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good day folks and welcome to yet another exciting episode of M&E made simple
implement your host coach alexandra and today we're going to be discussing a
very interesting topic like all topics
what is an M and B plan now I'm sure you've heard this word before and it's
not something new especially to the specialist especially to those who are
in charge of managing programs or projects and M&E plan folks is this a
document that simply outlines amen
he functions how they'll be carried out will be responsible what will be
monetized what will be the tools used over a period of time for specific
intervention but I want want to just let you know my definition but we can go
straight to google because like I always say
google has a lot of your material which has been submitted by so many different
people are around the world so let's just type there what is an M&E plan and
from there only can be able to discuss further so i'm typing whatís and M&E
land so you can see where it already it's close to 630,000 result so there's
so much material there so it says he and M&E plan is a table that builds upon a
project programs logogram to detail key in many requirements for each indicator
and assumptions it allows program staff at the field level to track progress
toward specific targets for better transparency and accountability to
living and outside they ok whatever this means it could be this definition
could've been tailored to maybe this organization now let's look for another
definition of to this one
ok
it mentions a monitoring and evaluation plan describes how the whole M&E system
for the program works
this includes the indicators who is responsible for collecting them
platforms and tools will be used and how the death or flow through the
organization what I like about this definition is that it actually tells you
straight on what a name and a plan is so you see false in every organization
there is need for an M&E plan and especially when there are so many
programs being implemented so many projects project staff management and
even M&D personnel need to be able to repair to these particular documents so
as you can see this website is called tools for development and they've been
given you a template that describes how you can develop an M&E plan for one
project and then Amanda plan for multiple projects
yeah and it's it's quite it's quite interesting because you know in an
organization you'll discover that like i mentioned earlier on there'll be so many
projects are implementing it wouldn't be wise to have an M&E plan for each
project although that could be the ideal situation but it would just be a wastage
of resources so they even give you how you can develop multiple projects notice
just download maybe let's see how what kind of plan they are recommending so
all pins
ok stopping from there okay so when developing a plan you can put your
organization local the organization name the project 80 and and even give you the
table of contents the introduction peoples of the plant
the examiner logical freemake and so on and so forth so you must understand that
this plan really is meant to also help the organization become more efficient
as they carry out M&E interventions because you discover that sometimes the
role of a project manager program manager can be confused with what a name
and the officer should be doing so this plan actually clearly outlines where can
they
where do does the project officer coming in the Holy Mandy cycle and what are
they what is the role of that Officer what is the role of the M&E specialist
in the whole project so this document outlines all that so I would advise you
to take time perhaps too
there's so much material on a monitoring and evaluation plan now there's one key
if one keynote you need to understand folks is that when it comes to an
amended plan you discover that when writing proposals to donors or
stakeholders who are willing to find your project he did
normally they would like to see the mnd component come out clearly and if you
have an M&E plan with you to send me to them that is a good indication to
well-wishes who want to find your interventions and the reason is simple
is that you know m and E is looked at as an important tool to enhancing
accountability in any organization so when potential donors see that you take
a Randy seriously they know they'll know that actually their money is not going
to waste
they're able to track performance and they'll be given that chance to decide
where that they should find you or not based on whatever you're offering to
them so really it's always good to have a name and a plan
so what does it take to develop an M&E plan well really it does not take too
much efforts of course it requires a lot of effort but what I'm saying heat
shouldn't be too complicated because if you're always going to say no we need a
console times we need Manny then you want to afford the truth of the matter
is that once you have space and especially sweeping the organization the
person who should poke a coordinate this development should actually be the
person responsible for M&D and then he should wake together with all program
staff all program stuff
this should be including the program manager himself and field offices and
then if resources are available a worship a workshop can be held to
clearly understand what they are all looking for because this process should
be participating resistance there will be a lot of key players when it comes to
data collection and analysis and reporting however it since it's always
sometimes in many issue they should be some resources devoted to carrying out
such activities so like if you have for instance in an organization there's an
M&E officer there that Amanda officer should have his own budget and that
budget should be formulated by he or she here herself so that that ensures that
he can incorporate such activities
alright and in that case it won't be complicated in the long run so really
every program should have an M&E plan
and when doing proposals to potential donors when they see a M&E plant present
and its detailed clearly outlining how information will be collected and
analyzed and reported on that builds confidence and faster funding that's so
I had for you two day folks and i hope you enjoyed this please leave your
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