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Monitoring,
Evaluation and Research |
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Monitoring,
Evaluation and Research (MER) Program is given a high
priority in Safwco approaches and programme delivery.
It provides a better means of learning from the past
experiences, improving upon service delivery, planning
and allocation of resources, and demonstrating results
as a part of accountability to key stakeholders. The
major aim of the programme is to improve programme
efficiency in implementation and financial aspects.
MER Unit is also responsible for conducting different
research studies in the programme areas of the organization
or at wider provincial level as needed. It conducts
multi-disciplinary studies on poverty alleviation,
socio-economic development and institutional reforms.
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following activities are carried out by this unit:
Mid-term Evaluations
Impact Assessment of different Programs
Field Surveys for Benchmarking Data
Project-end Evaluation
Social Researches
Socio Economic Analysis and Exploratory Researches
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Scope of Monitoring and Evaluation within Safwco |
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and evaluation help improve performance and achieve
results. More precisely, the overall purpose of monitoring
and evaluation is the measurement and assessment of
performance in order to more effectively manage the
outcomes and outputs known as development results.
Performance is defined as progress towards and achievement
of results. As part of the emphasis on results in
Safwco today, the need to demonstrate performance
is placing new demands on monitoring and evaluation
in programme units.
The
main objectives of results-oriented monitoring and
evaluation are to:
Enhance organizational and development learning;
Ensure informed decision-making;
Support substantive accountability and repositioning. |
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Stages of Monitoring (Safwco Products) |
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Outcome Monitoring:
Outcome monitoring is a continual and systematic process
of collecting and analyzing data to measure the performance
of Safwco interventions towards achievement of outcomes.
While the process of outcome monitoring is continual
in the sense that it is not a time-bound activity,
outcome monitoring must be periodic, so that change
can be perceived. In other words, MER Unit accumulates
information on an ongoing basis regarding progress
towards an outcome, and then periodically compares
the current situation against the baseline for outcome
indicators and assesses and analyzes the situation.
Outcome
Evaluation: An outcome evaluation is an evaluation
that covers a set of related projects, programs and
strategies intended to bring about a certain outcome.
Such evaluations assess how and why outcomes are or
are not being achieved in a given context and the
role Safwco has played. They may also help to clarify
underlying factors affecting the situation, highlight
unintended consequences (positive and negative), recommend
actions to improve performance in future programming,
and generate lessons learned. These periodic and in-depth
assessments use "before and after" monitoring
data.
Impact
Stage: this is a long term stage where the
overall effect of a program is measured in a wider
perspective
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Stages
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Who
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Means |
Frequency |
Output
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Project
Staff |
Filed
Diaries |
Daily |
Monitoring
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Program
Managers
M&E
Staff |
Field
Visits
Progress
Reports
Sector
Meetings |
Monthly
Quarterly |
Outcome
Monitoring |
M&E
Staff
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Data
gathered
through
monitoring
indicators |
Quarterly |
Impact
Assessment |
M&E
Staff
Outsourcing |
Data
gathered
through
monitoring
indicators |
Midterm
End
of Project |
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Rain
Flood 2007 (new updates) |
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Annual
Activity Report DMER-SAFWCO (NEW) |
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Disaster
Management and Emergency Relief (2006) |
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Images
of distribution of Emergency Relief supported by CRS
(2006) |
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Images
of distribution of Emergency Relief supported by OXFAM |
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Images
of Emergency Relief supported by UNICEF(2006) |
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