Monitoring & Evaluation

Since inception, VEDAMAN has evaluated more than 30 projects, mainly in the area of animal health, crops, natural resources management and general community development work.

Why do we do monitoring and evaluation?

To satisfy the ever increasing demand for ACCOUNTABILITY from Donors. They want to see the impact of their development investments and they want to see that most of the investment they make reaches the targeted beneficiaries
Project performance can be enhanced via M&E and allow for better management and decision making,
A learning environment and engagement of all stakeholders in participatory learning processes helps to “improve” projects and also creates ownership of projects or processes.
Process orientation and Capacity Development (Empowering communities)

How M&E is Done

Objectively verifiableIndicators and the Means of Verification are planned in the PPM.
These have to be followed closely throughout implementation, extra data collection is required.
Indicator related Reports (monthly, quarterly, biannual and annual).
Internal and external project/program evaluations/audits.
Participatory Impact Assessments
Community Participatory Evaluations

Technical Performance Monitoring – identify reasons for Success/Failure and decide whether to continue the project or not,

Objective achieved?
Activities carried out?
Results achieved?
Outputs achieved?
Risks and Assumptions
Process Monitoring
Participation, communication, planning, problem solving

Difference between Monitoring and evaluation:

Evaluation is:

Systematic analysis of a planned, ongoing or completed project.
Aims to answer specific management questions (Continuation? Improvement? Stop?)
Can be done by the implementers themselves (empowerment and participation) or by external consultants
Aims to judge the overall value of a project (refer to criteria for performance measurement).
Lessons learnt should be incorporated to improve future actions, planning and decision making

Monitoring is:

Process of continual gathering and analysing information to make judgements about progress towards particular goals and objectives.
Monitoring identifies unintended positive and negative consequences of actions and reasons why they ocurr.

Projects Undertaken:

Evaluation of Multi-donor community project study on livestock productivity and value chain in South Sudan (2010 – 2011).
Final Evaluation of the North Eastern Pastoral Development Program (2009) commissioned by AU-IBAR.
End of Project Evaluation of Promoting Environmentally Sound Integrated Crop-Livestock Production (ICLP) and Marketing in Agro-pastoralist Communities in South Sudan Project (2009) commissioned by VSF-CH and SIDA
Evaluation of the Training of Pastoral Women on Improved Livestock Management Practices in Magadi Division of Kajiado District Project (2009) commissioned by Kenya Women Veterinary Association (KWVA).
End of Pilot Project Evaluation of Livestock and Fisheries Development Project in South Sudan (2009) commissioned by VSF-Belgium.
Evaluation of a project on Food and Livelihood Security in Central Somalia encompassing improvement of household nutritional status, training of locals in nutrition and mass treatment of malnourished children and subsequent analysis of nutritional status in Malualkon, Southern Sudan.

Why Choose Us

Monitoring & Evaluation

Why do we do monitoring and evaluation?

How M&E is Done

Difference between Monitoring and evaluation:

Projects Undertaken: