The document discusses the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) wheel, which consists of 6 elements: 1) Design, 2) Collect, 3) Store, 4) Analyze, 5) Apply, and 6) Share. It provides definitions for monitoring, evaluation and learning. For each element of the MEL wheel, it describes the key questions that need to be addressed such as what data to collect, how to store and analyze the data, how to apply the findings, and how to disseminate lessons learned. The overall goal of the MEL system is to help organizations improve their programs and win donor confidence through effective monitoring, evaluation and learning.

1. Winning Donor Confidence through a
strong Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
(MEL) system
The MEL wheel
Innocent Karugota Muhumuza
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer.
Caritas Switzerland-Uganda
3rd November 2016
The Victoria Travel Hotel, Kampala

2. Defining Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
EvaluationMonitoring
A continuing function that uses
systematic
collection of data on specified indicators
to provide management and the main
stakeholders of an ongoing development
intervention with indications of the
extent
of progress and achievement of
objectives
and progress in the use of allocated
funds-OECD, 2002
A time-bound exercise that
attempts to assess
systematically and objectively
the relevance, performance
and success of ongoing and
completed programs and
projects- UNDP, 2002
Learning
In the words of Harvard
Business School psychologist
Chris Argyris, learning is
"detection and correction of
error" where an error means
"any mismatch between our
intentions and what actually
happens."

3. 2.
Collect
3. store
4.
Analyse
5.
Apply
6. Share
1.
Design
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The SIX Elements of the MEL Wheel

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Element 1: Design
2.
Collect
3. store
4.
Analyse
5.
Apply
6. Share
1.
Design • For who?
• For what purpose

5. 2.
Collect
3.
store
4.
Analyse
5. Apply
6. Share
1.
Design
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Element 2: Collect
• What data are we to collect?
• How shall we collect the data?
• When are we to collect the data?
• Who will collect the data?
• How often shall we collect the data?
• From what source shall we collect the data?

6. 2.
Collect
3. store
4.
Analyse
5.
Apply
6. Share
1.
Design
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Element 3: Store
How shall we store the data?
Where shall we store the data?
How will the data be accessed?
Who is responsible storing the data?

7. 2.
Collect
3. store
4.
Analyse
5.
Apply
6. Share
1.
Design
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Element 4: Analyse
• How will the data be analysed?
• How often will the data be
analysed?
• Who will analyse the data?

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Element 5: Apply
2.
Collect
3. store
4.
Analyse
5.
Apply
6. Share
1.
Design
• How will the findings be applied?
• Who will apply the findings?

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Element 6: Share(ing)
2. Collect
3. store
4.
Analyse
5. Apply
6.
Share(ing)
1. Design• How will the lessons learned be shared
(disseminated)
• Who will be responsible
• How often will the learning events happen?

10. 2.
Collect
3. store
4.
Analyse
5.
Apply
6. Share
1.
Design
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The SIX Elements of the MEL Wheel

11. Innocent K. Muhumuza, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Uganda
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PPhone: +256 750 487 481 E-mail: imuhumuza@caritas.ch Internet: www.caritas.ch
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