Addis_Impact+assessment+and+monitoring+&+evaluation+in+the+program


 * Sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems to improve food security and farm income diversification in the Ethiopian highlands **
 * Project Design Workshop **
 * 30 January - 2 February 2012, Addis Ababa Ethiopia **

**Presentation: Impact assessment and M&E in this program (Stan Wood, IFPRI)**

This workshop provides an opportunity for a broad group of important stakeholders to both learn about the project plans and to share their views on expectations from and opportunities for synergies with the project (days 1 and 2) and for the core project team to finalize the project details (days 3 and 4).




 * Sustainable intensification of farming systems: M&E goals, implementation strategy and data analysis platforms.**
 * M&E guiding principles:
 * Compliance with USAid's FtF, GoE and CRP;
 * Multi-scale, multi-site reporting: action site/sub-system and system reporting; country reports, regional reports, SSA reports.
 * Monitoring and projection: short term projections of key indicators, updated annually. Links with analytical tools.
 * Scaling indicators up and out (spatial & temporal) for various outcomes.
 * Open-access data and analysis platforms.
 * //Required// indicators to make you think about the selection of components etc.
 * Some 'required if applicable' indicators - looking at the integrated picture: measures of partial productivity are going to be complex and we might need some additional indicators in some areas e.g. individuals receiving short term training, value of incremental sales etc.
 * We will have to take some tough decisions later on re: indicators and M&E generally;
 * Monitoring and reporting levels: at action sites, sub-systems, larger systems (geographically disparate in Ethiopia and across the other project countries) - we need analytical tools for this!
 * We will overlay all information collected.
 * Impact pathway from a) sub-system resource potential (land, rainfall) to b) anthropization (market-access, population density) and c) site/household specific attributes( topography, endowment, household typologies). NEXT: look into spatial analysis to provide geographic definition and characterization.
 * Various tools to combine to provide us a big picture.
 * Some key M&E activities (not shown)
 * M&E implementation to date:
 * Establish core FtF monitoring obligations (agree required core indicators and reporting timelines)
 * Recruit M&E coordinator
 * Establish the M&E implementation community;
 * M&E open access, web-based platform;
 * Annual M&E technical meeting;
 * Pragmatic take: collect data and information on site/station - inventorise.
 * Questions:
 * Split of M&E resources between early assessments and outcome / impact;
 * Process to select components;
 * cost of meeting donor's minimum indicator needs?
 * Internal project management versus strategic M&E needs?
 * Establishing shared roles in data and tool dev't and applicationo;
 * Interest in being part of the wider M&E community (national partners)?
 * Any likely candidates for M&E coordinator?