Monitoring and Evaluation of Food and Nutrition Security Programmers Training Course
A Kenya Event on 2020-10-19 08:30:00
FineResults Research Services invites you to training on:
Topics: Monitoring and Evaluation of Food and Nutrition Security Programmers’
Date: 19th to 23rd October 2020
Cost: USD 800 or Ksh 65000
Contacts: +254 759 285 295, training@fineresultsresearch.org
Venue : FineResults Research, Nairobi, Kenya Training Centre.
INTRODUCTION
In order to achieve a world free of hunger and malnutrition, it is vital to provide sustainable solutions that provide the largest impacts on development outcomes. Monitoring and Evaluation tools and techniques plays a key role in ensuring Food Security programs are designed, implemented as plan and that they improve the well-being of the target communities. This course equips the participants with adequate skills to develop and manage robust M&E systems for effective management of FSN programs. The learner is introduced to FSN indicators, tools and techniques for M&E in FSN.
DURATION
5 Days
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of this course the participants will be able to:
• Understand monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of FSN programs
• Design a FSN project using logical framework
• Understand Food Security and Nutrition programs specific indicators
• Track performance indicators over the life of the project
• Evaluate FSN programs against targets
• Understand gender role in M&E in FSN programs
• Conduct impact assessment of Food Security and Nutrition programs
COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1
Introduction to M&E
• Definition of Monitoring and Evaluation
• Why Monitoring and Evaluation is important
• Key principles and concepts in M&E
• M&E in project lifecycle
• Complementary roles of Monitoring and Evaluation
Food Security and Nutrition M&E Frameworks
• Food security and Nutrition Conceptual Frameworks
• Food security and Nutrition Results Frameworks
• Logical Framework Analysis (LFA)
• LogFrame – Design of Food security and nutrition projects using LogFrame
Module 2
Food Security and Nutrition Indicators
• FSN indicators definition: Dietary diversity score, Food Consumption Score, Coping Strategy Index, Nutrition indicators
• Indicator metrics
• Linking indicators to results
• Indicator Matrix
• FSN indicator performance tracking
M&E System design and M&E Planning in FSN
• Importance of an M&E Plan
• Documenting M&E System in the M&E Plan
• Components of an M&E Plan-Monitoring, Evaluation, Data management, Reporting
• Using M&E Plan to implement M&E in a Project
• M&E plan vs Performance Management Plan (PMP)
Module 3
M&E Considerations for Sector Specific Programming
• Food Security Programs: Food Availability, Seasonality, Food Access, Food Utilization
• Health and Nutrition Programs; Selection of Indicators, sources of data, Reproductive Health
• Integrating Cross Cutting Issues into Data Collection
Data Management for M&E in FSN
• Different sources of M&E data
• Qualitative data collection methods
• Quantitative data collection methods
• Participatory methods of data collection
Module 4
Gender integration in M&E for FSN
• Gender integration during project activities design
• Gender indicators in Food Security and Nutrition programs
• Cross cutting gender issues in FSN
• Measure of gender outcomes
Evaluation of Food Security and Nutrition Programs
• Determining evaluation points from results framework
• Components of evaluations: implementation and process evaluations.
• Evaluation designs- experimental, quasi-experimental and non-experimental
• Performance evaluation process
• Evaluation findings sharing and dissemination
Impact Assessment of Food Security and Nutrition Programs
• Introduction to impact evaluation
• Attribution in impact evaluation
• Estimation of counterfactual
• Impact evaluation methods: Double difference, Propensity score matching
Module 5
M&E Results Use and Dissemination
• Use of M&E results to improve and strengthen FSN projects
• Use of M&E Lessons learnt and Best Practices
• Organization knowledge champions
• M&E reporting
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