Course Overview

This course is designed and intended to lay emphasis on internal and external project evaluation and familiarise with tools that are used to measure and improve the performance of projects. The participants follow a step by step methodology for the understanding of the process of designing and performing an evaluation.

What is Impact Evaluation of Projects? Keeping an eye on the developments, deviations and changes after the delivery of projects is very important for any organization. Evaluation and Assessment of the impact and benefits delivered can not only help in fine-tuning the processes but also in setting standards for future projects.

It also involves several stages including determining a data set, organising the data for handling, applying evaluation models, deriving key findings and generating reports from the processed data. The main objective of data analysis is to discover understandings that can be used in more effective decision making.

 

Course Objectives

• Improve and develop the accountability of policy-making and public services
• Develop the planning, procurement and management of impact evaluations and assessments
• Use the methods of impact evaluation to identify the most effective, efficient and value-for-money initiatives
• Introduce and Present participatory measures in the development of the Evaluation Plans
• Facilitating and simplifying the plans to team members and other workers, involved in the process
• Identifying techniques and methods for improving current practices in the evaluation process
• Use data analysis software (Stata or SPSS/R/Excel/Python and Power BI visualisation)
• Collect data using mobile data collection tools
• Carryout impact evaluation
• Use GIS to analyze and share project data

Who Should Attend?

This course is useful for any worker involved in the delivery of development projects.

However, it’s particularly beneficial for the senior management in NGO’s including the CEO’s, Board Members, Project Managers, Team Leaders, and Directors.

While also being extremely useful for consultants working for NGO’s, and anyone who desires to join the non-profit sector.

Course Outline

Module 1: Impact Assessment vs. Evaluation

·      The difference between Impact Assessment and Evaluation

·      The need for Project/Program Evaluation

·      The need for measuring results and impact

·      Best practice examples and models of impact evaluations and assessments from around the world

·      A quick glance into the PCM (Project Cycle Management)

·      An overview to the Participatory Evaluation Frameworks (PEFs)

·      Various Principles for the Evaluation process

·      Key Indicators for Verification and Evaluation

Module 2: Planning the Evaluation Process

·      Defining the criteria, principles and queries for the evaluation process

·      Identifying the Stakeholders

·      Plan of action for the evaluation process

·      Identifying, scheduling and planning the availability of the resources

·      Budget planning for the evaluation process

·      Recognising the applicable methods for the collection of relevant data

Module 3: Data Collection and Analysis

·      Various Techniques involving in the collection of data

·      Defining techniques for interpreting and analyzing the collected data

·      Drafting the conclusions from the evaluation process

·      Understanding report writing for evaluation process reports

·      Communicating intelligence and information obtained through the evaluation process

·      Identifying the opportunities for correction/improvement

·      Drawing a plan of action for integrating and incorporating the required improvements

Module 4: Impact Assessments

·      Goals of an impact assessment

·      Selection of different units of assessment

·      Impact Assessment Methods

·      Before and after assessment

·      The principles of cost-benefit analysis

·      The strengths and limitations of Impact Assessment

·      Using organised and systematic reviews of evidence to assess the impact

·      Ethics of an impact assessment

ICT in Monitoring and Evaluation

• Mobile based data collection using ODK
• Data visualization - info graphics and dashboards
• Use of ICT tools for Real-time monitoring and evaluation

Qualitative Data Analysis

• Principles of qualitative data analysis
• Data preparation for qualitative analysis
• Linking and integrating multiple data sets in different forms
• Thematic analysis for qualitative data
• Content analysis for qualitative data
• Manipulation and analysis of data using NVivo

Quantitative Data Analysis – (Using SPSS or Stata or Excel or R or Python )

• Introduction to statistical concepts
• Creating variables and data entry
• Data reconstruction
• Variables manipulation
• Descriptive statistics
• Understanding data weighting
• Inferential statistics: hypothesis testing, T-test, ANOVA, regression analysis

Impact Assessment

• Introduction to impact evaluation
• Attribution in impact evaluation
• Estimation of counterfactual
• Impact evaluation methods: Double difference, Propensity score matching

GIS in M&E

• Introduction to GIS in M&E
• GIS analysis and mapping techniques
• Data preparation for geospatial analysis
• Geospatial analysis using GIS software (QGIS)

General Notes

• All our courses can be Tailor-made to participants' needs
• The participant must be conversant in English
• Presentations are well-guided, practical exercises, web-based tutorials, and group work. Our facilitators are experts with more than 10 years of experience.
• Upon completion of training the participant will be issued with a Foscore development center certificate (FDC-K)
• Training will be done at the Foscore development center (FDC-K) centers. We also offer inhouse and online training on the client schedule
• Course duration is flexible and the contents can be modified to fit any number of days.
• The course fee for onsite training includes facilitation training materials, 2 coffee breaks, a buffet lunch, and a Certificate of successful completion of Training. Participants will be responsible for their own travel expenses and arrangements, airport transfers, visa application dinners, health/accident insurance, and other personal expenses.
• Accommodation, pickup, freight booking, and Visa processing arrangement, are done on request, at discounted prices.
• Tablet and Laptops are provided to participants on request as an add-on cost to the training fee.
• One-year free Consultation and Coaching provided after the course.
• Register as a group of more than two and enjoy a discount of (10% to 50%)
• Payment should be done before commence of the training or as agreed by the parties, to the FOSCORE DEVELOPMENT CENTER account, so as to enable us to prepare better for you.
• For any inquiries reach us at training@fdc-k.org or +254712260031
• Website:www.fdc-k.org