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Monitoring and Evaluation in Development, South Africa 2005 |
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Written by Kennedy Lweya, IMA International
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Tuesday, 08 November 2005 |
IMA International (www.imainternational.com)
has just completed a two-week Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) in
Development course which was conducted at the Breakwater Lodge of the
University of Cape Town (UCT) Graduate School for Business in Cape
Town, South Africa from 10 to 21 October 2005.
The course was a great
success with 22 participants representing 11 countries: Nigeria, Kenya,
Lesotho, Ghana, Italy, Philippines, Ethiopia, Malawi, India, Mozambique
and the host country South Africa. Three IMA trainers facilitated the
course. They came from Brighton in the United Kingdom, Brisbane in
Australia and Cape Town in South Africa.
The course covered all aspects of monitoring and evaluation including
M&E in Development, Project Cycle Management, Logframe Matrix
Approach, Stakeholder Analysis,
Participatory M&E, Managing Evaluations and Communication for
Change and was a mixture of taught sessions, exercises and discussions.
Visits for practical experience were made to Habitat for Humanity, an
international organisation which runs low-cost housing programmes for
low-income sectors of the population particularly in the townships in
South Africa. Participants got insights on the monitoring systems used
by Habitat for Humanity in their programmes and witnessed participatory
techniques used in both the implementation and monitoring process
through visits to and interviews with beneficiaries of completed and
active housing projects.
Course participants also put into
practice some of the skills gained in the course by conducting an
evaluation exercise of the Big Issue, a programme which aims at
providing sustainable livelihoods and economic empowerment to street
vendors through the sale of the Big Issue monthly magazine. The
evaluation feedback to the Big Issue was highly appreciated by the
organisation as they not only got insights on how best their programme
is performing but also recommendations on how to maximise the
programme’s positive impact. Some participants put their
M&E skills into practice by starting the development process and
improvement of their organisations’ M&E systems. “I have been
really equipped to put into practice the M&E skills…I plan to
improve our existing M&E system on my return,” remarked one
participant. All participants left motivated
with clear ideas on how they can improve their monitoring and
evaluation systems within their own organisations and appreciative of
the challenges that will be faced. IMA International will run a similar course at the Breakwater Lodge of the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa from 14 th to 25 th August 2006 ( http://www.imainternational.com/med2006.php). For More Information contact: Kennedy Lweya Training and Development Consultant Kennedy@imainternational.com
IMA International
Randolphs Farm
Brighton Road
Hurstpierpoint
West Sussex
BN6 9EL, UK.
Tel: +44(0) 1273 833030 Fax: +44(0) 1273 833230
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