Turkey: Measuring for Results

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ARE YOU READY TO BECOME A RESULTS-BASED MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL - AND PLAN AND IMPLEMENT PROJECTS THAT ACTUALLY DELIVER WHAT DONORS AND COMMUNITIES NEED?

We all know how hard development work can be. Despite all our good intentions and efforts, we often fail to see real, positive change for the communities we serve. Somehow progress is elusive. While some projects are poorly planned from the start, they don't have to be. But even if they are well-planned, somehow they often lose momentum and lose sight of their real purpose - the intended positive results for our beneficiaries.

And it's a team effort. So why are we always chasing staff for information, and rushing to get our reports to our donors on time? Can't the right information be collected at the right time and flow smoothly through the project so project managers can get on with actually managing?

And how to we demonstrate the value of what we do? Not just to our donors, but to other stakeholders and the wider society?

SO HOW DO WE GET THERE?

Successful humanitarian projects focus on results - every process, product and service is intended to bring us closer to the outcome, what the project promises to deliver. Results-Based Management (RBM) has been around since the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness back in 2005, and yet still projects are failing to take this opportunity to deliver projects that actually bring about real change on the ground.

When the project team is focused on results (and not just implementation), it increases transparency, accountability and value - and donors like that. And who can argue with better outcomes for target communities?

Compliance - following the project plan - is easy; but how do we measure performance? How do we create projects that can actually measure progress and change, projects that are able to adapt themselves over time to ensure results are achieved?

An RBM approach makes for better planning, monitoring and evaluation of projects - leading to development projects that create real change for communities and beneficiaries.

RBM also means that project teams also work together more effectively - continually applying learning to keep projects focused on delivering the best results possible.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

The training has three main objectives. You will:

• Understand the philosophy and principles of RBM - and it is a philosophy, encouraging us to look at and approach things differently to ensure results are achieved for target communities.

• Develop a thorough, practical understanding of the Logical Framework Approach (LFA), which underpins the RBM approach.

• Be able to use RBM and LFA through project identification, design, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation.

WHAT SKILLS WILL YOU GAIN?

The course is extremely practical and task-based, and you will produce three major pieces of work. These are:

1. A project designed from scratch - you will analyse your own selected issue and target population and build a unique project
2. An M&E Toolkit - the M&E manager's master document, to collect and store information on all indicators and manage up-to-date tools for each indicator
3. The M&E Plan, which describes the project, its indicators and how data will flow - its collection, analysis and communication

WHAT'S IN THE COURSE?

The course focuses on the most important topics in M&E in a concise way that allows for maximum practical work. The course pathway is as follows:

1 - INTRODUCTION, OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTATIONS

2 - WHAT IS RBM?

STORY OF RBM

RESULTS AND THE RESULTS CHAIN

WHAT IS RBM?

THE RBM PROCESS

RBM IN PRACTICE

3 - INTRODUCTION TO THE LOGICAL FRAMEWORK APPROACH

THE NARRATIVE SUMMARY

INDICATORS

MOV

ASSUMPTIONS AND TESTING THE LOGIC

10 STEPS TO A LOGICAL FRAMEWORK

4 - CONTEXT ANALYSIS

THE WHAT AND WHY OF CONTEXT ANALYSIS

EXTENDED TASK

5- PROBLEM ANALYSIS

CIRCULAR REASONING

THE PROBLEM TREE

DEFINING THE CORE PROBLEM

EXTENDED TASK

6 - STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS AND ENGAGEMENT

THE WHAT AND WHY OF STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS

WIN-WIN STRATEGIES

STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATION

STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

7 - SETTING OBJECTIVES

THE OBJECTIVES TREE

EXTENDED TASK

8 - DEFINING A STRATEGY

THE WHAT AND WHY OF PROJECT STRATEGY

IDENTIFYING APPROACHES

PRIORITISING APPROACHES USING SWOT

DEFINING THE STRATEGY / EXTENDED TASK

9 - BUILDING THE LOGICAL FRAMEWORK

THE STEPS OF LOG FRAME BUILDING

OUTCOME AND IMPACT

OUTPUTS, ACTIVITIES AND INPUTS AND TESTING THE RESULTS CHAIN

THE PROJECT CONTEXT

VERIFYING THE PROJECT DESIGN

10 - PROJECT M&E

THE WHAT AND WHY OF MONITORING

INDICATORS

MEANS OF VERIFICATION

11 - CREATING AN M&E TOOLKIT

RESULTS-BASED M&E

PREPARING FOR M&E

DATA SOURCES AND DATA COLLECTION METHODS

GROUPING INDICATORS

CREATING A DATA COLLECTION TOOLKIT

11 - BUILDING THE M&E PLAN

12 - WRAPPING UP

RECAP - WHAT IS RBM?

ESTABLISHING AN M&E SYSTEM

OPERATIONALISING RBM

PERSONAL ACTION PLANNING

WHO IS IT FOR?

• Project and Program Managers
• Heads of Department
• Project Officers and Field Staff with M&E Responsibilities

Duration: 5 days

Trainer: Mr Neil Kendrick (UK) who has 25 years' experience, training 100s of organisations in more than 20 countries at all levels and from all sectors

Status:Confirmed (Maximum number of participants is 12 people)

Trainers: Neil Kendrick (U.K.)

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Zeynep Demircioglu
Office Manager
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