Annual performance review  WORKSHOP 1-4 March 2009 Bangkok, Thailand

You have embarked in a long, adventurous journey…

The first miles…. … . the next thousand ones.

You will need directions!

… . Project Logframe Inputs Overall Goal Activities Outputs Project Purpose Assumptions Means of verification Indicators Objectives

The first miles…. Appraisal Report

Results-Oriented Annual Work Plan and Budget

Your Monitoring and Evaluation system

Your journey…. Activities Inputs Outcomes Outputs Impact

Best RBM practices A clearly defined Logframe, with targets A results-oriented AWPB An M&E system that informs Project stakeholders on performance and issues A Project Management that learns from M&E data to take corrective actions A Project Management that is responsive to changes in the environment A project that documents, and shares, lessons learned and best practices (KM)

A clearly defined Logframe, with targets

A results-oriented AWPB

An M&E system that informs Project stakeholders on performance and issues

A Project Management that learns from M&E data to take corrective actions

A Project Management that is responsive to changes in the environment

A project that documents, and shares, lessons learned and best practices (KM)

How ? Through regular data collection, and analysis, based on pre-determined indicators: Project records (activities) Service providers records Communities/beneficiaries records Field visits/observations Surveys Interviews Focus groups discussions

Through regular data collection, and analysis, based on pre-determined indicators:

Project records (activities)

Service providers records

Communities/beneficiaries records

Field visits/observations

Surveys

Interviews

Focus groups discussions

What to avoid: data collected but not used!

Quantitative data versus qualitative data

Quantity: 13,500 active borrowers (40% women) Quality: “ My husband wanted a new car, so I asked the MFI Officer. He told me that if I formed a group, I could access credit. So I asked all my friends and relatives to join me in a group, after which I got a loan from the MFI and my husband bought his car…” A women beneficiary, Afghanistan

Quantity:

13,500 active borrowers (40% women)

Quality:

“ My husband wanted a new car, so I asked the MFI Officer. He told me that if I formed a group, I could access credit. So I asked all my friends and relatives to join me in a group, after which I got a loan from the MFI and my husband bought his car…”

A women beneficiary, Afghanistan

IFAD Results Information Management System (RIMS) Baseline, Mid-term and Completion surveys Annual reporting against a set of standard indicators

Baseline, Mid-term and Completion surveys

Annual reporting against a set of standard indicators

Project M&E data RIMS data