Accredited by the Services Seta unit standards 120372 at NQF level 4 worth 5 credits, 243811 at NQF level 5 worth 7 credits

3-day course

Monitoring & Evaluation practices and insights are becoming ever more important in today’s business and government landscape. The President has clearly and unequivocally entrenched the notion of accountable governance, performance management and the importance of monitoring and evaluation in the form of target driven service delivery. The Government has committed themselves to effective service delivery and an ambitious set of development targets with clear timeframes, also at the provincial level. The successful achievement of these targets and the meeting of outcome based objectives as planned and budgeted for in terms of the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), require a collaborative and transparent national and provincial monitoring and evaluation system in support of both sound performance management and strategic management. The establishment and efficient functioning of a credible and effective government-wide monitoring and evaluation system has become an important component in the performance management system of the South African Government. Monitoring and evaluation has been identified as pivotal to the fulfilment of the “People’s Contract”. In this process the many government departments, agencies, organisations and businesses have an important role to play.

A results-based monitoring and evaluation system provides feedback on the actual outcomes and goals of government actions. Results-based systems require answers to the following questions:

• What higher-order objectives and expected outcomes have government set?
• Have outcomes and impacts been achieved?
• Are outcomes and impacts sustainable?
From this point of departure, it is essential that leaders, managers, teams and individuals in organizations, public and private, develop their skills to understand, track and report on monitoring and evaluation. This course on Monitoring & Evaluation will empower you to understand, direct and implement the phases of a robust and results-based M&E framework. The following learning outcomes will be included:

Learner outcomes:

• Develop an understanding of monitoring & evaluation and how these tools fit into the related processes of strategic management, project management and policy implementation;
• Learn about the Government-wide M&E framework and other related guidelines (Stats SA, Presidency indicators etc)
• Develop the competencies to set up a fully functional M&E framework for your organization / department / business unit;
• Learn how to draft and review indicators and targets; and
• Develop and structure clear reporting processes that provide valuable information for management decision-making at all levels
Course programme:

Day 1:

• Overview of M&E – processes and practices
• Understand monitoring and evaluation concepts, terminologies and context;
• Understand results-based management – the link to outcomes based M&E
• Preparing for M&E in your work processes and projects;
• Developing and selecting appropriate indicators for project outputs and outcomes;
• Linking your indicators to baselines, milestones and targets

Day 2:

• Setting up a monitoring and evaluation framework;
• Linking the framework to existing tools such as logframes and budgets
• Building capacity for M&E in your teams – responsibilities, delegations and quality
• Facilitate team performance improvements using assessment findings;
• Establish performance standards and monitoring systems – linking individual and organizational processes

Day 3:

• Understand methods and tools for basic data collection;
• Understand methods and tools for basic data analysis;
• Understand the key uses of monitoring data: project management, evaluation and reporting;
• Understand the difference between process and outcome evaluation practices; and
• Develop project evaluation reports.

Accredited by the Services Seta

Imsimbi Training is an Accredited Training Provider with the Services Seta number 2147. Imsimbi Training is a Level 2 BBBEE company.