About
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.
History
This website was originally set up in early 1997 by Rick Davies, an independent M&E consultant living in Cambridge, U.K.
Its establishment followed the development of a Concept Note regarding the website, which was funded by Oxfam UK, and encouraged by earlier discussions with Chris Roche (Oxfam UK).
Funding was provided for an initial two year period by a group of four UK NGOs (Oxfam, Action Aid, SCF and Christian Aid) up to the end of 1998. A group of 6 UK NGOs provided further funding up to late 2001 and 10 NGOs provided funding for for the 2002-2004 period. The supporting organisations were: Oxfam (GB) , Save the Children Fund (UK) , ActionAid (UK) , Christian Aid , CAFOD (UK), CIIR (UK), IDRC (Canada), Water Aid (UK), World Vision (UK), WWF (UK) and Exchange via BOND.
During this period a series of Progress Reports were produced and made available on the website: 1999| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005
Two surveys were carried out of the website users in 2003. In 2006 an online survey was carried out of the membership of the MandE NEWS Email List (953) , focusing on their co-membership of other related email lists.
By 2004 the annual cost of the website was £7,779, of which £6,000 was for the labour time provided by the website editor (Rick Davies).
No further funding proposals were submitted from 2005 onwards. The costs of the management of the site are now voluntarily carried by the editor. However, on their initiative, SOS Children’s Villages (UK) in Cambridge are covering the annual website hosting costs. The MandE NEWS website is being hosted by FreshlyPressed.net (who are recommended for the quality and availablity of their technical support).
Site management
The editor and manager of this website is Rick Davies,
You can contact me by email at rick@ mande.co.uk , or by phone in the UK, on +44 1223 841367
My personal website : richardjdavies.wordpress.com/
My CV is available online, but you will require a password from me to open it.
Your support
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3 Responses to “About”
This is wonderfull website for the M& E
By Ahmed Abdilahi on Sep 5, 2008
I have been looking for a website like this for a very long time. Thanks for seeting up this!!
I am looking forwward to learn a lot, am working in a local NGO in Kenya as M & E officer.
By Kevo on Jun 5, 2009
My thanks to “sioned sims” for their generous donation made to MandE NEWS on 29th August 2009
By rick davies on Sep 23, 2009