Monitoring and Evaluation for Conservation
Welcome to the series "Monitoring and Evaluation for Conservation”. This is a series of three sessions addressed to M&E and other professionals working in conservation and environmental programs.
The sessions will help you get a comprehensive understanding of why M&E in conservation is different, how you can create a results chain, and a data model, and how this can take shape in a relational database helping you create an information system for your program.
These are free training sessions provided by the ActivityInfo team. It is highly recommended that watch the recordings of all webinars in their consecutive order so as to benefit from the complete course.
Are these sessions for me?
- Are you working in conservation and wish to improve the way your measure impact?
- Do you wish to understand how you can connect a theory of change to conservation outcomes?
- Are you interested in getting a solid foundation for building a conservation information system?
Then, get started with these sessions!
Conservation orientation for Practitioners and Program Managers
During this session, we are offering an introduction to MEAL for conservation.
In summary, we explore:
- Setting the scene: Conservation and its M&E context
- Core frameworks guiding conservation M&E
- From concepts to indicators
From Results Chain to Data Model
During this session, we will be looking at the creation of the results chain and the data model.
In summary, we explore:
- Tracking nature and people together in one system
- Result types in the CMP Open Standards notation
- Building the results chain, and where indicators attach
- Turning chain elements into forms, fields, and indicators
- The finished data model
Conservation Monitoring Systems
During this session, we will be looking at how ActivityInfo can be used to monitor ecosystem-based adaptation projects.
In summary, we explore how different types of audience can interact with the information system:
- M&E/data manager responsible for designing, implementing and managing the system
- Field officer, responsible for inspecting field sites and reporting back information
- Program manager, responsible for ensuring the project is being delivered on time and as expected
- Communications team who needs to communicate impact to donors and community members