IDinsight's Monitoring and Evaluation Health Check

Evidence produced through Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) can help organizations unlock significant impact at scale. Functioning M&E systems inform adaptations to program design and implementation leading to more effective programs, and improved lives.

In the early stages, M&E may be used infrequently or for annual reporting only. As organizations evolve, M&E becomes more streamlined, with carefully selected evaluations to inform strategic decisions such as resource allocation and program design, as well as regular data feedback loops to inform daily operational decisions such as performance management.

 

We developed the M&E Health Check to help partners assess the health of their M&E systems and identify cost-effective areas for improvement.

Take the Lite assessment ~20mins
Take the Full assessment ~60mins
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Take the Health Check assessment here
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"The most valuable aspect of the output report was the detailing within the modules that carefully highlighted areas of improvement. This is a wonderful tool and might be helpful to make it readily available for organizations to use internally."
Lazola Makhupulamothers2mothers
“The training program that we piloted with LGT Venture Philanthropy helped us to realizing that data is key. Moreover, the training allowed us to discover which areas of M&E and data management we need to look into specifically.”
David YamoFormer Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer at Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association
“The pilot program helped us to increase our efficiency for larger datasets, particularly when we started using the new software STATA.”
Himani SharmaProgram Manager, Foundation for Ecological Security
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What is the M&E Health Check and who is it for?

The M&E Health Check is a diagnostic survey that produces recommendations for Non-profits and social enterprises of all sizes.

This tool captures an organization or program’s existing monitoring and evaluation, data analytics, and data management systems capacity. There are two versions of the survey—a Lite version: ~20min, and a Full version: ~60mins. Both versions are:
  • Composed of only multiple choice questions.
  • Designed to be filled out by the Monitoring and Evaluation champion within the organization.
  • Evidence-backed – builds on best practice literature on capacity building including from the United Nations, the World Bank, and experiences from IDinsight.

Recommendations

After the survey is completed, the respondent will receive a final report identifying areas for improvement given limited resources. The report will:

  • Rate the health of the organization’s M+E: This can be benchmarked against internal progress over time and other organizations at a similar level of development
  • Assess the capacity of the organization’s: Mission Alignment and Strategy, M&E Human Resources, and Existing M&E Systems
  • Provide Targeted recommendations: These recommendations may be supplemented with hands-on support as necessary.
Take the Health Check assessment here