About the webinar
This Webinar is a one-hour open session ideal for Monitoring and Evaluation professionals who wish to participate in a discussion around participatory Monitoring and Evaluation.
Following the first part on Participatory M&E, a Panel Discussion with Ms Naomi Falkenburg and Ms Mercy Owuor and an increased interest in starting a dialogue among practitioners, the ActivityInfo team is hosting a second session with the two panelists to address questions on the topic and to listen to stories and challenges from practitioners.
The Webinar will revolve around the themes of the first session but will be more interactive.
Please send questions you would like to see discussed to: [email protected] with the subject “Participatory M&E questions”.
Indicative themes for discussion:
- What is participatory M&E and why is it important?
- How does it look in practice?
- Challenges and possible solutions when adopting a participatory M&E approach
- Addressing power relations and improving chances for buy-in
- Working with vulnerable and marginalized communities
- Ensuring participation in all phases of the M&E cycle
For more information on participatory M&E, please take a look at the article Introduction to participatory monitoring and evaluation and at this article on Choosing methods and tools for participatory M&E – Reflections and resources.
You can also access the French version of the introduction to participatory monitoring and evaluation as well as the Spanish version of the article
Is this Webinar for me?
- Are you an M&E practitioner interested in participatory M&E approaches and methods?
- Are you responsible for leading M&E in your organization, or is that a role you would like to take on and you would like your practices to focus on inclusion and community participation?
- Do you want to better understand or share the challenges you face and discuss how you can better support the beneficiaries’ participation?
Then, join our Webinar!
About the speakers
Naomi Falkenburg is a monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) specialist with a cross-cutting focus on inclusion. She works at DevLearn, a firm specialized in consulting and training for inclusive economic growth. Naomi has worked with development and humanitarian actors around the world to design, manage and learn from their interventions and to conduct insightful research and analyses. Her experience spans a range of sectors and themes, such as disability inclusion, education, employment, entrepreneurship, gender equality, migration, trade promotion and women’s and youth empowerment. Naomi is certified in project management for development (Project DPro) and holds an MSc from the University of Oxford’s Department of International Development.
Mercy Owuor is a Public Health and development specialist with expertise in Project Monitoring and Evaluation. She is interested in participatory M&E and social inclusion. Currently based in Uganda with an organization called SIHA network.
About ActivityInfo: ActivityInfo is an information management platform perfect for monitoring and evaluation, humanitarian coordination and case management. For more than a decade, the ActivityInfo team has been supporting humanitarian operations and development programmes worldwide catering for emerging needs for data collection and analysis. UN agencies, INGOS and NGOs use the platform to centralize and standardize data collection, display the impact of their activities while maintaining complete control on data access and changes. Originally developed for UNICEF’s emergency program in eastern DRC, ActivityInfo is a service provided by BeDataDriven a company based in The Hague, Netherlands.
How to register
Registration is free. You can register at https://www.activityinfo.org/support/webinars/2022-12-01-participatory-monitoring-evaluation-open-discussion.html. Once registered, you will receive the link to the Webinar in the email you provided. Please note that the Webinars are recorded and shared publicly.