85511 - WORKSHOP ON MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION PROJECTS

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

The workshop will introduce how monitoring and evaluation (M&E) – also known as Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) – works theoretically and practically. The workshop will move from models underpinning the MEL system and its conceptualisation to the operationalisation by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC) and other international organisations. It will analyse the main steps and practicalities of a MEL process, from the M&E design to the final evaluation. Ethical issues, conflict sensitivity and the recent debate on decolonising M&E will also be critically analysed and discussed. At the end of the workshop, students will be equipped with basic knowledge of the M&E systems. They will also have an understanding of how M&E is implemented by the main international organisations (World Bank, European Union, United Nations, etc.) and non-governmental organisations in different sectors (humanitarian, development and peacebuilding).

Contenuti

1. Introduction
2. Monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL): what is and how it works
3. OECD-DAC principles for evaluation
4. MEL and change: Theory of Change and other approaches
5. MEL good practices
6. Determine the purpose, context and practicalities
7. How NGOs and international organisations use MEL
8. Baselines, mid-term evaluations and final evaluations
9. Desk review, AI, and field work
10. Conflict Analysis
    
11. Monitoring and evaluation in conflict-affected areas
12. Decolonising MEL: utopia or the way forward?

Testi/Bibliografia

Materials will be distributed in class and the detailed bibliography will be uploaded here in September 2024.

Metodi didattici

Students and the instructor will embark on a collaborative learning experience. Knowledge is continuously gained through personal and environmental experiences. Students will be invited to reflect on and apply their own experiences and knowledge, to use analytical tools to conceptualize the experience and to gain new skills and insights.

The instructor will present theory along with practical case studies from his field experience and from other contexts. The course foresees working groups, small groups and individual exercises, learning games and other work and experiential activities. The instructor will share handouts during the workshop.

Students’ participation and preparedness are crucial to ensuring a successful learning experience.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Attendance, class participation, individual work on assignments, class working groups and presentations.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Class working groups, presentations, short documentary movies, simulations, individual readings and tasks, etc.

Students with a form of disability or specific learning disabilities (DSA) who are requesting academic adjustments or compensatory tools are invited to communicate their needs to the teaching staff in order to properly address them and agree on the appropriate measures with the competent bodies.

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Bernardo Venturi