Monitoring and Evaluating (M & E) offers an opportunity to prove the impact of your work. It can be a crucial signpost that keeps you on track, gives you a chance to re-assess priorities, and can help compile an evidence base for future funding proposals. M&E  is a regular, systematic collection and analysis of information to track the progress of project implementation. Evaluation analyses the judgement of information in order to assess value, worth or impact of a project. Additionally it looks at the dynamics of development interventions and identifies the reasons for both success and failure and how one can learn from both.

M & E  play key roles in program management. Easily accessible M&E data can provide a solid basis for project reviews and can be useful in identifying problems. M&E data can also be used to highlight potential solutions to problems and justify changes to workplans and budgets. Tracking progress using M&E data can also assist managers in identifying areas for technical support or capacity building, both among staff and NGO partners. Regular feedback of monitoring results can be encouraging both to NGO partners and staff.

 The following links can help managers develop and refine their M&E strategies: