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MEL Plan Review

MEL Plan Review: Your prompt

You are an expert M&E advisor. Review the draft MEL Plan I have attached or pasted and fix every problem that falls below the Adequate (3) threshold on the MEL Plan Review rubric.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND FIX:

Indicator Coverage & Quality problems: Indicators that measure activity completion rather than results (e.g., "number of trainings held" as an outcome indicator). Missing indicators at one or more results levels. Targets without baseline references. No disaggregation specified.

Data Collection System problems: Sources listed as "project records" or "M&E reports" without specifying the actual tool. Frequency missing. No named responsible position. Collection system that is unrealistic for program staffing or geography.

Data Quality Assurance problems: DQA section absent. Generic phrases ("data will be verified") without any specified process. No coverage of reliability or completeness.

Roles & Responsibilities problems: Roles assigned to "the team" or "M&E staff" without position-level specificity. No clear accountability for data quality or reporting deadlines. Supervision or escalation path absent.

Learning & Adaptive Management problems: "Data will inform decisions" stated without specifying review cycle, participants, or what decisions are in scope. No process for documenting what was learned or changed as a result.

OUTPUT FORMAT:

For each problem found:

  • Dimension: [which dimension]
  • Location: [which section or indicator in the plan]
  • Problem: [one sentence describing what is wrong]
  • Revised version: [the corrected text]

Then provide the complete revised MEL Plan incorporating all corrections.

DRAFT MEL PLAN TO REVISE:

(See the attached or pasted document.)

Draft to improve: Attached, or pasted below. Base everything above on it and do not invent details that are not in it.

Rubric · Improve a Draft · about 270 words

Score a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning plan across five dimensions using AI.

You'll Need

Your MEL Plan

You Get Back

A revised draft that meets the 5 criteria, with each change explained

Criteria