Rwanda Case Study

1. Rwanda Case Study Additional Slides on Stakeholder Involvement

2. How to Make Stakeholder Participation Happen Defining the purpose of M&E in the program • Participation in defining the purpose is important, as the whole design should flow from this. This will result in high empowerment of stakeholders Roles • Invite them to negotiations of purpose of M&E activities • Allow them to feed into the definition of purpose and/or critique what is already proposed

3. Cont. Focus the design on stakeholder needs • Where stakeholders are not involved in design, the M&E activity could be biased, missing important issues for the stakeholders • Perspectives of primary stakeholders can challenge other stakeholders’ more “established” analytical frameworks, bringing new perspectives on the interrelationship of different issues Roles • Invite them to negotiations of the program design • Allow them to feed into the program design and/or critique what is already proposed

4. Cont. Involve them in collecting evidence • For most M&E activities, greater participation of stakeholders in collecting data ensures accuracy, completeness, and fair results • Stakeholders (especially primary) may apply tools differently based on their translation of tools for local realities (e.g., perspectives on how family and household are defined) • Stakeholders may have different perspectives in interpreting responses or suggest different directions for further probing and data collection

5. Cont. Involve them in validating evidence • Participation of stakeholders in the stage of validating findings allows an opportunity to correct and clarify perspectives, as well as provide contextual analysis from their perspective • Involve them in discussing findings • Involve them in cross-checking findings

6. Cont. Involve them in analysis, conclusions, and recommendations • Participation in analysis, conclusions, and recommendations can be an extension of the validation process • Involvement of stakeholders becomes more important and necessary when they will have a role in actually implementing changes • The biggest challenge is how local-level validation, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations can be brought into a wider process with other stakeholders without losing the specificity of the local inputs

7. Cont. Using M&E results – dissemination process • Participation of stakeholders can be a further means of building ownership of results, particularly where these relate to locally visible follow-up, such as adjustments to existing programs • Roles: • In developing dissemination strategy • In designing messages • As a vehicle for dissemination messages

8. Cont. Using M&E results – translation into action plan • Participation in the use of M&E results can be the ultimate participation in M&E and typically requires some participation in early stages • Roles: • In developing action plans • In validating decisions

9. ExerciseStakeholder Analysis Brainstorm list of stakeholders on flipchart (5 min) Pick three stakeholders from your list and complete the analysis matrix (20 min) Groups present one example of their entries in plenary Discussion

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