Guidelines

What is implementation monitoring and evaluation?

What is implementation monitoring and evaluation?

Monitoring and evaluation are essential components of project management. They are carried out to make sure that the project work is relevant and to learn on programme progress and effectiveness.

What is institutional monitoring and evaluation?

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is used to assess the performance of projects, institutions and programmes set up by governments, international organisations and NGOs. Monitoring is a continuous assessment of programmes based on early detailed information on the progress or delay of the ongoing assessed activities.

What is nutritional monitoring and evaluation?

The purpose of nutrition monitoring and evaluation is to determine and measure the amount of progress made for the nutrition intervention and whether the nutrition related goals/expected outcomes are being met.

What is strategic monitoring and evaluation?

A monitoring and evaluation strategy enables at a high level, an effective strategy to allow for the ongoing review, analysis and understanding of the performance of a project (or program) through its life.

Why is M&E important?

Monitoring and evaluation helps with identifying the most valuable and efficient use of resources. Monitoring and evaluation together provide the necessary data to guide strategic planning, to design and implement programmes and projects, and to allocate, and re-allocate resources in better ways.

What are the indicators of nutritional status?

The nutritional status indicators for the CDC Growth Charts include obesity, overweight, underweight, and short stature. Percentiles are used to rank an individual or a group on a growth chart and indicate where either fits in the context of the reference population.

What are the four main steps of the nutrition assessment process?

There are four steps in the process:

  • Nutrition Assessment.
  • Nutrition Diagnosis.
  • Nutrition Intervention.
  • Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation.

What are the 3 methods of evaluation?

The three main types of evaluation methods are goal-based, process-based and outcomes-based.

What are the two major types of evaluation?

The two types of evaluation described below – formative and summative – are not mutually exclusive. Many evaluations contain a bit of both. But one purpose is usually more dominant. A formative evaluation is normally carried out during a project or programme, often at the mid-point.

What are M&E indicators?

In monitoring and evaluation, indicators are typically used to measure changes throughout the program’s life in various activities, outputs, or outcomes. These indicators often require us to combine one or more variables from our dataset. For example, consider an outcome – coverage of toilets in a village.