Developing a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plan for food security and agriculture programmes

This course has the objective to support countries and regions in planning the information needs for monitoring, pilotage and evaluation during the life of their Food and Nutrition Security and Agriculture programmes. The course, also, offers practical guidance on building an M&E system which is feasible, practical and relevant to the programme’s needs.

The target audience for this course includes: professionals involved in managing a programme, designing an M&E system, leading research or implementing M&E activities, and all those who wish to have concrete guidance on how to apply M&E methods to their programmes.

Course content:

• Basic M&E concepts
• Choosing what to monitor
• Monitoring and evaluation indicators
• Defining your indicators
• Planning for M&E activities during the programme’s lifetime