Monitoring and Evaluation
Understanding the Theme:
Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of development activities provides government officials, development managers, and civil society with better means for learning from experience, improving service delivery, planning and allocating resources, and demonstrating results as part of accountability to key stakeholders. Within the development community, there is a strong focus on results—this helps explain the growing interest in M&E. Ultimately, M&E is about maximizing the effectiveness of development initiatives in achieving transformative results and outcomes equitably using the most efficient means.
Coverage: Consultants working in this field possess a deep understanding of core Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) components, spanning the design of M&E frameworks, the development and assessment of performance indicators, and the application of logical framework approaches. Their expertise also includes conducting theory-based evaluations, managing formal surveys, and facilitating both rapid appraisals and participatory assessments. Furthermore, they are skilled in executing public expenditure tracking surveys, performing cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses, and leading rigorous impact evaluations. Beyond these methodologies, these consultants bring extensive experience in mobile data collection for quantitative surveys—a modernized data-gathering approach that RuralNet pioneered nearly two decades ago when it transitioned to digital systems in 2006/2007.
Qualifications of Consultants: Consultants working in this thematic area are M&E specialists with experience in designing, implementing, or assessing diverse and complex M&E assignments. These include multifaceted development programmes and projects, policies, and other initiatives. Consultants who constitute this team have a minimum of ten years of post-qualification experience managing large development projects and programmes, combined with a detailed familiarity with a wide range of M&E systems and approaches used in public institutions, bilateral and multilateral funding agencies, and international and local NGOs.
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