Good M&E, Easier to Put into Practice

Our Mission, in Three Parts.

01Who it's for

People Who Need to Do M&E.

M&E specialists, staff doing monitoring and evaluation alongside another role, and small organizations. Start with what you need to do, whether that is choosing measures, planning an evaluation or making sense of findings.

02How we do it

Practical Expertise and Usable Guidance.

Clear explanations, working examples, tools and review criteria help you put methods into practice. AI prompts can help you draft or examine work in your own AI tool. You bring context, verify the evidence and decide what is appropriate.

03What changes

A Useful Starting Point for the Work.

Use a guide or example to plan what to measure, collect evidence and use findings. Adapt it to your team, resources and the people affected by your program.

Start with a useful example, then adapt it. Your program, evidence and the people involved determine what good work requires.

How We Think About M&E

Decision-Linked Measurement

Connect measures to the decisions they will inform, who will use them and when. Consider accountability and reporting needs as well as immediate program choices.

Minimum Necessary Rigor

Match the method and level of confidence to the decision and its consequences. Choose a manageable set of measures that answers the important questions.

Burden Awareness

Every data collection extracts from someone. We make that cost visible and ask whether the evidence value exceeds the human cost of gathering it.

Where AI Helps in M&E

Take a prompt into your own AI tool, using only information you are permitted to share. The site provides guidance and resources, rather than running AI for you. Review the output against your sources and context. Checks can reveal problems; they do not guarantee a valid method, accurate findings or a safe decision.

Tasks AI Can Help With

  • First drafts of logic models and results frameworks
  • Indicator quality review and improvement suggestions
  • Survey instrument drafting and refinement
  • Data analysis scripts and visualization
  • Report formatting and structure
  • Document review and gap identification

AI Does Not Replace

  • Contextual judgment about what matters in your program
  • Stakeholder relationships and participatory processes
  • Ethical review and cultural sensitivity
  • Political navigation and organizational dynamics
  • Quality assurance of AI-generated outputs
  • Final decisions about evaluation conclusions

Find a Resource for Your Task

Indicators

Find candidate measures and adapt their definitions, sources and collection plans.

AI Prompts

Prepare instructions for your AI tool, from indicator design to evaluation reports.

Practical Guides

Work through a method or decision with clear steps and examples.

AI Skills

Take task instructions and fictional examples into Claude, with the testing status stated.

Start with Your Task

Choose a prompt, browse indicators or read a plain-language guide. For AI work, use your chosen AI tool and check its suggestions against the evidence.