Africa Institute for Project Management Studies is pleased to announce
CERTIFICATE COURSE IN MONITORING & EVALUATION
Start date: 1st July 2017
Course End: 31st August 2017
Registration Deadline: 25th June 2017
Overall Course Objective: To Increase your project monitoring and evaluation skills for effective and successful project implementation while expanding your career opportunities.
Overall Course Outcome:
This online and distance learning certificate -level course from AIPMS is a comprehensive review of Monitoring and Evaluation as an important ingredient for effective project implementation .The monitoring and evaluation course will introduce learners to tools and techniques to measure and report project/programme results to your stakeholders, including donors, funders, supervisors or the general public. At the end of the course, participants will become familiar with the components of an effective monitoring and evaluation plan, and methods and tools to conduct data collection, statistical analysis and reporting. The course will enable you to prepare the ground for undertaking monitoring and evaluation and analysing the results. Results Based Monitoring and Evaluation will also help participants understand the key components for effective M&E in order to improve management performance and evidenced based decision making.
Who Should Participate?
Professionals such as Monitoring and Evaluation Officers, Program Officers, Project managers and other professionals who are involved in the monitoring and evaluation process will benefit from this course.
Course Outline:
Introduction
• Introduction to monitoring and evaluation terms and concepts
• Difference between monitoring and evaluation
• The need for monitoring and evaluation in development projects
• Monitoring in all process of the project cycle
• Types of indicators and Identifying outcome indicators for your project
Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
• Types of Frameworks
• Role of in Monitoring and Evaluation planning
Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
• Describe the functions of an M&E plan
• Describe the main elements of an M&E plan
• Define standards for an M&E plan
• Describe some of the complexities of M &E plan
• Provide an overview of M&E plan implementation modalities
Data Collection, Capture, and Data Quality Checks
• Identify types of data collection tools
• Identify type of tools at each M &E level
• Define data capture
• Identify key steps in data capture
• Define data quality
• Quantitative methods
• Qualitative methods
Data Analysis, Interpretation and Reporting
• Role of data analysis in monitoring and evaluation
• Types of data analysis
• Interpretation of data
• Deciding which reporting methods to use
• Writing an effective M/E report
• Communication of M&E findings for action and accountability
Training Format:
• All materials are made available through Online or Distance
Learning approaches
• Approximately 5-6 hours time commitment of your time per week
• At your own time schedule, no live participation needed
• Weekly feedback from committed instructors
• Participants are expected to submit weekly assignments
electronically to earn certificate of completion
Materials Provided:
Online delivery of curriculum materials, exercises and templates.
Exercises
After they have read the material for each unit, students are expected
to test their own Learning by completing some relevant exercises and
tasks .
Assignments
In order to demonstrate their understanding of the course content,
students will be required to submit Five assignments.
COURSE FEE: $500
Course starts from 1st July 2017
Course Ends 31st August 2017
Training Approach: Web-based and Distance Learning facilitated
GENERAL COURSE CONTACT
:info@africadevelopmentresources.org
www.africadevelopmentresources.org