Understanding Local Contexts: Key Considerations for Effective Monitoring and Evaluation for transformational change
Webinar (em inglês) | Online
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Organizado por:
Preston Associates International Development
Sobre o evento
In recent years, discourse on humanitarian and development efforts in Africa has increasingly focused on the vital role of localization, particularly since the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit (WHS). Localization entails ensuring that interventions are not just externally driven but are rooted in local contexts, needs, and capacities. This approach recognizes the significance of local knowledge and participation in achieving sustainable outcomes. Transformative engagements, as defined by the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group, seek systemic change beyond mere alleviation of immediate needs; they aim for deep, systemic change that addresses underlying causes of vulnerability and poverty. Effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) are essential tools in understanding and advancing such transformative change.
Evaluating transformative engagements means looking beyond just what gets done to understand how and why change happens. This requires strong frameworks that can capture the complexities of different cultures and contexts, considering things like local systems, power dynamics, and other factors influencing development outcomes. In humanitarian and development work, monitoring, and evaluation (M&E) are crucial for accountability and learning as it gives evidence to guide decisions, improve programs, and show results. However, traditional M&E often misses local perspectives and can come across as being too directive or biased, where decisions and assessments are made predominantly by external actors without sufficient engagement with those directly affected by the programs or interventions being evaluated.
Localization of M&E seeks to address these shortcomings by prioritizing the involvement of local stakeholders, contextualizing indicators, and building local capacity for evaluation. This involves adapting evaluation methods to suit local contexts, training local evaluators, and fostering partnerships between international and local actors. By valuing and integrating local knowledge, these approaches aim to enhance the relevance, credibility, and sustainability of evaluation efforts. This approach, along with participatory methods like participatory monitoring and evaluation, ensures that local voices are heard, and their priorities are reflected.
In this webinar, we seek to explore the intersection of localization and M&E in humanitarian and development work in Africa. We will delve into questions such as: How can M&E frameworks be tailored to capture the complexities of transformative change? What strategies can enhance the participation of local stakeholders in evaluation processes? And how can M&E contribute to strengthening local capacities and systems for sustainable development?
Through a blend of theoretical insights and practical experiences, we aim to chart a course toward more inclusive, responsive, and impactful humanitarian and development interventions in Africa. By harnessing the power of localization and M&E, we aspire to foster transformative change that truly empowers communities and advances sustainable development goals.
Evaluating transformative engagements means looking beyond just what gets done to understand how and why change happens. This requires strong frameworks that can capture the complexities of different cultures and contexts, considering things like local systems, power dynamics, and other factors influencing development outcomes. In humanitarian and development work, monitoring, and evaluation (M&E) are crucial for accountability and learning as it gives evidence to guide decisions, improve programs, and show results. However, traditional M&E often misses local perspectives and can come across as being too directive or biased, where decisions and assessments are made predominantly by external actors without sufficient engagement with those directly affected by the programs or interventions being evaluated.
Localization of M&E seeks to address these shortcomings by prioritizing the involvement of local stakeholders, contextualizing indicators, and building local capacity for evaluation. This involves adapting evaluation methods to suit local contexts, training local evaluators, and fostering partnerships between international and local actors. By valuing and integrating local knowledge, these approaches aim to enhance the relevance, credibility, and sustainability of evaluation efforts. This approach, along with participatory methods like participatory monitoring and evaluation, ensures that local voices are heard, and their priorities are reflected.
In this webinar, we seek to explore the intersection of localization and M&E in humanitarian and development work in Africa. We will delve into questions such as: How can M&E frameworks be tailored to capture the complexities of transformative change? What strategies can enhance the participation of local stakeholders in evaluation processes? And how can M&E contribute to strengthening local capacities and systems for sustainable development?
Through a blend of theoretical insights and practical experiences, we aim to chart a course toward more inclusive, responsive, and impactful humanitarian and development interventions in Africa. By harnessing the power of localization and M&E, we aspire to foster transformative change that truly empowers communities and advances sustainable development goals.
Orador/a
| Nome | Título | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Zakariya Zakari Muhammadu | Team Lead, The Human Development Evaluation, Learning, and Verification Service (DELVe) | Zakari, a result-oriented monitoring, evaluation and learning and assessment specialist, has served most recently as an independent Consultant for FCDO (Formally DFID) interventions, European Union and National Governments. He worked as Data Quality Assessment Specialist with IBTCI in Bangladesh on USAID’s Accelerated Capacity for Monitoring and Evaluation Project. Previously, he served as Deputy Chief of Party of USAID’s Monitoring and Evaluation Management Services (The Mitchell Group Inc.) project (in both rounds I and II) in Nigeria, a project that provided technical support in performance monitoring, work planning and data quality assessment to USAID and its implementing partners; trained USAID and partner staff in critical aspects of performance management; conducted project evaluations and cross-cutting program assessments, and communicated the results to advance organizational learning; and managed two databases designed to capture, compile and report performance by USAID’s implementing partners. He is Skilled at managing cross functional teams, exceeded expectations and well with all levels of staff working with USAID and Partners. Zakari has worked well with all USAID Technical team (Peace Democracy and governance, Health Population and Nutrition, HIV Aids, Education, Economic growth) and the Program office. He specialized in Evaluation planning and management developing data collection tools from the evaluation matrix and participated in the conduct of evaluations for all technical areas. He participated in conducting large scale and complex evaluations using a range of evaluation methods on behalf of international donors, national government and local NGOs/CSOs. He develops evaluation dissemination plans based on context and stakeholder mix. He has conducted, incorporated and implemented the CLA agenda in all performance management to support program activities; data quality assessment, evaluations, stakeholders’ engagements project monitoring, evaluation and learning plans. He has facilitated strategic development planning and review process incorporating changes in context and reviewing goals and objectives. |
Moderators
| Nome | Título | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| James Olaoye Oyeleye | Senior Program Officer- MEL and Data Management | James is a result-oriented, performance-driven, and versatile Demographer and Social Statistician who works in the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit of Technical Department of the firm as a Senior Program Officer- MEL and Data Management with over Seven (7) working experience across different sectors including Agriculture, Education, Health, Nutrition, Social Protection and Nutrition, Food Security and Livelihood, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). He specializes in development of cutting-edge research methodologies, sampling approach, survey tools, data analysis (quantitative and qualitative), Monitoring and Evaluation strategies as well as report writing. His professional experience dates back to the Center for Research Evaluation and Resources where he served as Research Assistant. He has over the years served as Research and Information System Officer with Consortium for Advance Research Training in Africa; Research and M & E Officer with Action Against Hunger, ACF International; Research Lead with Seven Star Consulting Limited as well as Data Manager with Hanovia Limited. Over the years, he had successfully led in implementation of World Bank, WHO, UNICEF, IoM, and Global Financing Facilities sponsored projects across different States in Nigeria. He has years of cognate experience working with academics, government, and non-governmental organizations. James holds his first and second degree in Demography and Social Statistics from University of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. In addition, he is a certified Public Policy Analyst from London School of Economics and Political Science with different certification in the field of Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Research and Data Analysis He has broad experience in M&E, Impact Evaluation, Data Management, Quality Assurance, Data Analysis and visualization, reports, and new business development, as well as project management with verse knowledge of STATA, SPSS, Nvivo, Atlas.ti, SurveyCTO, Survey Solution, Redrose, and KoboCollect. James has both local and international publication as he enjoys traveling and meeting new professional acquaintances. |