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What Is Monitoring
What Is Monitoring
establishing sufficient controls over a project to ensure that it stays on track towards the
systematic and continuous collection, analysis and use of information for management
control and decision-making. In order to keep track of the status of any project, it is
• where experience gathered is analyzed and feed back into planning and updated
implementation approaches.
• It provides information by which management can identify and solve implementation problems,
• The Logical Framework, the implementation schedule, activity schedules, and project budget
• Conceptual frameworks :- Relationships between all possible factors that may influence
program’s results.
• Results Framework :- Relationships between the intermediate of activities all the way to
and impacts with respect to objective and goals, Focus on : Monitoring and Evaluation
There are a number of different levels of monitoring, each related to what kind of
• Looking into the process, going towards the target, right selection of beneficiaries
• Progress reports/Statistics
GOALS OF MONITORING
• Ensuring all activities are carried out by the right people and in the time
• Monitoring should take place at and be integrated into all stages of the project
cycle
STEPS IN MONITORING
Running on schedule
Formal reports
Informal Reports
Graphic presentations
MEANING OF EVALUATION
Evaluation has its origin in the Latin word “Valupure” which means the value of a particular thing, idea or action.
Evaluation, Thus, helps us to understand the worth, quality, significance amount, degree or condition of any intervention
desired to tackle a social problem.
Meaning of evaluation:
• Evaluation means finding out the value of something.
• Evaluation simply refers to the procedures of fact finding
• Evaluation consists of assessments whether or not certain activities, treatment and interventions are in conformity with
generally accepted professional standards.
• Any information obtained by any means on either the conduct or the outcome of interventions, treatment or of social
change projects is considered to be evaluation.
• Evaluation is designated to provide systematic, reliable and valid information on the conduct, impact and effectiveness
of the projects.
• Evaluation is essentially the study and review of past operating experience.
FIVE STRATEGIC EVALUATION QUESTIONS
Relevance: The extent to which the objectives of a development intervention are consistent with beneficiaries´
Efficiency: The extent to which time, effort or cost is well used for the intended purpose.
Sustainability: Meeting needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs (project
Impact: Positive or negative, direct or indirect long-term impact produced by a development intervention.
PRINCIPLES OF EVALUATION
The following are some of the principles, which should be kept in view in evaluation.
3. Evaluation should be done without prejudgment of day to day work (minimum difficulty to day to day work).
4. Evaluation must be done on a co-operative basis in which the entire staff and the board members should
5. As far as possible, the agency should itself evaluate its program but occasionally outside evaluation
6. Total overall examination of the agency will reveal strength and weaknesses. (agency / program totality).
7. The result of evaluation should be shared with workers of the agency (sharing).