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About the webinar

The Monitoring and Evaluation webinar series “Survey Design and Implementation” is a series of three live sessions addressed to M&E professionals working in the social sector. These webinars comprise a course which help you get a comprehensive understanding of all the steps involved in survey design such as developing questionnaires and ethical considerations and in survey implementation such as designing tools and methods for data collection, monitoring and analyzing results. The third session brings in real life examples from organizations who have been developing surveys using ActivityInfo.

The series is addressed to entry/intermediate level professionals and it is highly recommended that you join or watch the recordings of all webinars in their consecutive order so as to benefit from the complete course.

About this session

This is the third session in which we welcome speakers from CARE, Missio Invest and IREX who present the way they have designed and implemented surveys across a variety of data collection scenarios.

We look at the process they followed and what they learned along the way.

In summary, we explore:

Survey design - Approach and best practices

• Choosing questions
• Formulating questions (avoiding bias, data quality, sensitive questions, missing values)
• Formating questions

Survey implementation - Approach and best practices

• Preparation (resources, training, logistics)
• Implementation of data collection (ActivityInfo's role)

More topics

• Ethical considerations (Consent, Do no harm, data security and privacy)
• Results monitoring
• Results analysis

View the presentation slides of the Webinar.

View the presentation slides of IREX.

Is this Webinar series for me?

• Are you working in projects or programs in which you are called to develop, monitor and analyze surveys?
• Are you looking for guidance on good practices for survey design and implementation?
• Do you wish to ask questions about these topics?

Then, watch our webinar!

List of sessions

Survey Design and Implementation series:

1. Survey design for quantitative data collection (April 25th)
2. Survey implementation (May 23rd)
3. Real life examples for survey design and implementation (June 27th)

About the Speakers

Frank Chege is the Global Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Advisor for IREX’s USAID-Funded Youth Excel Program. Based out of Nairobi, Kenya, he is responsible for leading and supporting the program consortium’s more than 100 implementing partners across 20 countries globally, in the establishment of processes and systems for MEL data collection, usage, and reporting. Prior to joining IREX, he served in various MEL leadership roles with global international development organizations such as the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and Mercy Corps, working in various sectors across the African continent.

Fredick Muhindi is a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Cordinator in Irex with the USAID Youth Excel programme. Fredrick has experience designing, developing, and managing robust M&E systems and plans for organizations, programs, and projects. His expertise spans the entire lifecycle, from developing the Theory of Change and Results Framework to data collection, analysis, visualization, and reporting.

Haitham Mohammed Al-Alimi is a monitoring and evaluation professional specialist with over 6 years of experience in monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) in reliefs and emergencies with a total of more than 8 years of humanitarian experience. Haith has a Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunication Engineering, an associate’s degree in International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid, and recently completed a master's degree in MBA.

Manal Shahrouri is a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Director with the USAID Early Grades Education Activity ‘Asas’, Jordan programme in Irex. Manal is an expert in designing, developing and managing monitoring, learning and evaluation systems and plans for organizations, programs and projects with vast experience in designing, managing and implementing mid and end of program evaluation, national and regional studies and surveys for international and national development agencies. Manal's experience includes public health, women’s issues, Rule of Law, Water Resources, education and environment, energy, and Democratic and accountability strengthening.

Shirine Pont joined Missio Invest in 2020 to support impact measurement and reporting. In the course of her work there, she transitioned Missio Invest’s data system to ActivityInfo to better capture the impact their loans are making across Africa. She uses data and design to present insights and visualize change. She combines a career in education and business in Austria and the US, with two decades of experience in international development in Indonesia, Afghanistan and Lebanon. Shirine has an engineering degree in Computer Science from Vienna, Austria and an Executive MBA from Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, USA.

Eliza Avgeropoulou earned her BSc from Athens University of Economics and Business, and her MSc degree in Economic Development and Growth from Lund University and Carlos III University, Madrid. She brings eight years of experience in M&E in international NGOs, including CARE, Innovations for Poverty Action and Catholic Relief Services (CRS). The past five years, she has led the MEAL system design for various multi-stakeholders’ projects focusing on education, livelihoods, protection and cash. She believes that evidence-based decision making is the core of high quality program implementation. She now joins us as our M&E Implementation Specialist, bringing together her experience on the ground and passion for data-driven decision making to help our customers achieve success with ActivityInfo.