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Entries in M and E (49)

Tuesday
Apr232013

Why to Use SMILER for Monitoring and Evaluation

Why to Use SMILER for Monitoring and Evaluation   

SMILER is a practical and comprehensive approach for setting up a monitoring and evaluation system. This overview of SMILER is intended for CRS staff and staff at other relief and development organizations. It includes lessons learned from a five-year, $80-million program in Malawi.

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Monday
Apr082013

Guidance on Participatory Assessments

Guidance on Participatory Assessments   

This handbook offers guidance on how to use participatory methods to conduct needs assessments.

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Monday
Apr082013

Guidance on Monitoring and Evaluation

Guidance on Monitoring and Evaluation   

This handbook provides guidance for designing and implementing a monitoring and evaluation system. The standards in the handbook provide practical quality-control considerations for individual components of an M&E system.

This document complements CRS' Monitoring and Evaluation Standards, which provides global M&E standards for high-level overarching commitments.

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Thursday
Apr042013

How SMILER Makes M&E More Effective

How SMILER Makes Monitoring and Evaluation More Effective   

SMILER is a practical and comprehensive approach for developing a project's monitoring and evaluation system. It has been endorsed by TOPS, a technical-support agency funded by USAID.

In Malawi, Catholic Relief Services and eight partners used SMILER to design an M&E system for a five-year, $80-million program.

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Saturday
Feb162013

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning in Emergencies: A Resource Pack for Simple and Strong MEAL

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning in Emergencies: A Resource Pack for Simple and Strong MEAL   

This resource pack offers practical advice about how to implement a system for monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) in emergencies. It provides

  • standards for MEAL in emergencies,
  • an overview of informal and formal monitoring,
  • guidance on how to conduct monitoring and evaluation,
  • ways to use the results to improve programs and
  • checklists, discussion guides, forms and other tools.

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