• Understand and apply results-based M&E system principles to your M&E framework
• Process automation, program level coverage and control, program lean management and reduce work time by 60% to 90% 
• Know how to turn M&E into a participative and systematic learning practice
• Be able to design and use key performance indicators
• Be able to apply Outcome Mapping and design and use progress markers
• Be able to apply the core steps of qualitative evaluation methodology Most Significant Change
• Develop effective systems for data collection, monitoring, storage, analysis, and reporting
• Project management, monitoring, and evaluation plans to results, including overseeing research firms, external evaluators, or partners
• Build trust with grantees and long term relationships to support and shape their learning and ability to change based on that learning
• Identify ways to provide low-cost, high-value technical assistance on M&E to grantees
• Support Director of R&D in building relationships across potential research and analytics firms and individuals

• Outcome Monitoring (WBS structure)
• Outcome Evaluation
• Relationship Between Outcome Monitoring and Evaluation
• Importance of Partnerships to Outcome M&E
• Significance of “Soft” Assistance for Outcome M&E

2)  Implications for the Country Office

• Changes in M&E Tools and Processes
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Practical Challenges for Programme Managers
• Planning for Monitoring and Evaluation

3) Key Principles for Planning M&E

• Overall Work planning
• Minimum Requirements
• Planning M&E at the Country Programme level

4) The M&E Planning Process

• Planning Monitoring
• Planning Evaluation
• Project Work planning and M&E

5) Excel in planning

• Vision building
• Output forecast
• Building logics and connecting to the process & testing
• Template development for collection of quality data & pre-testing
• Training field champions

The Monitoring Process
1) Key Principles for Monitoring

• Conduct of monitoring
• Scope of monitoring
• Monitoring responsibilities
• Selecting the right monitoring tools

2) The Building Blocks: Key Monitoring Tools and Mechanisms

• Modern and result oriented approach in Monitoring
• Field visits – SMART Planning concepts (Future planning)
• Annual project report (APR)
• Outcome groups
• Annual review (AR)

The Evaluation Process
1) Preparing for an Evaluation

• Purpose and Timing
• Involving Partners and Stakeholders
• Revisiting the Outcome
• Defining the Scope
• Drafting the Terms of Reference
• Budgeting
• Organizing the Relevant Documentation
• Forming the Evaluation Focal Team  (Appointing Champions)
• Selecting the Evaluation Team

2) Managing an Evaluation 

• Collecting and Analysing Data
• Backstopping and Feedback
• Reporting
• Following up

 3) Joint Evaluations 
1) Performance Measurement

• Rating System
• Development
• Setting weightages
• Average setting

2) Selecting Indicators

• Key Steps
• Indicator Planning
• Indicator development and tracking (automatically)

3) Using Indicators 

• Involving Stakeholders
• Using Results Indicators for Monitoring

Knowledge and Learning – Use of Evaluative Evidence
1) Knowledge and Learning from Experience

• Definitions
• RBM and Knowledge Management

2) Feedback from Monitoring and Evaluation

• The Feedback Process
• Information Tools and Methods
• Applying the Recommendations from M&E Feedback

M & E Key preparation
1) Holistic preparation

• Linking M& E to Project Life Cycle
• Ethics & Standards of M& E
• M& E Framework development and implementation
• Project Stakeholder Matrix management
• Planning for Data Collection (Quantitative & Qualitative)
• Planning for Data Utilisation, Analysis & Storage
• Preventing leakage of data (Risk)
• Budgeting in M& E
• Preparing M& E Report for various stakeholders (Automation of reports & analysis)
• Preparing from real-time reports with min staff
• Developing and preparing Audit Report
• Lessons learnt, recommendations and highlights