Project Management and Risk Awareness & MEAL Framework: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning

GM.1. From Needs to Solutions – Project Management and Risk Awareness

Many (national) organizations that rely on donors for financial support to maintain, expand, and create programs must be able to write strong proposals, design needs-based projects, draft Log Frames and budgets and have a basic idea of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL). On top of that, a basic project risk assessment is crucial for any kind of project implementation as it helps in writing substantial assumptions in the Log Frame, thus improving the quality of proposals and, subsequently, the project implementation. This HDFF designed workshop seeks to build a strong understanding of the intertwined skills needed for safe project management using realistic scenario-based situations.

Objectives:

• Project/proposal design with the help of problem / objective tree.
• Log Frame as a major design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation tool.
• Budgeting and planning of monitoring and evaluation of a project.
• Basic project risk management as an integral part of project management.

GM.4. MEAL: Measuring Impact, Driving Change

Monitoring should be considered as an attitude that underpins everything we do. In Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning, one can get lost in forests of sophisticated Excel tables and endless data collection tools, and nearly drown in oceans of monitoring books treating it as a separate and sophisticated science. The more one gets into the topic, the more complex it appears and the more overwhelmed and confused one becomes. Therefore, HDFF, with its experience in M.E.A.L. as impact evaluators, designed an easy-to-understand 4 days MEAL course focusing on core tools and experience.

Objectives:

• To increase understanding of the essence of MEAL.
• To apply practical MEAL tools (Log Frame & indicators).
• To help participants understand the learning process going along with M.E.A.L.