Preparation Course for Certified Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (CMES)

Course Information

  • the date

14/04/2025

  • Duration

5 days

  • The city

Dubai

  • Cost
  • Type

in-house

Course details

In order to measure success and report on results, development workers and public-sector managers create monitoring and evaluation systems. Such systems make it possible to learn from experience and improve programme and project performance.

Monitoring and evaluation is therefore an essential function for all organizations, programs and projects, and consequently international and public-sector organizations have for several years been investing in the creation of such structures. To meet the need for specialist knowledge in this field, the

As a participant of this Certified Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist course, you will learn how to help a range of industries including non-profit, health, education and international development.

In this course, a participant will have the understanding of all the technical skills and tools required to ensure effective monitoring of projects and programs, and to manage the various evaluations that are part of the programming cycle.

This course is a preparation course, and designed to equip you with the necessary skills and knowledge to prepare for the certification, should you choose to pursue it in the future

بعد إتمام هذه الدورة بنجاح، سوف تتمكن من التعرف على:

نظريات وأساليب الرصد والتقييم
الارتباطات بين الرصد والتقارير والرقابة والتدقيق والبحث والتقييم
كل ما يتعلق بمكونات نظام الرصد والتقييم الناجح وكيفية إنشائه
المنهجيات والأدوات والتقنيات اللازمة لتشغيل نظام الرصد والتقييم

الدورة التدريبية حول أخصائي الرصد والتقييم المعتمد مثالية لـ:

أخصائيي الرصد والتقييم

منسقي المشاريع ومديري البرامج

المقيّمين المستقلين

موظفي الجهات المانحة الذين يقومون بتقييم المشاريع والبرامج

مسؤولي المنظمات غير الحكومية المشاركين في الرصد والتقييم

Course outline

Introduction to monitoring and Evaluation

  • Meaning of Project and Project Management
  • Key characteristics of a project
  • Position of monitoring and evaluation in project management phases
  • Types of monitoring
  • Types of evaluation and evaluation criteria
  • Objectives of monitoring and evaluation
  • Difference between M&E | components of M&E system
  • Who should be involved in M&E activites

Designing logical framework in M&E

  • Introduction to results chain and results chain in details
  • Background and description of logical framework
  • SMART indicators
  • Means of verification and risks and assumptions
  • Designing logical framework with samples

Monitoring and Evaluation methods and tools

  • Introduction to M&E methods
  • Direct Observation | Survey or interviews | Focus Group discussion | Pile-ranking exercise | Data Triangulation
  • M&E tools and what influences the tools choice?
  • Data Types | Designing questionnaire | Tips on questionnaire designing | Practical focus group discussion guide designing
  • Practical key informant interview guide formulation | Sample observation checklist | Sample sign in sheet

Sampling in Monitoring and Evaluation

  • Introduction to sampling
  • Representative random sampling
  • Purposive sampling
  • Research ethics and informed consent in M&E
  • Research misconduct in M&E
  • Causes of poor data quality | Monitoring data quality during collection process

Data Analysis and Presentation

  • Introduction to data analysis
  • Quantitative data analysis
  • Using mean, Frequency, Percentage, Range and standard deviation
  • Bar Charts | Stacked bar chart | Pie Chart | Line graph | Scatter Plo
  • Qualitative data analysis

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