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Taking Stock 1

September 18, 2011

List all your activities, and prioritise them according to highest level. For example; Activity 1 - Communication (5 dots), Activity 2 - Production (3dots) , Activity 3 - Marketing (1 dot)

This will ensure that after your mission statements, you list all your activities to that, and rank them on the most important ones with dots.

Then you take the top 5 activities. To go to Take Stock 2

Posted by Looki Looki. Posted In : Evaluation Studies

Step 2 - Take stock

September 16, 2011

After you determined your mission statements for your project or programme you need to take stock. What does this mean? You list all your activities of your projects and allocate the most important activities relevant to the mission statements.

Next step we will issue practical example on how this look.
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Posted by Looki Looki. Posted In : Evaluation Studies

Step 1 - Empowerment Evaluation - Mission Statements

September 11, 2011

First step in the evaluation process is to identify your mission statements, of your projects, programmes.

Lets make this practical post some of your mission statements, on the discussions section.

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Posted by Looki Looki. Posted In : Evaluation Studies

Empowerment Evaluation Process

September 7, 2011

Evaluation processes need not be complex. 3 basic steps to conduct on going evaluation techniques is all its takes, while the project or programme is running. Step 1 - Mission Statements, Step 2 - Stock Take & Step 3 - Plan for the future. Even the community can follow this and provide their inputs into this basic yet effective evaluation process.

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Posted by mande-online. Posted In : Evaluation Studies

Evaluating Performance Plans

September 1, 2011

Do the actions outlined respond to the challenges outlined in the situational analysis bearing in mind risks and constraints.

Are the assumptions about the future implicit in the plan tenable?

Is the strategic plan aligned to legal mandates?

Are priorities in line with those set by national and provincial government?

Are chosen measurable objectives appropriate

Do they measure things of strategic importance

Can they be used to monitor the departments overall performance?

Does the ...

Posted by Mande-online. Posted In : Evaluation Studies

Social Business Connections (M&E)

August 31, 2011

M&E within Social Business Connections

Upload, interact and track your Monitoring & Evaluation system - even from a mobile phone
Monitor and Evaluate Performance in real time
Safe storage of your all evidence
Choose selective access to aspects of the system
Coordinate Initiatives towards improved performance
Access an online, practical Introduction to M&E course
Access useful applications, such as the problem tree builder

This is the future of M&E systems work flows.

Visit w...

Posted by Looki Looki. Posted In : M&E systems

Chapter 4 - M&E Manual - Organisational Structure

August 30, 2011

The Department’s approved macro-organisational structure to deliver on its constitutional and legislative mandate. This macro organisational structure is affected by the following:

·         Provincial Government’s modernisation programme;
·         Micro-organisational structure developments; and
·         The Executive Authority’s decision to review the existing structure.

The Department is dependent on the Department of the Presidency, National Departments and or Premier to provide ...

Posted by mande-online. Posted In : Preparing for Audits of Performance Information

Chapter 3 - POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK

August 29, 2011

When developing your M&E Manual, it must adhere to governmental policies and legislative frameworks.
Here are some the policy acts: CONSTITUTION ACT, 1996, (ACT 108 OF 1996), Public Finance Management Act, 1999, (ACT 1 of 1999) ,The Public Audit Act, 2004, (ACT 25 of 2004)

REMEMBER TO GO TO DOWNLOAD DOCUMENTS TO DOWNLOAD CHAPTER 3

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Posted by Mande-online.

M&E Manual Chapter 2 - Glossary of Terms

August 25, 2011

M&E glossary of terms are very important, each programme managers must understand what the M&E jargon is,and definitions. Chapter 2 of the M&E Manual covers that part.

Remember to go to tab Download Documents to download Chapter 2 of the M&E Manual.

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Posted by mande-online. Posted In : Preparing for Audits of Performance Information

NGO's conducting Evaluations?

August 24, 2011

Do NGO's conduct their own impact evaluations studies? Or Do they appoint service providers for the M&E? Conducting their own M&E might be more cost effective. But how reliable is it??

Posted by Riaan. Posted In : NGO's

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