Introduction
Building on an extensive experience in both monitoring and evaluating (M&E) and in advocacy, this IRES course will support participants with how to ensure M&E is integrated into both planning advocacy initiatives and feeding into organizational learning and accountability. The course will focus on a variety of practical ways to meet the challenges of advocacy M&E. The course content draws on real-life case studies from our work in supporting organizations to develop advocacy strategies and from carrying out evaluations of advocacy initiatives. It deals with the challenge of how to assess contribution to change. Finally, it provides a series of practical tools which can help participants to develop and improve the advocacy M&E systems, in accordance with their organization’s capacity and needs.
Duration
10 Days
Who should Attend
This course is intended for staff or consultants with some experience of working on advocacy with large and small civil society organizations, who face challenges in monitoring and evaluating advocacy.
Course Level:
Course Objectives
At the end of this IRES training course, you will learn:
- Understand the elements of an advocacy M&E framework or system and the importance of deciding on the purpose of any system that is developed
- Be able to plan advocacy in a way that integrates M&E including defining the change and how that change will happen, and developing realistic indicators and methods of data collection
- Be able to select and use a range of tools for M&E that are most appropriate for the organisational type and the issue
- Understand how to demonstrate and report results
- Have explored their role as agents of change and considered ways of supporting staff and partners with M&E
- Have developed their understanding of the challenges faced in M&E of advocacy and some of the solutions
- Explore how to incorporate learning into monitoring and evaluation, reflecting on different learning practices and key learning questions needed to strengthen advocacy strategies
Course Outline
Module 1
- Clarifying different definitions and uses of M&E terms
- Components of good planning for advocacy M&E i.e. setting advocacy objectives and activities that clearly link into M&E indicators
Module 2
- Clarifying the logic of the campaign/advocacy approach and how this relates to outcomes
- Ensuring that indicators cover outcomes and impact as well as activities
Module 3
- Deciding on the purpose of your M&E system
- Examples of advocacy M&E systems and case studies including time to reflect on the course input and apply to a real life case study.
Module 4
- Quantitative and qualitative data collection methods and tools
- Dealing with contribution and attribution
- Balancing ‘upwards accountability’ to donors and senior management with commitment to improving advocacy impact and accountability to supporters and ‘beneficiaries’ of campaigns and advocacy strategies
Module 5
- Strategies and tools to help participants to act as ‘agents of change’ within their own organizations.
- Action planning on what needs to happen on return to work, to implement the learning from the workshop
Related Courses
Course Administration Details:
METHODOLOGY
The instructor-led trainings are delivered using a blended learning approach and comprise presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web-based tutorials, and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professionals and trainers in these fields. All facilitation and course materials will be offered in English. The participants should be reasonably proficient in English.
ACCREDITATION
Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued an Indepth Research Institute (IRES) certificate certified by the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA).
TRAINING VENUE
The training will be held at IRES Training Centre. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, and lunch. All participants will additionally cater to their travel expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.
ACCOMMODATION AND AIRPORT PICKUP
Accommodation and airport pickup are arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training Officer.
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: +254715 077 817
TAILOR-MADE
This training can also be customized to suit the needs of your institution upon request. You can have it delivered in our IRES Training Centre or at a convenient location. For further inquiries, please contact us on:
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: +254715 077 817
PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to the IRES account through a bank on or before the start of the course. Send proof of payment to [email protected]
Click here to register for this course.
Register NowCustomized Schedule is available for all courses irrespective of dates on the Calendar. Please get in touch with us for details.
Do you need more information on our courses? Talk to us.
