November 15-16 (Virtual Sessions)
November 20-27 (Face-to-Face Sessions)
Course Description
This course is grounded on IIRR’s decades-long experience doing participatory monitoring, evaluation
and learning in Asia and Africa. This course is suitable for planning, monitoring and evaluation officers,
program/project officers, project managers, community organizers, research and extension officers,
community facilitators, and advocacy workers.
This 10-day course, consisting of a blended 2 days virtual/webinars and 8 days face-to-face or onsite sessions, examines participatory monitoring, evaluation and learning (PMEL) to support program/project management and sustainability. PMEL is a strategy that strengthens participation, enhances local capacity, and increases local people’s confidence and control over development decisions and processes.
This course also highlights key elements that enrich the PMEL process and system drawn from a range of significant experiences. Participants will be equipped with tested participatory methods, tools, and techniques.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, participants shall have:
- A thorough understanding of the concepts and principles of PMEL, and the
theoretical underpinnings of participatory approaches and the elements that
support the establishment and maintenance of PMEL in development
organizations; - Described strategic and effective ways of engaging communities, codesigned
a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework, and demonstrated
its practical application with them; - Reflected on the application of participatory monitoring, evaluation and
learning (PMEL) within the context of the participant's organization,
program, or project, and Identified ways to improve current PMEL practices;
and - Formulated an action plan reflecting application of lessons learned and
insights gained from the course in line with their national or community’s
monitoring and evaluation system.
Methodology
Module 1. Overview of PMEL and Organizational Learning
This module presents the concepts and principles of PMEL and the theoretical underpinnings of participatory approaches. It includes discussion of elements that support the establishment and maintenance of PMEL in the context of development organizations.
Module 2. Participatory Approaches, Tools and Methods
Program/project sustainability is linked to participation and ownership of stakeholders. This module focuses on different participatory approaches, methods, and tools that can be employed to effectively engage communities to be active actors and learners during the project period and beyond.
Module 3. Designing and Facilitating PMEL
This module will look into strategies in designing measurement frameworks with communities. Local actors must have a good understanding of the value of the PMEL process and the requirements in implementing it.
Through actual field practice, the participants will facilitate roles in the entire monitoring, evaluation and
learning process and apply the necessary skills and attitudes to make PMEL possible;
Module 4. Action Planning
Participants will analyze their own organization/program/project situation and needs and apply key lessons learned from the course. They are expected to implement this when they return to their respective organization/program/project.
How to register
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Send your requests for application to: education.training@iirr.org
