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  Keeping donors and supporters engaged is just as important as attracting them in the first place. Many organizations focus heavily on gaining new supporters but forget that long-term success depends on building strong, lasting relationships with the people who already believe in the cause. When supporters feel valued, connected, …

  Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are collaborations between international organizations, businesses, civil society actors, and public sector entities that agree to work closely together to address a societal challenge. Beyond addressing limited resources, organizations engage in PPPs for various reasons, such as: Tackling complex and intensive problems Responding to the globalization …

The logical framework—commonly known as a logframe—is a foundational tool for designing, managing, and evaluating programs. It’s widely used by development agencies, NGOs, and funders because it helps map out exactly how a project’s activities lead to its intended impact. When a logframe is done well, it offers clarity, accountability, …

We started tools4dev with the belief that international development practitioners could deliver more effective programs if they had access to the right tools and resources. We’re planning to expand the resources available on our website, and we want to know what you would find most useful.   We appreciate your feedback, and …

Finding the right fit in your monitoring and evaluation position can be a challenging task. Some practitioners may prefer to work in a research or data post, across a range of subject areas, whereas others may be committed to studying the change created by a particular project or with regards …

If you are running a mission driven organisation, with a range of funders, having the right tools to monitor your organisation will ensure that your process management is accurate and effective, and that you can show precisely how the work of your team creates the impacts you are able to …

Case studies around the world have begun to reveal effective methods for evaluating projects which aim to improve governance and accountability, and this field continues to grow. There remain key challenges, such as high cultural differentiation, and context specific impact targets or improved governance, leading to no universally accepted global …

When working in Monitoring and Evaluation, particularly in a consultancy role, being part of associations and ensuring that you are aware of important affiliations is important. There is a long overdue, strong drive to professionalize M&E practice and to ensure that practitioners around the world adhere to quality standards. This …

Step 1: Get an undergraduate degree If you have an analytical mind, and a passion for working in development, you can pivot to M&E from a broad range of undergraduate degrees. On the one hand, a subject specialisation helps, such as ecology, for example, or perhaps sociology. But a more …

There are countless great reasons for investing in and developing your Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) processes and systems. It is something that we should all being in development policy and practice to ensure that we are adding the most value to our work and that the work is having the …