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M&E: What Else Can we Improve?

You may have either been involved, practicing or victims of M&E. Some for more than a decade or two. The practice dates back to the Marshall Plan and borrowed from the Military establishment. Over the years, it evolved, albeit incrementally to what is practiced and understood by you and me today. Its focus expanded and [...]

Evaluation for Equitable Development Results: Out Now!

UNICEF, in partnership with UNDP, UNWomen, ILO, IDRC, IOCE, IDEAS and CONEVAL, are pleased to inform you that the book “Evaluation for Equitable Development Results” is now available for free download here.

This new book complements the manual “How to Design and Implement Equity-focused Evaluations” available here.

“Evaluation for Equitable Development Results” aims to contribute [...]

M&E Systems & Your Cellphones

 

You guessed it! Project management is discovering more and more uses of the power of the ever present cellphones. Like the internet, cellphones reached the remote rural areas much faster than refrigerators, TV, radio and even electricity did.

Now monitoring and evaluation (M&E) has invaded the cellphone space and is now gaining traction among [...]

Participatory Planning, OK….What About Participatory M & E?

Much has been said about participatory project design and planning and its importance in achieving project results. However, Results-based Management is also about monitoring targets in the midterm. And if we want an accurate picture of how our project is really performing, we should get the involvement of key project stakeholders during the exercise. This [...]

Training of Facilitators in Hue, Vietnam Completed

Another Training of Facilitators in Results-focused Project Design and Management has been conducted at the Pilgrimage Village Hotel in Hue, Vietnam.

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