Monitoring, evaluation and impactAn introduction

Monitoring and evaluationWhat is monitoring?Monitoring means regularly measuring what's going on with your service or scheme.

What is evaluation?Evaluation means making conclusions from the monitoring data on how well the service or schemes are performing.

…they are very different activities!

The cycle of monitoring and evaluation (M&E)

Why is monitoring and evaluation so important?

We use monitoring and evaluation for two key purposes:

• to learn about our own activities and results, and to support internal planning and development

• to be accountable to our stakeholders (e.g. donors, service users)

Organisations need to show their efficiency and effectiveness to funders, commissioners and investors. They also need to communicate achievements to a wider public.

However, monitoring and evaluation is also very importance for providing learning and improving the organisation!

M&E – how do we do it?

Types of tools for M&E

Contact Candice for more details on the different tools you can use

Impact: what is it?

Impact: what is it?

Impact: what is it?

How do we measure impact?

• Semi-structured interviews• Focus group discussions• Observation (especially with children!)• People’s stories• Most Significant Change (http://www.mande.co.uk/docs/MSCGuide.pdf)

• Community maps • Venn diagrams

Make sure to use a mixture of tools to measure impact effectively!

Contact Candice to get more information on M&E, impact and tools you can use!