Organization: Asset Africa Institute
Registration deadline: 07 Nov 2016
Starting date: 21 Nov 2016
Ending date: 25 Nov 2016
Dear Partner,
Asset Africa Institute, (www.assetafrica.co.ke), is pleased to announce the following seminar set to take place in November, 2016
Course Name: Results Based Monitoringand Evaluation-From Monitoring & Evaluation to Theory of Change & Contribution Assessment
Date: 21st -25th November 2016
Venue: Nairobi, Kenya
Training Course Brief
This comprehensive 5 day training course provides in-depth skills and knowledge development across all areas of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) and draws on the wide range of experience of the facilitators. The course modules reflect the key tasks required by M&E practitioners as well as the knowledge, behaviors and skill competencies necessary to carry out M & E activities within an organization successfully. The uniqueness of the course is that it covers theory with class lectures, field work with the support of a field assistant and project paper to be completed by a student during or after the training.
Course Outline
The course will be facilitator led, but interactive, allowing participants to work on case studies, apply their learning and share their experiences.
Monitoring & Evaluation Course Content
· Select Strategies (objectives) and Results Chains - developing project
· LFA approaches in designing sustainable projects
· Differences between the LFA and Log Frame.
· Results Based M&E approach - differences between traditional M&E and Results based M&E
· Conducting Situation Analysis---- Introduction to Coordinated Needs Assessment - The Assessment Cycle
· Problem and Objectives Trees, development & rationale for project design and planning
· Theory of Change “ rationale, common categories and levels of change and relationship between expected changes and project objectives
· Assumptions and Risks -“ identifying and managing various types of risks and assumptions
· Developing SMART indicators & importance of external data sources to validity and trustworthiness
· M&E Framework - basic processes for M&E frameworks, frameworks and organization planning and performance management.
· M&E Plans- development of M&E plans
· Data Quality – planning for data collection, data control, collection, collation, analysis & quality issues
· Evaluation- mid-term review and final evaluations
· Adjusting and Learning - how to use M&E information for project/organization learning and decision-making
· GIS techniques for M&E
Overview of Theory of Change and Contribution Assessment
- Definition of Key Concepts
- Relationship with M&E: Complementarities and Innovations
- Causal Linkages & the “ Logic of outcomes pathway”
- Desired Change: Understanding the Change Process & Necessary Conditions for Change to Occur
Developing a Theory of Change for your Project/Program
- Assessing the work of your Organization: Attribution or Contribution to change?
- Contribution Assessment versus Impact Assessment
- Explore Pathways of Change: Alternative Ways to Contribute to Change
- The Power of Assumptions: How does our Thinking affect our Actions? Methods of Articulating Project Assumptions
- Complexity, Power and Learning for Social Change: Stakeholder Mapping, Analysis & Engagement, Indicators of Change
Contribution Assessment Framework and Participatory Methodologies
- Assessing contribution to change :Measuring and Monitoring Change
- Participatory Methods and Tools for Contribution Assessment
- Reflecting on our Assessment Practices.
What does all this mean to our Organization? Integrating Theory & Learning into Practice
- Revisit your M&E System from a Contribution Assessment Perspective
- Meta-skills for Facilitating Theory of Change Processes
- Learning Synthesis and Steps Forward
Training methodology
This training blends theory with practice and considers participation and sharing experience as key elements in its approach. The experienced team of trainers and knowledgeable consultants use participatory methods, rich in visual elements, to encourage contribution. The seminar strives for quality and applicability by ensuring that the training is highly practical, participatory and interactive and learner centered and that training sessions promote a feedback sharing mechanism.
About the lead trainer: Dr. Eunice Njambi-: Dr. Eunice Njambi has PhD and a Master’s degree in community health and development from Great Lakes University, with further training in health systems management from Galilee International Management Institute, Israel. She is a community development specialist with expertise in research consultancy. Eunice is a regional facilitator in Leadership, development of partnerships, strategic leadership planning and development, systems strengthening through policy research and stakeholder engagement and peace and security operations. She is currently working with the International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) as a researcher and curriculum designer and also lecturering at Mount Kenya University. She has been a principle investigator in national and regional research with USAID, KIPPRA, Concern World Wide South Sudan, AMREF/ Ministry of health, UNCHR/UNICEF/Action Against Hunger, DONONE Baby Nutrition in addition to supervising over 50 Master’s degree research Students who have graduated.
About the Organization
Asset Africa Institute (www.assetafrica.co.ke)-AAI--AAI-) has distinguished itself as the training provider of choice among development organizations. AAI specializes in the research, design and delivery of high quality and affordable training programs for development workers worldwide. We work with a team of high end consultant base of more than 130 highly educated and experienced professionals many of whom are involved in post doctoral research work. Over the years, AAI has provided consultancies and training to such reputable organizations as: Federal University, Birnin Kebbi-Nigeria, African Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD),Norwegian Church Aid-Zambia, ACOMIN-Nigeria, Tear Fund-DRC, CLEEN Organization-Nigeria, Love Botswana Outreach Mission, Islamic Relief-Somalia, National Museums of Kenya, Cornerstone Development-Uganda, International Organization for Immigration (South Sudan), Save Your Generation (SYG)-Ethiopia, Africa Rice Center (Africa Rice)-Benin, Rwanda Union of the Blind, Sasakawa Africa Association-Ethiopia, Harare Institute of Technology, Care International-Mali, Africa Centre of Excellence in Oilfield Chemicals Research (CEFOR) University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Mazommo Construction Company-Liberia, Addis Ababa University, Uganda Industrial Research Institute, IOM-Sudan**,** among others
For more information regarding the training, contact:
Lillian Ateng’
Training Coordinator
Asset Africa Institute
Trust Mansion Hse, Tubman Road off Koinange Street
P.O. Box 12903 - 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 -722 469454/720986965
Email: info@assetafrica.co.ke/assetafrika@gmail.com
How to register:
Kindly contact us using the information below to get the registration form.
Lillian Ateng’
Training Coordinator
Asset Africa Institute
Trust Mansion Hse, Tubman Road off Koinange Street
P.O. Box 12903 - 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 -722 469454/720986965