MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH)

Monitoring and Evaluation of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

course overview 

The purpose of the evaluation is to produce significant knowledge and learning regarding the outcomes of a project or programme. The success of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) programmes depends on an effective evaluation approach. The Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sector has grown more intricate and multifaceted since its humble beginnings. The use of monitoring and evaluation tools and methodologies is essential for ensuring that WASH programmes are conceived and carried out according to schedule. The participants of this course will have the necessary abilities to create and oversee reliable M&E systems for the efficient administration of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) projects and programmes. The M&E frameworks, indicators, tools, and strategies will be covered with the learners.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

By the end of this course the participants will be able to:

• Understand monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programmes.

• Design Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects using logical framework analysis approach

• Define different Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) indicators

• Track performance indicators over the life of the project

• Evaluate Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programmes against objectives and targets

• Understand the gender role in M&E of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)programmes

• Conduct impact evaluations of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programmes

 

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

 

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Policy issues

• Sustainable development

• Economic contribution of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects/programmes.

• Link between Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programmes and county’s development

 

Module 2

M&E Frameworks in Agriculture and Rural Development

• WASH Conceptual Frameworks

• WASH Results Frameworks

• Logical Framework Analysis (LFA)

• LogFrame – Design of WASH projects using LogFrame

 

Agriculture and Rural Development Indicators

• Indicator metrics

• Linking indicators to results

• Indicator Matrix

• WASH indicator performance tracking

• Sector-wide indicators for WASH programmes.

• Specific indicators for Sub-sectors of WASH

• Indicators for Thematic Areas related to WASH

 

M&E System and M&E Planning in WASH

• 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

 

Module 3

Data Management for M&E in WASH

• Sources of Data: Information systems, surveys, participatory poverty assessments, financial management tools

• Use of different Surveys in data collection for WASH

• Participatory methods of data collection for WASH

• Data analysis for WASH

 

Gender integration in M&E for Agriculture and Rural Development

• Gender integration during project activities design

• Gender indicators in WASH

• Cross cutting gender issues in WASH

• Measure of gender outcomes

 

Module 4

Performance Evaluation of Agricultural and Rural Development 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 questions

• Evaluation findings sharing and dissemination

 

Impact Evaluations for Agriculture and Rural Development

• 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 WASH projects

• Use of M&E Lessons learnt and Best Practices

• Organization knowledge champions

• M&E reporting

course duration 6 month

Training Approach

This course is delivered by our seasoned trainers who have vast experience as expert professionals in their respective fields of practice. The course is taught through a mix of practical activities, theory, group work, and case studies.

Training manuals and additional reference materials are provided to the participants.

Certification

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be issued a certificate.