monitoring

Monitoring is more about people than about data, and processes matter more than technology.

Just like Wikipedia is not primarily about articles, monitoring is not just about data: It is the engagement of people that lies at the heart of both. The technology itself is not decisive, as engagement is stimulated by the right processes as much as by the technology: the barriers to participation must be low – both in terms of user-friendly software and organizational structures.

Our experiences from ten years of working for various projects show that a transparent and…

When carrying out M&E consultancy or when building monitoring systems with our software WebMo for a client, I often get the request to make a direct link between activities and indicators. In these situations I explain that from a methodological perspective this is not proper practice: The center of results-based monitoring are – how else could it be – results. Activities are carried out to produce results. These are then measured and validated by indicators.

But in practice, I sometimes see that in results-based monitoring systems, results are simply skipped. The…