Planning a Program 43
Theories of change, logframes, MEL plans, stakeholder maps and data use plans.
Theories of change, logframes, MEL plans, stakeholder maps and data use plans.
Build a theory of change showing how your program activities lead to outcomes and impact, with assumptions and risks identified.
Build a logical framework with goals, outcomes, outputs, activities, indicators, means of verification, and assumptions.
Develop a monitoring, evaluation, and learning plan with indicators, data collection methods, timelines, and responsibilities.
Map out who needs what data, when, and how it will inform decisions at each level of your program.
Identify and categorize stakeholders by their interest, influence, and role in your M&E system.
Build a justified M&E budget with line items for data collection, staffing, analysis, and reporting.
Build a multi-level results chain showing how inputs lead to activities, outputs, outcomes, and impact.
Write the monitoring and evaluation section of a funding proposal with approach, indicators, and budget.
Get structured feedback on your logframe's logic, indicator quality, assumptions, and completeness.
Get feedback on your MEL plan's completeness, feasibility, indicator quality, and alignment with program design.
Get feedback on your ToC's causal logic, assumptions, evidence base, and completeness.
Get feedback on the M&E section of your proposal for technical quality, completeness, and donor alignment.
Plan your program's baseline data collection : what to measure, how, and what tools you need.
Create a protection mainstreaming monitoring framework with safeguarding indicators, complaint mechanism tracking, and protection risk analysis tools for humanitarian or development programs.
Create a locally-led M&E plan that centers community ownership of data, indicators, and evaluation processes, aligned with Grand Bargain localization commitments.
Design an Outcome Mapping framework with boundary partners, progress markers, outcome journals, and strategy maps following the IDRC methodology.
Build a stakeholder engagement plan for an evaluation: influence-interest mapping, tailored engagement methods, communication channels, and an implementation timeline.
Design a monitoring dashboard specification with KPIs, visualization types, update frequencies, user roles, and data flow architecture.
Design an M&E framework for an education program aligned to INEE Minimum Standards, with indicators for access, retention, learning outcomes, and education system strengthening.
Design an M&E framework for a WASH program using JMP service ladders, water quality monitoring protocols, and sustainability indicators.
Design an M&E framework for a food security and livelihoods program using standard indicators including FCS, rCSI, HHS, HDDS, and IPC/FEWS NET severity classification.
Design an M&E framework for a protection program covering child protection, GBV prevention and response, and psychosocial support, aligned to IASC and GPC standards with strong data protection protocols.
Scan a donor RFP or solicitation for every M&E-related instruction (compliance requirements, mandatory indicators, reporting expectations, evaluation commitments) so nothing is missed during proposal drafting.
Assess whether your organization should pursue an RFP based on M&E fit: indicator feasibility, data collection context, capacity alignment, and risk flags surfaced in the M&E requirements. Produces a go, no-go, or go-with-conditions recommendation with caveats.