It was a great relief to read that we would probably be able to give a pretty good assessment of the progress and impact of the work we are doing. It all sounds a lot less daunting now.
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Do learning networks really make any difference? Do people ever apply what they have learnt? And how does this help the poorest people we are trying to assist? Learning networks should not fear or dodge such challenging questions. Taking them seriously throughout the life of a learning group can help ensure it remains relevant and effective. There are relatively simple, ‘good enough’ ways to monitor and evaluate. What is needed is the courage and commitment to make it happen.

This short paper provides some pragmatic ideas about what we need to assess and how this monitoring and evaluation can be done in relatively simple and cost-effective ways. Generating useful information about the impact of a learning network is not as impossible as it might first appear. With considered planning and sensible methods, it is possible to generate reasonably good data, certainly good enough to indicate a positive contribution to development.  

AuthorRick James
Published01/04/2010
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  1. I find this an excellent resource for my work and I will share it with others!
    Kabura Zakama - 27/04/2010 @ 10:09
  2. Dear All: Hope you are Ok am to recieve this kind of Articles and it is Useful for us to undertake and Apply it well.
    Thanks
    Ahmed Abdirahman Hersi - 27/04/2010 @ 10:31
  3. Dear Intrac
    Thanks for your efforts in researching and disseminating this kind of materials.I work as a developmet worker in Kenya for a small commuity based orgaization.Sharing these with other networking members enables us get new information that shapes new direction.
    Regards,
    Wafula Ferdinand
    ferdinand wafula - 27/04/2010 @ 10:53
  4. ITRAC is doing a wonderful job especially in information dissemination on vital areas that drives performance in the social development sector. However, it is very important to design on line training programs that are affordable so as to expand your capacity building frontiers in developing countries that needs them most
    Martins Udeinya - 27/04/2010 @ 13:57
  5. A useful, practical and timely article which will be very helpful in monitoring the progress of our communities of practice! Others I have shared it with have already commented on its usefulness.
    Amber - 28/04/2010 @ 14:51
  6. I find this papers quite useful and relevant to my work as a leader of a research and capacity building nongovernmental organization. However, I think that INTRAC still needs to do more by allowing more and wider access to its CB programmes especially by CSOs in third world nations. Affordability is of real essence
    Adebukola Adebayo - 02/05/2010 @ 22:02
  7. This is a step-in the right direction. This is really a good document. I'm searching for new ways of doing capacity building and evaluation rather than the traditional methods and i have found this to be very helpful.
    Geoffrey Alala - 20/08/2010 @ 15:18
  8. This is an excellent practical resource providing a roadmap on why and how to set up a planning and evaluation process with stakeholders before the learning network is developed in detail.

    I will be using many of the ideas in setting up a learning network at provider colleges delivering a year 12 transition program for Monash University. The colleges are located in Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Indonesia.

    If you would like feedback about the progress I would be keen to share this with you.

    Silvia McCormack - 04/09/2010 @ 08:15
  9. intrac is doing a wonderful job to help people know how to deal with m&e system in their respectively country and how to work in real world,

    best regards
    tawani selemani.
    Tawani Selemani - 22/12/2010 @ 13:09
  10. Wow.... Excellent work done, hopefully really will helpful for M&E persons around the globe. Being a M&E person its opening my vision for achieving the best outcome of my work activities and against my inputs. Thanks for a sharing such a helpful materials regarding M&E.
    Gulfam Ali - 30/09/2011 @ 07:01

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