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I think that you should create an M&E plan so that you will be able to identify if the projects are contributing to reaching the organizational goals or advocacy. An M&E plan helps you measure the actual impact or influence the project have in comparison to what is desired. The results of an M&E plan will make you realize if the project is still relevant, or the necessary improvement to make achieving objectives more effective and efficient.

@13081985 said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think you should create an M & E plan because it will allow you to track the steps, correct the mistakes swiftly and achieve the goals and objectives.

I support this. An M&E plan will most definitely assist an organization improve the quality of projects and programs they provide, through identifying the things you already do correctly, and the things you will need to make some improvements on.

@Course_Operations said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

Respond to this prompt after completing the content in Module 1.

Imagine that you are GOOD’s project manager. You are trying to convince MEH’s project manager to create an M&E plan. In the discussion forum, explain what you would you say to MEH’s project manager.

Sample Post: I think that you should create an M&E plan because __________ .

Respond to at least two of your peers’ messages. Which of the reasons for starting an M&E plan do you find the most convincing? Are there any other reasons for starting an M&E plan that your peer has missed?

M&E provides room for convincing funders for further fundings to the project .

@akon71 said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

@darcygray said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think you should create an M & E plan because it will allow you to communicate the success of your project to donors, which will allow you to continue to get funded. The chances of receiving continued funding for the project would be greatly reduced if you cannot provide convincing stats in your reports and proposals. Furthermore, constructing an MEL plan will help you to weigh the pros and cons of different indicators that your team is debating.

Also, you can reshape your future program incorporating the most successful intervention and best practice that will allow you to get highest benefit from your next development initiatives.

Super true

@MichaelTomoriBPharmMScMPH said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

@darcygray said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think you should create an M & E plan because it will allow you to communicate the success of your project to donors, which will allow you to continue to get funded. The chances of receiving continued funding for the project would be greatly reduced if you cannot provide convincing stats in your reports and proposals. Furthermore, constructing an MEL plan will help you to weigh the pros and cons of different indicators that your team is debating.

i agree with Darcygray, in addition to what he posted that is apart from communicating the success of your project to donors, it is also a way of ensuring accountability to funders. it will also show case the collection, collation and reporting of program reports and how your program will ensure timeliness and completeness of report to the funders

Excellent! I completely agree with both of you. The aim of every project is to achieve result; this can be in any form as the case may be. M&E is vital as it not only show progress of a project, it also ensures that expected result(s) are achieved.

I think that you should create an M&E plan because it would help to measure the progress of your project,track performances over time and give efficient use of resources. and it will help to also measure how well the project have achieved the project objectives.

@Course_Operations said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E :

I think that you should create an M&E plan because plans are essential but they are not set in concrete (totally fixed). If they are not working, or if the circumstances change, then plans need to change too.

A good Monitoring and evaluation plan are both tools which help your project or organisation know when plans are not working, and when circumstances have changed. They will give management the information it needs to make decisions about the project or organisation, about changes that are necessary in strategy or plans.

Through this, the constants remain the pillars of the strategic framework : the problem analysis, the vision, and the values of the project or organisation. Everything else is negotiable.

And remember getting something wrong is not a crime. Failing to learn from past mistakes because you are not monitoring and evaluating, is.

@chikaifeanyi said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think that you should create an M&E plan because it would help you identify your goals, create steps to achieving them, and help you keep track of how close or far off you are from achieving them

@chikaifeanyi well articulated thought ..... but what type of monitoring and evaluation system does your organization currently use?”.

@Tumpembosa said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think MEH they should prepare M&E plan as it will help them to set targets and prepare indicators to measure those targets.

@Tumpembosa Yes , indicators help to measure whether a project is progressing or otherwise? Also what type of monitoring and evaluation system does your organization currently use?”.

Hi everyone.
I thinlk The M&E Plan helps assess progress of the program toward achieving its goals and objectives. Thus, the M&E work plan is an important tool used by M&E officers for comprehensive planning on how to study and report on the program and its effects

@Charlene_90 said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

@Zeb said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

Hello Dear All Learners
Hope you all are preparing yourself for the course, I’m Zeb as a course ambassador for “Planning for Monitoring and Evaluation”. If you need any help regarding the course or want to link the course with your previous projects, such as education, community development, emergency related projects, etc. or you are entirely new student and no familiarity with Monitoring and Evaluation. Please let me know… I will try my best to help you
Best of luck for all of you...

Thanks for your availability

@Charlene_90 My pleasure to help all the learners... best of luck for your study...

I think you should create and Monitoring and Evaluation plan because plans are essential but they are not set in concrete (totally fixed). If they are not working, or if the circumstances change, then plans need to change too.

A good Monitoring and evaluation plan are both tools which help your project or organisation know when plans are not working, and when circumstances have changed. They will give management the information it needs to make decisions about the project or organisation, about changes that are necessary in strategy or plans.

Through this, the constants remain the pillars of the strategic framework : the problem analysis, the vision, and the values of the project or organisation. Everything else is negotiable.

Getting something wrong is not a crime. Failing to learn from past mistakes because you are not monitoring and evaluating, is.

Doing a project does not mean it will have an impact in people's life, but when monitoring and evaluation is done, it helps to plan and keep an eye on the project in terms of data, also to see the effect of such a project if the aim is met or not and where improvement is needed. .

I think you need to develop M&E plan to know the progress of activities and to know the completed activities whether is implemented correctly among indicators or not.

@Kamoga said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

@Course_Operations said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

Respond to this prompt after completing the content in Module 1.

Imagine that you are GOOD’s project manager. You are trying to convince MEH’s project manager to create an M&E plan. In the discussion forum, explain what you would you say to MEH’s project manager.

Sample Post: I think that you should create an M&E plan because __________ .

Respond to at least two of your peers’ messages. Which of the reasons for starting an M&E plan do you find the most convincing? Are there any other reasons for starting an M&E plan that your peer has missed?

M&E provides room for convincing funders for further fundings to the project .

Is it only because of funding M&E should be done? What of the impact on the people?

@Zeb said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

@Charlene_90 said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

@Zeb said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

Hello Dear All Learners
Hope you all are preparing yourself for the course, I’m Zeb as a course ambassador for “Planning for Monitoring and Evaluation”. If you need any help regarding the course or want to link the course with your previous projects, such as education, community development, emergency related projects, etc. or you are entirely new student and no familiarity with Monitoring and Evaluation. Please let me know… I will try my best to help you
Best of luck for all of you...

Thanks for your availability

@Charlene_90 My pleasure to help all the learners... best of luck for your study...

I think monitoring and evaluation should be a continuous thing, just like quality improvement cycle, where changes should be made, it should be made

@Course_Operations said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think that you should create an M&E plan because

I think that you should create an M&E plan because it will help assess progress of the program toward achieving its goals and objectives which will also help inform key stakeholders as well as program implementer.

I think you should create M&E plan because you need getting data and information about beneficiaries numbers, reviews, rate, and changes in their lives that indicates how much the project is effective , measure progress,
Comparison of inputs and results to verify that objectives and outputs are realized.

@KV said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think you should start creating a M&E plan in order to determine whether your goals and objectives match with the goals of the girls you are trying to help. A M&E plan in important to determine the success of your project both for you as an organization and for the people you are trying to help. A M&E plan will allow you to identify misses and successes in an early stage, which allow you to adapt activities in order to meet the goals and objectives set in the first place.

nice point of view

@remialag said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

Doing a project does not mean it will have an impact in people's life, but when monitoring and evaluation is done, it helps to plan and keep an eye on the project in terms of data, also to see the effect of such a project if the aim is met or not and where improvement is needed. .

I agree , but impact to society needs lot of tools and techniques to achieve

@darcygray said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think you should create an M & E plan because it will allow you to communicate the success of your project to donors, which will allow you to continue to get funded. The chances of receiving continued funding for the project would be greatly reduced if you cannot provide convincing stats in your reports and proposals. Furthermore, constructing an MEL plan will help you to weigh the pros and cons of different indicators that your team is debating.

What you just said is interesting. However, I think that they should also know that the M&E plan will also help them during the monitoring stage of the project, when they can easily take decisions to enter the necessary changes in the project activities, based on the M&E plan. It is also a good tool to measure the progress of the project.

@draynte said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

@Yonis_Dayib said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

@draynte said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

@Course_Operations said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

Respond to this prompt after completing the content in Module 1.

Imagine that you are GOOD’s project manager. You are trying to convince MEH’s project manager to create an M&E plan. In the discussion forum, explain what you would you say to MEH’s project manager.

Sample Post: I think that you should create an M&E plan because __________ .

Respond to at least two of your peers’ messages. Which of the reasons for starting an M&E plan do you find the most convincing? Are there any other reasons for starting an M&E plan that your peer has missed

Hi dear colleagues ,

As M& E Professional and personally we would conduct activities that require clear understanding and record. I think for an organization to successfully capture and execute a project/campaign M&E is important.

-It provides understanding to all the managers; of the processes and implementation.
-imporves prepare impact analysis.
-M&E makes the entire task more authentic - with data, records, information of stakeholders, etc.
-To access the short term and long term targets.
-To identify the flaws and limitations in the processes.
-M&E plan of any project act provide substantial material for further research.

Abdirahman Omar Aynte

I hope you could create an M&E plan because,It will easily define what your project goals are and how you need to be measuring exactly like, the how many girl have got loans in 6 months, the M&E plan also helps to track the progress of the project and the direction its taking which helps to catch anything not going according to plan and rectify it immediately. An M&E Plan also helps measuring success of the project.

Yoenis Mohamed Dayib

Hi dear colleagues ,

As M& E Professional and personally we would conduct activities that require clear understanding and record. I think for an organization to successfully capture and execute a project/campaign M&E is important.

-It provides understanding to all the managers; of the processes and implementation.
-imporves prepare impact analysis.
-M&E makes the entire task more authentic - with data, records, information of stakeholders, etc.
-To access the short term and long term targets.
-To identify the flaws and limitations in the processes.
-M&E plan of any project act provide substantial material for further research.

Abdirahman Omar Aynte

I find what you have said interesting to know about the M&E. However, I may also highlight the fact the M&E provides a clear understanding the project metrics before, during and after the execution of the project activities

@Course_Operations said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think that you should create an M&E plan because __________ .

I think you should creat an M&E plan because it will help your team understand what the ultimate goals to be achieved in the project.

Very Nice point of veiw

@AltagraceMicheleMaignan said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think you should create and Monitoring and Evaluation plan because plans are essential but they are not set in concrete (totally fixed). If they are not working, or if the circumstances change, then plans need to change too.

A good Monitoring and evaluation plan are both tools which help your project or organisation know when plans are not working, and when circumstances have changed. They will give management the information it needs to make decisions about the project or organisation, about changes that are necessary in strategy or plans.

Through this, the constants remain the pillars of the strategic framework : the problem analysis, the vision, and the values of the project or organisation. Everything else is negotiable.

Getting something wrong is not a crime. Failing to learn from past mistakes because you are not monitoring and evaluating, is.

Nice point of view

I believe a Monitoring & Evaluation plan is necessary to ensure that project specifications and output quality are adhered to. It is essential in managing projects effectively with emphasis on quality control, cost effectiveness and time management. It would serve as a tool to measure the success of sponsored projects.It allows for judicious reporting of every detail that pertains to the project from inception to completion.

@remialag said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

Doing a project does not mean it will have an impact in people's life, but when monitoring and evaluation is done, it helps to plan and keep an eye on the project in terms of data, also to see the effect of such a project if the aim is met or not and where improvement is needed. .

I totally agree with your point of view.

Creating a M&E plan is important because it will help you collect important information on how your project has changed the lives of beneficiaries, what these beneficiaries think of your project and how your project can be improved. Having a M&E plan will make it easy for you to identify problems you might encounter during the course of implementing your project and will aid in making necessary changes needed. It will also help you to report in detail to donors exactly how impactful your project was.

I think you should create an M&E plan because any vision that does not plan for monitoring and evaluation will eventually fail. M&E gives the necessary information to sustain a vision. It gives you precise data and information on what is workinh, what is not and what needs to be improved upon. Furthermore it gives a more professional look to investors and this will help the organization to grow, be more marketable and sellable.

I think that you should create an M&E plan because it's very important have how projects, programmes and policies will measure their progress achievements of goals and objectives. Data collection, analysis and use for field work and determine M&E responsibilities. Periodic reports to inform key stakeholders.

Dear MEH Project Manager,

I think that you should create an M&E plan for the following reasons:

• M&E plan can help you to track the progress of activities and give you an idea whether any midcourse correction is required
• The data generated after evaluation will help to assess the impact of the project effectively so that at the end of the year, necessary changes can be made
• The data from M&E will help in preparing good quality reports
• M&E data also helps to maintain accountability and transparency towards beneficiaries as well as donors

@Course_Operations said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

Respond to this prompt after completing the content in Module 1.

Imagine that you are GOOD’s project manager. You are trying to convince MEH’s project manager to create an M&E plan. In the discussion forum, explain what you would you say to MEH’s project manager.

I think that you should create an M&E plan because it will help you to develop strategy and better approach to monitor and access the MEH project. It will also put you and your team on the right track with a more focused goal on girls loan/ investment: with this you and your team can easily get data on the progress of the project, and also easily present a more result oriented report to the project funders.

@Course_Operations said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

Respond to this prompt after completing the content in Module 1.

Imagine that you are GOOD’s project manager. You are trying to convince MEH’s project manager to create an M&E plan. In the discussion forum, explain what you would you say to MEH’s project manager.

I think that you should create an M&E plan because it will help you to develop strategy and better approach to monitor and access the MEH project. It will also put you and your team on the right track with a more focused goal on girls loan/ investment: with this you and your team can easily get data on the progress of the project, monitor its effectiveness and also easily present a more result oriented report to the project funders.

I think that you should create an M&E plan because it will help you to monitor the progress and assess the impact of your project. The M&E plan is also a powerful tool to communicate to the donors about how MEH data will be collected, analyzed and used to evaluate the project. A good M&E plan may increase donors' interest in the project. Importantly, M&E plan will ensure that all MEH staff understand what is to me measured. With this understanding, it will be easy for the staff to identify any risks to project success and apply appropriate measures to mitigate them. Lastly, the M&E plan will help in evaluating the overall project success.

@aymshelia said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think you should create an M&E plane because It will help program staff decide how they are going to collect data to track indicators, how monitoring data will be analyzed, and how the results of data collection will be disseminated both to the donor and internally among staff members for program improvement.

I agree with you aymshelia. Without a M&E plan, the project staff do not know what and how to collect. As such, the project staff are not sure of what to communicate to the donor and other stakeholders.

@Bussiemi said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

Creating a M&E plan is important because it will help you collect important information on how your project has changed the lives of beneficiaries, what these beneficiaries think of your project and how your project can be improved. Having a M&E plan will make it easy for you to identify problems you might encounter during the course of implementing your project and will aid in making necessary changes needed. It will also help you to report in detail to donors exactly how impactful your project was.

True. A M&E plan will help MEH manager evaluate the project impact, for example, how much the project changed the beneficiaries' lives. Again, with a M&E plan, it will be easy for the staff to identify problems as they prop up during the project implementation. Lastly, as Bussiemi says, a M&E plan provides a detailed document to communicate to the donor during the project progress and close out.

@simtasken87 said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think that you should create an M&E plan because it helps you to create appropriate links with the creditors or donors in a comprehensive manner. Due to impressive proposal, with good budget design, donors will be lured and progressively continue funding. Donors release funds to clear and transparent budgetary reports with comprehensive statistics which are easy to monitor and evaluate. Therefore, coming up with MEL plan it helps to identify the strengths and weaknesses which similarly or adversely pronounced by your team. it also helps to identify the risks that may affect the project. it also assist the team to exercise professionalism in conducting project management. it helps the team to come up with effective project design for their management

I agree with you and in addition, an M and E plan will guide you to know who is to do specific aspects of the project and what resources will be needed.

It is important for you to create an M & E plan because it will help you set up a clear project objective. You will need to also clearly define your outcomes and outputs and how you will measure these which in turn will give you a picture on how your project is performing.

@mkarki said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think MEH team should create an M & E plan because

• First, you can get up goal with specific target in figures
• Accordingly, you will be able to set specific outcome and activities to meet those outcomes specified in exact figures
• Having log frame analysis, you can then monitor project's progress
• and you can also identify how well the goal has been met;
• lastly, you will have facts and figures to support your project in front of donors and this will provide transparency and accountability.

Agreed. Having a goal with specific target in figures is good for the type of project that these MEH guys are doing. It will also help them set milestones in their log frame and see if they have achieved or fallen short of those milestones.

@kore1 said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

@RBerrios said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

@FeisalIssaHajiIdriss said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

The importance of monitoring and evaluating (or, controlling) in project management is the difference between holding on to your steering wheel while driving down the expressway.. or not.

Managing a project is like an aircraft pilot. 99.9% of the time, the aircraft is off-course, but by monitoring the appropriate instruments, the pilot brings the aircraft back on course (control), only to have it drift off-course once again.

M&E is also key to ensure the project meets expected impact.
best,
-Rolando

Hey, but you have to remember that MEH project manager was facing with the problem of what to measure and how to measure it. I think we should help him clearly how to solve his problem, the problem he is facing is due to lack M&E plan

It is important that they set up measurable outcomes and outputs.

Hello/ I think it is better to put in plac a M&E because il will help you to define Roles and Responsabilities of each one member of the project team. It will also help you to know wha data will be collected and how.

No M & E no project done. Without it not accountability to self and not accountability to donors.

@NJERI_KARIUKI said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

The MEH manager should prepare a M &E plan so as to be able to measure the progress of the project and be in a position to make informed decisions that are in line with the objectives and expected outcomes of the project

I totally agree with the point you have said. Moreover, I like to add that M&E data can help generating data for quality reporting and can provide insights for making necessary changes. Proper M&E plan also helps maintaining of accountability and transparency towards beneficiaries and donors.

@Course_Operations said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

Respond to this prompt after completing the content in Module 1.

Imagine that you are GOOD’s project manager. You are trying to convince MEH’s project manager to create an M&E plan. In the discussion forum, explain what you would you say to MEH’s project manager.

Sample Post: I think that you should create an M&E plan because __________ .

Respond to at least two of your peers’ messages. Which of the reasons for starting an M&E plan do you find the most convincing? Are there any other reasons for starting an M&E plan that your peer has missed?

I think you should create an M&E plan because, it will help you in defining a specific problem you want to solve and in doing so it clarifies information to collect, how to assign roles to personnel, as well as helping you to keep track of your project's progress as well as it's shortcomings.

@tosmartak said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

@Course_Operations said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think that you should create an M&E plan because

I think that you should create an M&E plan because it will help assess progress of the program toward achieving its goals and objectives which will also help inform key stakeholders as well as program implementer.

I agree with your point. However I like to add that M&E help assessing whether the project is in right track or requires any mid-course correction. Moreover, data from evaluation gives insights if any changes in future intervention is required.

I think that you should create an M&E plan because it will help/guide to draft Outcomes, outputs, targets and means of verification as well.

to run and successfully achieve MEH project the above are the important tools to collect and measure your data

It is good to come up with an M&E plan because it is the guide for the project. It will guide on how to carry out your project, know if you are in the right direction in achieving your objectives. It will help you in detecting challenges and come up with solutions to those challenges. It helps in monitoring the progress of the project i.e. knowing what is happening at a particular time and whether you are in the right direction or not.

I think you you should make an M & E plan because it allows you to measure progress of the project. It also allows collection of information on the appropriateness of project implementation as well as the impact of the project on beneficiaries. Through the process of M & E gaps or weaknesses on the whole project will be established and this will allow appropriate action through recommendations to be made. M & E allows for measurement of the overall success of the project for future programming.

@wakhuta said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

It is good to come up with an M&E plan because it is the guide for the project. It will guide on how to carry out your project, know if you are in the right direction in achieving your objectives. It will help you in detecting challenges and come up with solutions to those challenges. It helps in monitoring the progress of the project i.e. knowing what is happening at a particular time and whether you are in the right direction or not.

I gree with your points.

An M&e plan will help MEH track progress and effectiveness of the project. An m&e plan will also help make decisions on how the program is being carried out by identifying what works and what does not. Lastly, a plan will help with producing quality evidence-based reporting at the end of the program cycle.

@Kabird said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

@wakhuta said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

It is good to come up with an M&E plan because it is the guide for the project. It will guide on how to carry out your project, know if you are in the right direction in achieving your objectives. It will help you in detecting challenges and come up with solutions to those challenges. It helps in monitoring the progress of the project i.e. knowing what is happening at a particular time and whether you are in the right direction or not.

I gree with your points.

This is a really good point, pretty much what I was thinking. However, would it really be correct to say that the M&E plan is the guide for the project? I think it is more of a "watchdog" or "security system" for the project. The M&E plan would feed into the project plan.

@Pallabi_Seth said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

Dear MEH Project Manager,

I think that you should create an M&E plan for the following reasons:

• M&E plan can help you to track the progress of activities and give you an idea whether any midcourse correction is required
• The data generated after evaluation will help to assess the impact of the project effectively so that at the end of the year, necessary changes can be made
• The data from M&E will help in preparing good quality reports
• M&E data also helps to maintain accountability and transparency towards beneficiaries as well as donors

Thanks @Pallabi_Seth , I agree with you and especially the point of M&E plan working as a transparency/accountability mechanism is one I had not really thought of. Good one!

It is good for MEHs project manager to adopt an M an E plan because day to day monitoring is very important to successful running and end result of a project. Monitoring helps early identification of deviations from the expected so that prompt corrections can be made. Monitoring helps promote effectiveness, identify wastages and ensure a successful outcome.

Evaluation helps to measure effectiveness. How well the programme has met its objectives. This is very important for giving a feedback and essential for future planning.

I think You have to create a M&E Plan, because you have to give a feedback to the Donors and for that you need to define the Objective of the Project and to measure its roll. During the Planning and Implementation you need to identify the problems you are facing and how to resolve them. As example, soon You give the money to the girls you must know, if all the girls recieve it or not, if they will use it and how, so you need Indicators to measure and to define activities.
Beside that you must think about the possible Risk that can create a barrier for Goal achievement and a plan can be done how to mitigate it. All this issues and others will be handled by M&E Plan, so that is worth to create one.

Its important to come up with M&E plan which is well designed and in line with our log frame matrix with clear objectives, indicator, means of verification and assumptions. This important is because M&E is not only good in keeping track of the project but important in all the phases of project life cycle ranging from identification, implementation up to the final phase

I believe MEH's manager should create an M&E plan because the goals of the organisation needs to be defined precise. letting girls borrow small amounts of money and knowing how well they are doing because they(MEH) need to know how they will measure their progress.

@darcygray said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think you should create an M & E plan because it will allow you to communicate the success of your project to donors, which will allow you to continue to get funded. The chances of receiving continued funding for the project would be greatly reduced if you cannot provide convincing stats in your reports and proposals. Furthermore, constructing an MEL plan will help you to weigh the pros and cons of different indicators that your team is debating.

Creating an M&E plan will not only allow you communicate your project success to your donors but also help your team understand your project goal.
Creating an M&E plan will also help you measure the progress of your project.

@Roses said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think that you should create an M&E plan because it would help to measure the progress of your project,track performances over time and give efficient use of resources. and it will help to also measure how well the project have achieved the project objectives.

Yes MEH should create an M&E plan to measure and track the performance and progress of their project .They should collect the data of the girls that has set up business with the loan and those that have not started, they should also monitor the growth of those that have started business with the loan so as to ensure their objective is achieved.

Stablishing a well performed M& E plan can play crucial role in progress of your project of evaluation. So,to put together all your efforts to create well designed M & E plan is very important.

@Kabird said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

@wakhuta said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

It is good to come up with an M&E plan because it is the guide for the project. It will guide on how to carry out your project, know if you are in the right direction in achieving your objectives. It will help you in detecting challenges and come up with solutions to those challenges. It helps in monitoring the progress of the project i.e. knowing what is happening at a particular time and whether you are in the right direction or not.

I gree with your points.

Creating well organising M&E Plan can play substantial role with advincement in a success of your evaluation project.

I think you should create an M&E plan because having it will help the project to succeed. As you will be monitoring it will be easy for you to track performance by realizing which progress the project is making and if there is a problem mitigate it on time. As far as evaluation plan is concerned, the projects goals will be measured using this one so as to see if they were achieved or not.

@Course_Operations said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think that you should create an M&E plan because it will promote your team working together as a whole towards attaining the objectives but also it will promote accountability and responsibility of each one in the team

I think you should create an M&E plan because having it will lead to a successful implementation of the project. A monitoring plan will help to collect daily information related to the project so as to see the progress made and if there is a problem to mitigate on time. As far as evaluation plan is concerned it will help to measure if the project goals are achieved this for final evaluation or if the goals are on good track this for mid term evaluation.

It is true, having a project without having M&E is like starting a journey without knowing where you are heading to!

M&E plan should be created as it ensures transparency with the donors by making it easier for them to trace the progress against each set target. This eventually builds there confidence in you and helps you build better relationship with the donors.

Right!
It will also promote easy, genuine and fast writing of reports

M $ E will help them measure the impact of their intervention, by providing the means of comparison between what was existing before the intervention and after the intervention

@darcygray said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think you should create an M & E plan because it will allow you to communicate the success of your project to donors, which will allow you to continue to get funded. The chances of receiving continued funding for the project would be greatly reduced if you cannot provide convincing stats in your reports and proposals. Furthermore, constructing an MEL plan will help you to weigh the pros and cons of different indicators that your team is debating.

@RaphLungu said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

@darcygray said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think you should create an M & E plan because it will allow you to communicate the success of your project to donors, which will allow you to continue to get funded. The chances of receiving continued funding for the project would be greatly reduced if you cannot provide convincing stats in your reports and proposals. Furthermore, constructing an MEL plan will help you to weigh the pros and cons of different indicators that your team is debating.

I think it's important to create M&E plan because it will help you to manage the project well because the plan will set the perimeters of what ought to be done and not to be done, it will help you focus on specific issues related to your project, it will help you avoid, haphazard way of doing things, it's helps with effective way of communicating and assessing. By having a plan you maintain consistency in the management of the project and measure of performance

@Invictus said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

M $ E will help them measure the impact of their intervention, by providing the means of comparison between what was existing before the intervention and after the intervention

I think by creating M&E plan its true it will help you what ought to measure against in the course of the project.

The MEH manager shall need the M$E plan to;
To understand the project achievements so that the project may not end up failing.
To measure if the money its being borrowed by the rightful beneficiaries
to measure if the money its being put into good use e.g. opening the business
To measure if the lively hoods of the primary beneficiaries has changed

The Manager needs the M$E plan to measure the progress of the project implementation so that it does not end up failing
Also she needs the plan to know if the target beneficiaries benefit from the loan.
To find out if the borrowed money its made into good use that is economic empowering
Also to measure the girls lively hood if it has changed

@ACW said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think that you should create an M&E plan because it makes easier to make a project plan and monitor how it's going also to measure project outcomes.

The M&E plan, is a step by step on how to collect information about a projects to measure the project's progress, and helps also to build accountability towards your stakeholders..

@Invictus said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

M $ E will help them measure the impact of their intervention, by providing the means of comparison between what was existing before the intervention and after the intervention

Yes, here you compare the project's activities to the project's objectives to determine the success.

@Magazi said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

Right!
It will also promote easy, genuine and fast writing of reports

I agree with you @Magazi, these reports could articulating on achievement, next month priorities, and the support needed to achieve its intended results,...

Its critical to have a plan as any project has to be measurable. As targets have to be graded using qualitative and/or qualitative means. I have already opened my horizon in my thinking too.
Projects need justification at every stage that need to be documented

@darcygray said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think you should create an M & E plan because it will allow you to communicate the success of your project to donors, which will allow you to continue to get funded. The chances of receiving continued funding for the project would be greatly reduced if you cannot provide convincing stats in your reports and proposals. Furthermore, constructing an MEL plan will help you to weigh the pros and cons of different indicators that your team is debating.

Very correct. This is my whole understanding of the importance of M&E

I think you should create an M&E plan because

• It will help your Team members know and understand precise goals of the project.
• It is will allow you to systematically measure and assess project activities and results.
• It will enable you check on the progress of implementation and outputs systematically.
• It will help to determine when a project is going to plan and when changes may be needed.
• It will help you form the basis for modification of interventions, and of assessing the quality of any activities that are being conducted.
• It will provide you the necessary data to guide your planning, resource allocation, design and implement your project and, if necessary, to re-allocate your resources in better ways.
• It will also your policy makers, donors, implementers etc. with the information and understanding they need to make informed decisions about the operation of their projects.

@Magazi said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

It is true, having a project without having M&E is like starting a journey without knowing where you are heading to!

I totally agree with you @Magazi, because without an M&E plan before a project start up, is just like embarking on a journey with knowing your destination. Fanstastic point.

@Course_Operations said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:
I think that you should create an M&E plan because it's important to know how the project is doing. The donors would want to know if their money is put into good use. It's also important to measure the progress of the project.

@MarvyNne I agree with you that M&E plan gives insight on the progress and effectiveness of a project. This will give donors hope that their money is achieving its purpose.

@myampidesire You are right. M&E plan will help in the success of the project. We will be able to tell whether the project is taking the right direction or not.

MEH should have a M& E plan because it will help MEH to monitor the progress of the project against targeted indicators while identifying weaknesses in project implementation for immediate corrective measures and also, the M&E plan will enable MEH evaluate the projects success against specific outcomes over a certain period of time. This will allow MEH to know exactly how effective and efficient the project is in achieving its goals.

I think you should create an M and E plan because it makes it easier for the project managers or implementer to measure/ track the progress and performance of your work. In a nutshell, it gives room for easier of the project.

An M&E plan is important because it will guide the project manager and other team members to know where they are where they are headed to

Also in line with this response, an M&E plan will help in giving a direction towards where the goal lies

@Qomorudeen said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think you should create an M and E plan because it makes it easier for the project managers or implementer to measure/ track the progress and performance of your work. In a nutshell, it gives room for easier of the project.

Very true, an M&E plan gives a major guide of the route to achieving the objectives

@Kabird said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

@wakhuta said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

It is good to come up with an M&E plan because it is the guide for the project. It will guide on how to carry out your project, know if you are in the right direction in achieving your objectives. It will help you in detecting challenges and come up with solutions to those challenges. It helps in monitoring the progress of the project i.e. knowing what is happening at a particular time and whether you are in the right direction or not.

I gree with your points.

Points very important

Good day, I believe having an M&E plan is important strongly for credibility and accountability. It is the check and balance of every stakeholder of every project.

I should advice the manager to create M&E Plan because

will help the organisation to know how far they are in accomplishment of their goals
will help organisation to evaluate themselves
will help in the indication of their success or failure
will help organisation to communicates with the donor

Hi!
I am happy to have learnt about this M&E course, to me up on learning to the end of this course I expect to learn to acquire a basic knowledge on the way our organization can measure itself on where it was in terms of performance, where it is and where the organization expect to reach it's goals.

With the help of doing an M&E plan, it will be easy to share detailed reports of all the clients that will be shared with other key stakeholders to the organizations. The reports will then be used to measure the success rate of the organization, where they need to improve and what they need to continue doing to ensure their success. The M&E will also assist in getting feedback from the clients as it involves data gathering and once it is collected it will be analyzed and interpreted and finally presented to give details of the reports.

@ADG said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

It is essential that a M&E framework should be conceptualised for every project that shall be undertaken. In the case of our MEH project, such as an framework can create survey tools for the demographic it is targeting, to find out whether the project plan is even implementable to the concerned group. Furthermore, data collection will give a better understanding of the cultural, geographic, and a socio-economic profile of our stakeholders. The team then can chalk out a proper plan to deal with the future obstacles they can face, and figure out a feasible action which will benefit the entire project. If the aforementioned steps are properly followed, it will be more pragmatic as well as convenient for the investors and even local authorities to get a feel of the level of effectiveness of the project, and thus can result in their increased interest and cooperation.

I agree with you on the point you raised on creation of survey tools and with M&E a project manager or leader can come up with such tools. The feedback from the survey tools will then be used to do the monitoring and evaluation with the use of data collection. Data collection which will help provide more on the information of the clients and the information will be used to measure the success rate of the project.

The importance of monitoring and evaluation of the project concerning the MEF will be to create a data base or collection data which will give the project information or help the project come with the period when the activities will be implemented, targeted area will be defined and the number of the targeted beneficiaries will be planned.

This way it will be easy for the project to be monitored from the period planned and it will be evaluated based on the period, targeted area and measure of beneficiaries through impact made by the loans.

The outcome should show or measure the difference made after a given period.

I think that you should create an M&E plan because it would help you track your progress and successes. It would also ensure that you note down the areas that need adjustments through the statistics that you collect. Aside from that an M&E plan would attract continued funding because donors will be able to see your progress

@ndayisengatheoneste79 I agree with your points and your perceptions on how the M&E plan would benefit the manager

@GaongalelweKeorapetse Hello, i think you have pointed something important about the use of the M&E plan to obtain feedback from the clients through data collection. As M&E ensures that clients benefits from projects

I think you should create M & E for MEH so that you measure, monitor the progress of the programme even find ways to improve the programme along the way. The M &E plan will give your project a clear objectives and goals you will surely know at rate are performing and what are the outcomes in relation to the measures & interventions you have instituted. Since you are able to track performance & measure the outcomes you will be able too to discover ways to improve MEH so that it becomes more effective and life changing for the girls you are intending & possibly even including other categories young men too.

I think that you should create an M&E plan because it will help Microfinance for Expanding Horizons (MEH) to track the implementation and checks the outputs systematically,it also helps in the measurement of the effectiveness of the Microfinance for Expanding Horizons (MEH)

@Duku77 said in Module 1 Discussion: The Importance of M&E:

I think you should create M & E for MEH so that you measure, monitor the progress of the programme even find ways to improve the programme along the way. The M &E plan will give your project a clear objectives and goals you will surely know at rate are performing and what are the outcomes in relation to the measures & interventions you have instituted. Since you are able to track performance & measure the outcomes you will be able too to discover ways to improve MEH so that it becomes more effective and life changing for the girls you are intending & possibly even including other categories young men too.

I agree with your points raised because the M&E Plan is basically a tracker which will raise the red flag when the activities are off the plan