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Design a practical monitoring, evaluation and learning system that connects results and evidence to decisions, responsibilities and resources.

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Document Setup and Context

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Program or assignment nameUse the name that should appear on the document.Program and intended changeDescribe the intervention, people, place and expected change. Unknown details can remain open.Plan periodState the dates this version covers.Main use of the evidenceExpected evidenceThis changes the detail shown for sampling, access, consent and data provenance.Likely methodsSensitive information or safeguarding riskA no answer does not remove the ethics and privacy screen.Separate study or evaluation likelyAvailable MEL capacityUse this to test feasibility, not to prescribe a standard number of indicators.Writer-supplied assignment constraintsPaste relevant requirements or note who will confirm them. MeStudio does not verify or infer them from an institution name.

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Information need or question	Decision or accountability use	User and owner	When needed	Evidence or unresolved source	Row actions

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Result ID	Level	Result statement	Contributes to	Indicator IDs	Key assumption or influence	Row actions

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Indicator ID	Result ID	Measure	Definition and unit	Source	Collection and reporting frequency	Owner	Coverage or interpretation limits	Row actions

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Indicator ID	Baseline value or status	Reference period	Source and quality	Target and period	Rationale and dependencies	Unresolved action, owner and due date	Row actions

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Indicator or question ID	Source and instrument	Coverage or selection	Collection timing	Collector or custodian	Processing and analysis	Report or decision use	Row actions

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Stage and evidence	Quality risk	Check and timing	Trigger or threshold	Correction or escalation	Owner and record	Row actions

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Product or review	Audience and decision	Evidence period	Validated data ready	Due or use date	Preparer and approver	Limitations to communicate	Row actions

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Question ID	Question and decision	Available and missing evidence	Design choice or uncertainty	Decision date	Owner and resource need	Row actions

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Learning question or assumption	Evidence and interpretation	Review date or trigger	Participants and decision owner	Possible decision and action record	Row actions

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Group and access barrier	Safe feedback channel	Triage and escalation	Response owner	Communication back and record	Row actions

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MEL activity	Owner and backup	Timing and effort	Skills, tools or access	Cost basis or funding gap	Row actions

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Purpose and decisions

Define whose decisions the MEL system serves and when evidence will be needed.

Start with a real decision, its owner and timing. Keep only information that changes a decision or serves a clear accountability need.

More guidance and checks

Summarize the program boundary and intended users in the prose around this table. For each information need, name the choice it will inform, who makes it and the latest useful date. Adaptation needs a decision moment; accountability needs an identified audience and writer-confirmed obligation. Separate routine reporting from questions needing a study. Record unknown commitments as open items rather than adopting a presumed external requirement.

Does each priority information need have a named user and decision?
Will evidence be available before the decision date?
For adaptation, is the evidence timed to a choice the team can still change?
For accountability, is the audience and writer-confirmed reporting commitment clear?
Are uncertain obligations or decisions explicitly unresolved?

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Check Purpose and decisions

Does each priority information need have a named user and decision?

Will evidence be available before the decision date?

For adaptation, is the evidence timed to a choice the team can still change?

For accountability, is the audience and writer-confirmed reporting commitment clear?

Are uncertain obligations or decisions explicitly unresolved?

These marks record your judgment. They do not certify the document.

Relevant review lenses

Adapted from linked M&E Studio guidance and rubrics for reflection, not a score or requirement.

Learning and adaptation: Do review moments connect available evidence to a real decision, responsible participants, a trigger for change where useful, and a record of follow-up? Source: MEL Plan Review

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Scope

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What should the response do?Ask me questions before rewriting when information is missingInclude relevant review lenses and source references in the copied promptAdditional direction

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Review MEL Plan using only the supplied document and context.
Treat this as a draft. Do not invent facts, baselines, sample details, commitments, findings or requirements. Do not infer requirements from an institution name. Mark missing evidence as unresolved.
Scope: Purpose and decisions.

Review questions:
Purpose and decisions:
- Does each priority information need have a named user and decision?
- Will evidence be available before the decision date?
- For adaptation, is the evidence timed to a choice the team can still change?
- For accountability, is the audience and writer-confirmed reporting commitment clear?
- Are uncertain obligations or decisions explicitly unresolved?
- Decision use is specific
- Collection burden is proportionate
- Reporting and learning needs are distinguished

Additional editorial review lenses adapted from linked M&E Studio guidance and rubrics. Use only where relevant; these are prompts for judgment, not binding standards:
- Learning and adaptation: Do review moments connect available evidence to a real decision, responsible participants, a trigger for change where useful, and a record of follow-up? Source: MEL Plan Review (/ai-for-me/rubrics/mel-plan-review).

Output: Give a concise list of gaps or contradictions, the evidence supporting each finding, and targeted questions for the writer. Keep professional judgment separate from missing facts. Do not produce a replacement document.
If material information is missing, ask targeted questions first and wait before rewriting.

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