For those who came in late, MER stands for Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting. Many of you who receive this newsletter have worked with us in some way in the MER process – and hopefully found some tools and information through the newsletter and website to further develop your own MER capacity. We thought we would
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Posts Tagged log frame
5 golden MER rules for 2012
Monitoring Uptake strategies
by: Jeff Coutts In the QualDATA Log Frame there is a level that is called “Uptake Strategies”. This is the link between research and development and achieving change on the ground. We don’t call it “extension” (as in the old technology transfer model which sees a linear transfer from research to farmer through extension) because
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The context can make or break your KRAs
We spend a lot of time determining our KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and KRAs (Key Result Areas) as it’s critical to be clear about what we are trying to achieve in a project or program. They are also central to guiding the logic of planned activities and the logic of monitoring and evaluation. However, sometimes
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Launching a new QualDATA Log Frame
Working in evaluation is a learning process. A couple of years ago we developed our QualDATA Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Log Frame which we have used in our work with clients and in training. We found this to be incredibly useful for developing an effective framework for planning and reporting on the monitoring and evaluation
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Recapping 2008
Over recent months in our newsletter we have focused on the importance of being proactive and structured with monitoring, evaluation and reporting (MER). Importantly, we introduced the QualDATA log frame (developed through a number of years of working with project and program evaluations) and have gone through its different levels to help you use such
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Focus your evaluation with Key Result Areas (KRAs)
In the last newsletter, we introduced the QualDATA Log Frame. We noted that the log frame pivots around the Key Result Areas or KRAs and suggested that you can create these by answering the question: “What can we actually achieve in the life of the program, project or organisation which provides the basis for the
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Measure your achievements with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
We define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as ‘ways in which we can measure progress or achievement of these KRAs’. If we look at the example in the previous article about KRAs, we can begin to clarify what information we need to know to gauge whether we have met (or are on track towards meeting) the
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Why a Log Frame?
Working in the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) arena has never been more interesting – nor demanding! We constantly need to push the limits to ensure that new more comprehensive government and stakeholder reporting requirements are being met.