The development ecosystem is placing increasing emphasis on the importance of effective Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) systems for accountability and transparency purposes.

This half-day training session is aimed at enhancing existing knowledge and skills that will build your capabilities in outcomes and performance reporting, moving away from reporting focused on activity, inputs and outputs into clearly communicating progress against intended outcomes and impact.

The session will also cover cross-cutting themes such as Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) and climate change to strengthen reporting in the priority areas of Pacific country governments and development partners. MERL Specialists from Tetra Tech International Development’s in-house Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RME) Practice will share best practices and lessons learned from developing MERL systems and analysing outcomes and impact across Asia Pacific and for a variety of partners and clients.

The interactive 3-hour session will include opportunities for CID members, presenters, and members of the RME Practice to share and discuss in breakout rooms as well as in the plenary sessions. The session assumes participants already have a sound working knowledge of MERL, and will be focused on delving deeper into meeting the changing information needs of partners and decision-makers.

Attending this training will enable participants to:

• Refresh and strengthen existing MERL systems for outcome reporting and management, including:
o Theory of Change and Logical Framing in practice – developing and applying change theory and logical pathways that consider GEDSI and climate change risks/objectives
o Adaptive Management – connecting the Theory of Change with data collection through MERL, and understanding and addressing barriers to inclusion and adaptation
o Indicators – selecting measures that support consistency, benchmarking and reporting on issues that development partners are interested in (e.g., climate change mitigation and adaptation indicators) and aligning with their priorities / frameworks
• Identify key characteristics of strong outcome reporting
• Build knowledge, skills, and confidence in storytelling and impact reporting

Who Would Benefit?

We anticipate the following participants will benefit from this 3-hour training:
• Intermediate to Advanced MERL specialists in international development
• Development project and programme managers
• Those interested in addressing challenges and complexities relating to:
o Logical framing of projects / programmes
o Aligning reporting systems with Results Frameworks
o Learning and adapting as a result of ongoing data collection
o Meaningfully integrating cross-cutting themes of GEDSI and climate change
o Documenting and communicating impact through various mediums.

See pricing for the training below. Please note, if you register three people at once from the same organisation, all following tickets will recieve a 25% discount.