The Basics of MEAL in Humanitarian Action

Fully booked

The four phases of project management are important pillars of humanitarian projects: In this course, you will learn about each component of the project management cycle: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning, or MEAL for short. You will learn how to develop good indicators for humanitarian projects and how to submit successful project proposals based on these indicators. We will also discuss how to monitor projects based on your own indicators and how to report project progress to the respective donors.

The training will take place on 12, 18, 23 and 26 November 2021 and is part of aha's certificate "Foundations of Humanitarian Action". Between the individual course sessions, you will have time for group work and self-study phases. The sessions include regular breaks and will be held in German. For further details on the schedule, please visit the German version of this website.The four phases of project management are important pillars of humanitarian projects: In this course, you will learn about each component of the project management cycle: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning, or MEAL for short. You will learn how to develop good indicators for humanitarian projects and how to submit successful project proposals based on these indicators. We will also discuss how to monitor projects based on your own indicators and how to report project progress to the respective donors.

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You will learn

what the project management cycle is

how to develop good indicators to measure impact

how to successfully submit a proposal based on impact-oriented indicators

what constitutes major challenges in implementation and reporting

Target group

NGO workers, young professionals, newcomers

Schedule

9:00 - 9:30

Begrüßung, Vorstellungsrunde


9:30 - 9:45

Project Cycle Management und Grundlagen MEAL

Input und Diskussion


9:45 - 10:15

Ziele und Theory of Change

Präsentation einer teilnehmenden NRO


10:45 - 11:00

Pause


11:00 - 12:00

Formulierung von Zielen

Input und Diskussion


12:00 - 13:00

Mittagspause


13:00 - 14:00

Zielformulierung

Besprechung der Gruppenarbeit


14:00 - 15:00

Indikatoren und Antragstellung

Input und Diskussion


15:00 - 15:15

Ende Fortbildungstag 1

Susanne von Jan

Lecturer

Susanne von Jan is spokesperson of the Working Group Development Policy and Humanitarian Aid of the German Evaluation Society (DeGEval) and holds a teaching position at Saarland University in the Master of Evaluation program.

12.11.2021 - 26.11.2021

24 hours of training

Online Event

Maximum of 40 attendees

ProviderThis Training is part of a joint programme by IFHV and VENRO and is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.
This training is organized by the umbrella organization of development and humanitarian aid NGOs in Germany.