Monitoring and evaluation of projects and programmes

Who attends this course?

Monitoring and evaluation specialists; project coordinators; programme managers; independent evaluators; donor staff appraising and evaluating projects and programmes; non-governmental organization officials involved in monitoring and evaluating.

What topics does this course cover?

Identify areas of improvement and brush up on your technical and managerial skills.

• Monitoring and evaluation
• Risk management
• Results-based management

What will I learn?

Get out of the classroom and into reality through a practical study visit to a UN agency.

• Theories of and approaches to monitoring and evaluation
• The linkages between monitoring, reporting, control, audit, research, and evaluation
• All about the components of a successful monitoring and evaluation system, and how to create one

What will I be able to do?

Work with your peers to hone your skills, and put them to use right away.

• Engage stakeholders through managerial and soft skills
• Evaluate impact using quantitative and qualitative approaches
• Develop a communication plan to share results, recommendations, and emerging practices

Why should I join?

Learn from high-level UN experts in this interactive course.

• The course is highly participatory and includes quizzes, case studies, and group exercises.
• Participants visit the headquarters of a UN agency to observe the impact of effective monitoring and evaluation.
• The course is useful to managers that work in a range of sectors, in both “hard” and “soft” projects.