Monitoring and evaluation book

The report emphasizes the findings and conclusions that have been compiled from various monitoring activities and data sources available on the unit. Monitoring and evaluation training sage publications inc. Cesar glennglenn ricci ricci ricci 2007 germano, b. Its goal is to improve current and future management of outputs, outcomes and impact. Monitoring and evaluation of ipv prevention programmes. Negotiate between stakeholders to decide what to monitor and evaluate 4. It will provide the desired knowledge and skills required for monitoring and evaluation. Monitoring and evaluation is always the first module, that it is followed directly by core module 2 collecting, analyzing, and using monitoring data, which is followed by one or more of the optional. This video introduces the book by scott chaplowe and brad cousins, monitoring and evaluation training. While the book is geared principally towards development practitioners and policymakers designing prospective impact evaluations, we trust that it will be a valuable resource for students and others interested in using impact evaluation. It acknowledges the complexity of interdependent considerations, including larger organizational and societal contexts, to not only deliver. Monitoring is a periodically recurring task already beginning in the planning stage of a project or programme.

Monitoring is the systematic and routine collection of information from projects and programmes for four main purposes. Monitoring and evaluation monitoring and evaluation by janet shapiro email. This minicourse covers the basics of program monitoring and evaluation in the context of population, health, and nutrition programs. A new perspective promoting monitoring and evaluation functions as complementary and mutuallyreinforcing sets the guide apart from others a stepbystep approach provides a logical, sequential, and structured approach to developing a monitoring and evaluation framework with guidance on how one stage relates to and informs the other. Guidelines for programme design, monitoring and evaluation table of contents key terms 1. Monitoring evaluation timing monitoring is a continuing evaluation assesses the function that takes place entire project cycle. The chapters are arranged in chronological sequence to correspond to the classic steps in monitoring and evaluation systems.

Monitoring is the collection and analysis of information about a project or programme, undertaken while the projectprogramme is ongoing. This guide is intended for people managing projectsprogrammes in national red. Oct 08, 2009 starting with rossis book, which is generally recognized as an evaluation primer, i made a list of all evaluation books people purchased with rossis evaluation. It is intended to support country offices in aligning their monitoring and evaluation systems with rbm methodologyspecifically in tracking and measuring the performance of undp. Indicators should be objective, verifiable and clearly understood by all stakeholders 5.

The evaluation objective is to provide information to ensure that programs are working, and that they contribute to the success of the organisation. Introduction monitoring the routine process of data collection monthly, quarterly, annually intended to measure whether the program is doing what is set out to do. Perspectives on monitoring and evaluation article pdf available in american journal of evaluation 401 june 2018 with 1,961 reads how we measure reads. The outstanding feature of the book lies in its organization. Nov 02, 2011 this book is written for students taking courses in monitoring and evaluation both in college and at the university.

It is through the continuous monitoring of project performance that you have an opportunity to learn about what is working well and what challenges are arising. Monitoring documents results, processes and experiences and uses this information as a basis to guide decisionmaking and learning processes. Then i lookedup each one of those books as of october 2009 and made the same list of books purchased with each on of them until i had reached almost 550. Development cooperation as part of foreign policy 1.

A guidea guidebook for monitoring and evaluation book for monitoring and evaluationbook for monitoring and evaluation by bernardita p. Presentation at the technical seminar on monitoring and evaluating genderbased violence organized by the interagency gender working group. Monitoring is a continuous assessment of programmes based on early detailed information on. Scott chaplowe and bradley cousins book monitoring and evaluation training. Evaluation is the periodic, retrospective assessment of an organisation, project or programme that might be conducted internally or by external independent evaluators. This book offers an accessible introduction to the topic of impact evaluation and its practice in development. Developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks sage. Evaluation the systematic investigation of whether a program is effective. This allows judging the benefits of a programme against its costs and identifying which intervention has the highest rate of return. Introduction to south africas monitoring and evaluation in.

Monitoring and evaluation is not an addon at the end start early and build monitoring and evaluation into the project from the beginning 3. Highquality monitoring of information encourages timely decisionmaking, ensures project accountability, and provides a robust foundation for evaluation and learning. Basic principles of monitoring and evaluation monitoring and evaluation usually include information on the cost of the programme being monitored or evaluated. Notwithstanding, this is a must have book for budding and practising monitoring and. The objective of the project is to ensure continued effective use of the rehabilitated national and provincial road network in support of the economic. A distinctive feature of monitoring evaluation is its relation to program 3 management within an agency or organisation. A systematic approach has been laying on my desk for a few. This book will be quite resourceful for learners in both project management and monitoring and evaluation, as it highlights on varied issues dealing with the theme of the subject.