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Advanced Professional Certificate in Monitoring & Evaluation

Course Description

A specialised professional course designed to build advanced skills in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for programmes, projects, and policies. The programme equips learners with the ability to design M&E systems, develop results frameworks, conduct evaluations, analyse data, and generate high-quality evidence to support decision-making.

Details

Learners gain practical competence in M&E tools, indicators, theories of change, qualitative and quantitative methods, evaluation designs, reporting, and adaptive management. The curriculum aligns with global standards used by NGOs, governments, and development organisations.

Module 1: Advanced Principles of Monitoring & Evaluation

Explores M&E concepts, frameworks, results-based management (RBM), theories of change, logic models, and the role of M&E in improving programme performance.

 

Module 2: Designing M&E Systems, Frameworks & Performance Indicators

Teaches how to design effective M&E frameworks, develop SMART indicators, create results chains, and set baselines, targets, and performance measurement plans.

 

Module 3: Data Collection Methods, Quality Assurance & Fieldwork Management

Covers quantitative and qualitative data collection, sampling, survey design, focus groups, structured interviews, data quality control, and supervision of field teams.

 

Module 4: Quantitative Analysis, Statistics & Data Interpretation

Focuses on statistical analysis, coding, descriptive/inferential statistics, Excel/SPSS/Stata basics, data visualisation, and interpreting findings for decision-making.

 

Module 5: Qualitative Analysis, Coding, Thematic Review & Outcome Interpretation

Examines qualitative techniques, thematic coding, content analysis, narrative summaries, and integrating qualitative insights into evaluation results.

 

Module 6: Evaluation Designs, Impact Assessment & Mixed Methods Approaches

Covers evaluation types (process, outcome, impact), experimental and quasi-experimental designs, counterfactuals, difference-in-differences, and mixed methods evaluation.

 

Module 7: Reporting, Learning, Adaptive Management & Knowledge Sharing

Teaches how to write M&E reports, develop learning products, create dashboards, facilitate reflection sessions, and support adaptive and evidence-based management.

 

Module 8: M&E Practice, Ethics, Case Studies & Real-World Applications

Includes M&E ethics, data protection, stakeholder engagement, and real-world case studies from education, health, agriculture, governance, and social programmes.

  • M&E officers and analysts

  • Project and programme managers

  • Development and NGO professionals

  • Government planning and policy officers

  • Data analysts and researchers

  • Students pursuing evaluation, development, or social science careers

  • Professionals transitioning into M&E roles

  • Occupational safety and health officers

  • Compliance and regulatory officers

  • Industrial hygiene and environmental health professionals

  • Safety supervisors in construction, manufacturing, and oil & gas

  • HR and operations managers involved in workplace safety

  • Students pursuing OSH careers

  • Professionals transitioning into international safety roles

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