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Learn how to create a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation action plan to ensure effective implementation of M&E frameworks. Discover the five essential steps to developing an M&E plan and understand the key components such as data collection, analysis, reporting, and dissemination of findings. Dive into structuring actionable plans for data management and results dissemination, considering resources, responsibilities, and timing. Put your knowledge to use with a practical exercise to develop an M&E Action Plan for your program.
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Learning Objectives • Develop M&E Action Plan to assist in implementing the M&E Framework
Five Steps to Developing an M&E Plan Establish the M&E planning team and: • Identify information users and their needs (program stakeholders). • Align projects and activities with program goals. • Develop program conceptual framework. • Outline key M&E questions and indicators and create M&E framework. • Develop M&E action plans, including data collection and analysis, reporting and dissemination of findings.
Content of Action Plans: Data collection/management/analysis • What: What data to collect, enter and analyze? • How: Action steps for collecting, managing, and analyzing data • Who: People responsible for each action step • Cost: Material and financial resources needed for each action step • When: the proposed schedule for data collection/management/analysis
Content of Action Plans: Results dissemination • What: What results to disseminate to which stakeholders, according to their needs • How: Action steps to disseminate information to stakeholders • Who: People responsible for each action step • Cost: Material and financial resources needed for each action step • When: the proposed schedule for dissemination
Timing • Consider when results need to be available • Consider the time needed for data collection, management, analysis and planning for dissemination • Schedule the start of the various data collection activities accordingly
Exercise 7.1 Create an M&E Action Plan • Review VCT Program Action Plan Example and using the blank template, create an M&E Action Plan for your program based on the indicators in your M&E framework.