Impact oriented monitoring and evaluation
“Information collection and analysis system, that contributes to the strategic orientation of a development program or project. It allows the feedback and the guidance of the general action strategy; it contributes with useful and accessible information to the actors that are involved; it creates a learning and confidence environment and ensures the effective and efficient functioning of the program’s implementation, verifying the fulfillment of the agreed action plans”.
Starting 2001, ASOCAM works on this subject, with the leadership of the Andean Delegation of the Foundation INTERCOOPERATION and under request of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The process has included several stages: • Regional analysis of the M&E practices oriented to impact assessment in organizations and projects • Finalization of the case studies and elaboration of a methodological proposal • Validation and application of the methodological proposal in five countries • Workshop for the analyzing the results of the methodological proposal and elaboration of a validated methodology • Technical assistance to organizations associated to the network, for the implementation of their monitoring and evaluation systems. • Plataforma, en implementación de sus sistemas de monitoreo y evaluación
Challenges to impact monitoring and evaluation of development actions
Orienting principles of impact monitoring and evaluation
• Weak contribution to internal learning process and strategic piloting
• Impact monitoring and evaluation integrated to strategic planning
• Limited utility for the associated actors.
• Participatory approach
• Complex and not always with the sufficient rigor.
• Consistent and manageable device
Thematic websites (JANUARY 2009)
Impact Monitoring and Evaluation Levels ImPACt mOnItORIng AnD EvALuAtIOn
Time impact (contributes with data, for example, regarding poverty reduction, equitable development, etc.) Direct effects achieved by the program implementation (information about changes related to the main program objective)
PURPOSE (superior objective)
Results achieved by the program (contributes with data of the results achieved) Achieved goals (the fulfillment of the declared goals for each activity is verified)
PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE (purpose/Phase objective) (+assessment of specific objectives)
RESuLtS mOnItORIng AnD EvALuAtIOn
Resultados logrados por el programa (se aporta con datos de resultados alcanzados) Metas alcanzadas (se verifica el cumplimiento de las metas declaradas por cada actividad)
mAnAgEmEnt mOnItORIng AnD EvALuAtIOn
Human, financial and material resources management (the adequate administration of the resources of an operation is appreciated).
ACTIVITIES
IME process Diagnostic
Str
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Integrated in Strategic Planning
Stage 1
• Prepare the fundaments (basis) • Indicators identification (context, impact, results) • Information recollection and elaboration of tools by unit of analysis • Design of management monitoring tools • Organization for the implementation
Planning Planning Operational Annual Plan
Implementation design and preparation
Programming
I m p l e m e n t a t i o n
Stage 2
Mon itori ng an d evaluation
Information generation and processing
Available documents on the topic Regional Study Report “Impact Evaluation in Five Cases” Document
www.asocam.org/biblioteca/ASO_EST_MVI.pdf
Monitoring and Evaluation of Impact Oriented Development. Action Guide Document
www.asocam.org/biblioteca/ASO_R&A_MVI_completo.pdf
Monitoring and Evaluation Thematic Library CD
www.asocam.org/CD/CD_MVI_biblio/index.html
Stage 3
Information analysis, interpretation and use
Acknowledgements: A special recognition to Philippe de Rham and Lorena Mancero for their contributions to the proposal.