project.
therefore existing of M&E is very crucial in all entire live of a project.

The use of two examples to give a background about what M&E entails, which contexts it can be used, the timing for making M&E plans and the elements is great. The first case where GOOD has clear goals and objectives to meet give the impression for a starting point; basic information required to establish a M&E plan. However, the second case of MEH also shows that even without a clear objective and time specificies for achieving them to start with, the fact that the project is not yet set in motion gives room for developing a proper M&E framework.

it is useful for me

The Importance of M&E is to find out how to reach the main goal by put together resources as well as they are given firstly by build a plan of data collection on how to achieve the objective, how this project is benefit for recipients lives, how to make a report, how many time the report will be done in the year, what is the appropiate time to produce it and to who this report is adressed.
Properly for MEH, the plan have to be built on how many girls are concerned on the one hand, what amount of money is dedicated for what kind of project that will be financed, what is the social impact by financing several procjects, what is the annual target aimed and on the other hand, what is the appropiate time to prepare the report to donor and how many reports are needed.
The plan must allow MEH to detect problems and find out appropiate solutions, and measures how successful thisr project will be to convince funders and partners

You are right. In adtition, the M&E allows us to learn about the impact of the project on the beneficiaries life, and how to improve aspects that are less highlighted, for the similarly future projects.

Thanks for this idea. But i would like to know, if it's possible at this stage to know about tools that are willing to be implemented? My point of vew is the following one: The module 1 allows us to define, general context of our project.

monitoring and evaluation is actual an important in program and projection management. M&E help investors and donors get the picture of efforts.
It help project and program manager knows how to predict the future
Employers and employees becomes motivated by getting a clearer picture of their labor.

1. M&E help to Planning
2. Set performance Indicator
3. Decision making
4. Re-scheduling the Project
5. Re-Budgeting
6. Re- staffs shifting

Monitoring and evaluation are ways of systematically measuring and assessing the activities of projects and programme and results. Their purpose is to check on the progress of implementation of the projects and programme systematically. They help to determine when a programme is going to plan and when changes may be needed. Hence, M&E is very important part of the implementation of the projects and programme.

to evaluate performance of the project
to find appropriate plan for the project
to find the outcome of the project

The importance of M & E is to create an M & E plan