Monitoring and Evaluation NEWS

Welcome!

to the recently re-designed MandE NEWS website…

The focus of this website is on methods of monitoring and evaluating the progress and outcomes of development aid programs, big and small. But many of the methods discussed here are also relevant to the practice of evaluation when applied to policies and programs implemented by government and civil society organisations in richer countries, not just countries receiving international aid.

1. Finding what you want

If you have not been here before, here is a quick guide to using this new site

The sidebar on the right provides a very detailed menu, which I describe below. It appears on all pages.

There is also a shorter menu shown across the top of every page. This emphasises some of the facilities on this website that I think are important.

There are many different ways of finding things on this website, using the right sidebar:

1. Use the Search button, or the Search pre-2008, especially for old contents
2. Look at the most Recent Posts, especially for new contents
3. Look down the list under Post Categories, for the subject area that interests you. Bear in mind that many items on this website may have been put in one or more categories
4. If you are looking for material written by myself (Rick Davies) go further down the sidebar, to Rick’s Innovations
5. If you are looking for French or Spanish language material, go further still, to External Links
6. Going further down, the Pages section repeats the lists of pages that are accessible via the menu across the top of the website
7. Following that section are the Archives. All contents posted on this website are date stamped, and sorted into monthly archives. You could look through these, but it would probably be more useful to use the Search button

2. Participating

There area number of ways you can contribute to the contents of this website.

1. You can post your own comments on almost any page of this website, using the Post a Comment form, at the bottom of each page. But if you want to communicate specifically to the people mentioned in the article, then you need to click on the web or email link with the article. I don’t forward messages.
2. You can create a link to your website by using the Visitors Link List. Its free and easy to use. But I do moderate all links put on that list.
3. You can join the MandE NEWS email list, which is closely associated with this website, though hosted by Yahoo. All membership requests and messages posted are moderated, to keep the focus on M&E.
4. You can post details of job vacancies, or consultancy work, or upcoming training events, on the Open Forum. So long as they relate to M&E!.
5. You can also take part in a number of online surveys, and see the results of these surveys. These are focused on specific topics covered by this website.
6. And there is a general purpose Post a Comment facility, just below. If you want to say anything about the website as a whole.