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Managing For Aid Effectiveness: Introduction To Key M&E Approaches

This document discusses key concepts and tools used for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of aid programs, including: - Definitions of objectives, outputs, and outcomes - Common M&E frameworks like country strategies and activity reports - Approaches to collecting M&E data like surveys, expert panels, and existing data systems - Developing performance indicators and M&E frameworks that link objectives, outputs, and impacts through a logic model

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Managing For Aid Effectiveness: Introduction To Key M&E Approaches

This document discusses key concepts and tools used for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of aid programs, including: - Definitions of objectives, outputs, and outcomes - Common M&E frameworks like country strategies and activity reports - Approaches to collecting M&E data like surveys, expert panels, and existing data systems - Developing performance indicators and M&E frameworks that link objectives, outputs, and impacts through a logic model

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Managing for Aid Effectiveness: Introduction to key M&E approaches

Overview
What are the tools and systems used for M&E and performance management?

Key Terms and their use


Objectives definition: the specific intended results of the program observable within the life of the Program Outputs definition: the key deliverables or products provided by the Program which will bring about the intended objectives. Each output represents a completed set of activities or tasks. Outcomes definition: the changes, either intended or unintended, that did occur as a result of the program.

Framework and Tools


Country/Regional Strategy
Annual Program Performance Update

Quality Reporting System


Quality at Implementation Report

Initiative/ Activity level


Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks (or other equivalent tools)

Other stuff (to be aware of)


Financial reporting Contract compliance Sectoral, thematic, policy reporting (sectors) Risk management

Tools and methods Approaches which ask people


Eg: stakeholder surveys; beneficiary impact assessment Eg: Biophysical data recording; organisational capacity assessment tool

Approaches which use an established measure


Approaches which draw upon the experience of others
Eg: Expert panels; commissioned research

Approaches which utilise the existing implementation and management arrangements in the activity
Eg: meetings; Activity Coordination meetings; existing data collection/reporting systems

Further.
Too high level objectives Too complex programs to synthesize easily Lack of appropriate information/evidence So what? from the data provided requires a judgment to be made (by whom)? Bad designs will never achieve stated objectives Diffuse or different relationship between outputs and objectives (for good reasons, not bad design) not your objectives but community's or others have to support Objectives not consistent or no causal relationship to sectoral or country strategy objectives Politically driven design and documentation

The project structure:

Link to CS objective

Objective

Output

Output

Output

Activity

Activity

Activity

Activity

Activity

Activity

Link to CS Objective

Objective

Activities or components of the facility

Activities or components of the facility

Activities or components of the facility

Projects
Approaches to M&E

Information collection and reporting on indicators is the basis for monitoring Internal reporting is largely undertaken by delivery organisation and partner government Look at context and risk to explain the links between objectives and outputs. May use external verification by TAGs/AusAID staff /technical panels Also use own observation and participation etc.

Performance Indicators
Indicators = QQT
Indicators at Output levels should be specific targets.
Examples:

Increased literacy 600 women functionally literate and numerate by Sept 2000. Trained farmers 276 farmers trained in use of hybrid seed and pesticide by October 2001.

M&E framework
M&E framework is a logic model, which provides a streamlined linear interpretation of a projects planned use of resources and its desired ends. Logic models have five essential components: Inputs Process Outputs Outcomes Impact

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